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Real Estate/Development

Sep. 3, 2003

Renters Seek to Evict Oakland Judge

BY KAREN COLEMAN Special to CREJ A group of Oakland renters' organizations is trying to get law-and-motion Judge James Richman reassigned to a courtroom that doesn't handle landlord-tenant disputes on grounds that he favors landlords.

BY KAREN COLEMAN
Special to CREJ

A group of Oakland renters' organizations is trying to get law-and-motion Judge James Richman reassigned to a courtroom that doesn't handle landlord-tenant disputes on grounds that he favors landlords.

Led by the Oakland Tenants Union, the renters' advocates presented an informal petition signed by more than 2,500 renters and their supporters to Alameda County Superior Court Presiding Judge Harry Sheppard.

"H...

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