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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20: Braelynn (cq), 18-months, visits her grandmother Tamela Richardson, 48, who is a tenant at the Chesapeake Apartments on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Richardson has lived at the apartment since 2015 and her unit has mold growing in the kitchen, a leaking ceiling and other habitable issues with the unit. Tenants have complained of mold, raw sewage running under the buildings, broken heaters and faulty carbon monoxide and smoke detectors. Massive habitability problems at a 425-unit apartment complex called Chesapeake Apartments in South L.A. The complex, which stretches for entire city blocks, has been on the city's radar for at least five years for having habitability and crime problems. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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