VAN NUYS : Blythe Street Slumlord Could Get 2 Years in Jail
A Los Angeles city prosecutor said Friday that he will ask a judge to send a convicted slumlord to jail for two years for failing to make repairs to a dilapidated house in a crime-plagued section of Van Nuys.
William Buzin, 72, was picked up Thursday at his Carpinteria home and charged with violating his probation by failing to fix floors and the roof of a house in the 14700 block of Blythe Street.
Deputy City Atty. Donald Cocek said the house, which appears to be vacant, is in “terrible condition and unfit for habitation.”
In 1991, Buzin was convicted of several building code violations at the house, which is in an area that is plagued by gangs and drug dealing and is considered one of the worst neighborhoods in the city.
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