TFIX T STREET
NOW
2700 BLOCK · T STREET · SACRAMENTO

Absentee Owners.Present Danger.

2714/2716 and 2718/2720 T St have been vacant and neglected by absentee owners for years. On September 26, 2026, one of these blighted buildings caught fire, sending neighbors into the streets, choking on smoke.

We’re asking the owners to fix their properties. We’re asking the City to place these properties in receivership if they don’t.

Email the City Read what’s happening
The white two-story building at 2718/2720 T Street, with boarded windows and doors, photographed September 26, 2026.
2718 / 2720 T StreetSeptember 26, 2026
Neighbors working toward a lasting resolution.Read the letter sent to the City
01 / THE SITUATIONInformation reviewed October 15, 2026

A drain on city resources.
A dangerous wake up call.

These properties have been a neighborhood safety concern for years. At approximately 4 a.m. on September 26, a fire at 2718/2720 T Street sent neighbors outside into smoke. Residents repeatedly observe people entering the vacant buildings and poorly secured yards.

Previous securement efforts have not stopped recurring entry. The fire and neighborhood observations are documented in a September 26 letter to the City.

We Request:

  1. Effective security now.
  2. The City pursues court-appointed receivership if the owners fail to make the properties habitable.

311 requests for these properties have climbed sharply.

Nearly eight times as many request records in 2026 so far as in all of 2024.

9

2024 · full year

16

2025 · full year

70

2026 · through October 6

124

Police calls-for-service records

2700 block of T Street · January 1, 2024–September 29, 2026

Whole-block records; not all calls can be attributed to these properties.

Request records can overlap; police calls cover the whole block. Full method and dates ↗

The response. The aftermath.

Early morning, September 26, 2026.

Fire, smoke and fear. Neighbors flee their homes in the middle of the night. At least six emergency response vehicles and dozens of first responders. A preventable risk to lives and property. A continued burden on limited city resources.

Scorched upper windows and eaves on the white building, with debris in the side passage.
Fire damage visible beside 2718/2720 T Street. September 26, 2026.
Side passage between the white and green buildings, with chain-link fencing and vegetation.
The passage and fencing between the buildings. September 26, 2026.
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02 / THE PROPERTIES

Two properties.
Owners who must act.

2714 / 2716 T Street

Gray/beige front building and green rear building.

Gray two-story front building at 2714/2716 T Street with notices visible in its windows.
2714 / 2716 T Street. September 26, 2026.
ENTITY LISTED IN CITY RECORDS

Reese Trust

March 11, 2026 City hearing agenda. View record ↗

An earlier City record names Terry Reese. View earlier record ↗

2718 / 2720 T Street

White building with blue trim; site of the September 26 fire.

White two-story building at 2718/2720 T Street with boarded doors and windows.
2718 / 2720 T Street. September 26, 2026.
ENTITY LISTED IN CITY RECORDS

Capital Advanced Surgery

2025 City report. View record ↗

An August 15, 2023 City report names Liping Wei and Wen Long as trustees of “Capital Advanced Surgery.” View record, page 6 ↗

Details for City staff: case and parcel numbers

2714 / 2716 T Street

Code case
20-002737
Assessor’s parcel number
010-0127-007-0000

2718 / 2720 T Street

Code case
24-010986
Assessor’s parcel number
010-0127-008-0000

Entity names come from dated City records, not a current title certification. An August 2023 City report uses “Capital Advanced Surgery”; source spellings vary. Please send documented corrections to the organizer.

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THE CITY’S ENFORCEMENT RECORD

Years of enforcement.
Dangerous conditions remain.

The City lists both cases as open and both properties as dangerous vacant buildings. Its public histories document repeated inspections, posted notices, and administrative penalty letters.

OPEN · CASE 20-002737

2714 / 2716 T Street

Case opened January 23, 2020. Dangerous vacant building and substandard building.

13 administrative penalty letters listed in this case’s public history, most recently September 24, 2026.

The listing includes unsafe stairs and decks, electrical hazards, fire-damaged units, and public nuisance findings.

View City case history ↗
Dates of administrative penalty letters
  • September 24, 2026
  • August 20, 2026
  • May 19, 2026
  • February 4, 2026
  • December 26, 2025
  • October 21, 2025
  • September 3, 2025
  • June 30, 2025
  • April 14, 2025
  • May 3, 2024
  • September 12, 2023
  • June 9, 2023
  • October 14, 2022

These are letter entries, not a count of separate violations or a statement of amounts owed.

Code violations and inspection findings

Summarized from the City’s violation listing. These entries do not establish when each condition was corrected or whether every condition remains present today.

  • 8.96.110(H) — Unsafe stairs and decks, including missing handrails and balusters.
  • 8.96.110(L) — Window work without verified permits or inspections.
  • 8.100.500 — Inadequate electrical clearances and required site lighting.
  • 8.96.110(P) — Unpermitted electrical equipment and wiring.
  • 8.100.610 — HVAC and gas water-heater installation deficiencies.
  • 8.96.110(C), (K), (R) — Fire-damaged units, dangerous conditions, and public nuisance findings; securement and repair or other abatement required. These entries concern this case, not the cause of the September 26 fire next door.
  • 8.100.510 — Electrical service restoration following a fire event described in the record as approximately July 12, 2024.
  • 8.100.1240 — Vacant-building maintenance and monitoring.
  • Other — Mechanical and plumbing verification and required unit-directory signage.
Read the full City violation listing ↗
OPEN · CASE 24-010986

2718 / 2720 T Street

Case opened March 12, 2024. Dangerous vacant building.

6 administrative penalty letters listed in this case’s public history, most recently September 30, 2026.

The listing contains 16 violation entries, including impeded exits, fire-protection requirements, and deterioration of the balcony and stairs.

View City case history ↗
Dates of administrative penalty letters
  • September 30, 2026
  • August 19, 2026
  • May 19, 2026
  • February 4, 2026
  • December 26, 2025
  • September 10, 2025

These are letter entries, not a count of separate violations or a statement of amounts owed.

Code violations and inspection findings

Summarized from the City’s violation listing. These entries do not establish when each condition was corrected or whether every condition remains present today.

  • 8.100.520; 8.96.110(A) — Boarded exits impede egress.
  • 8.100.680 — Required smoke and carbon-monoxide protection.
  • 8.96.110(D), (F) — Dry rot and poor repair of the front balcony and south stairs; risk of falling components and reduced structural resistance.
  • 8.96.110(H), (L) — Unsafe habitation and dangerous building conditions.
  • 8.96.110(P) — Unpermitted or uninspected electrical changes.
  • 8.100.1240 — Vacant-building maintenance, monitoring, and owner-contact signage.
  • 8.96.110(S) — Extended vacancy with unresolved hazards. The listing’s demolition category is not proof that demolition has been ordered.
  • Title 17; Other — Design review and permits, full inspection, and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing repairs or verification.
Read the full City violation listing ↗

What the City may charge—and what is still unknown.

The City’s current dangerous-building page says administrative penalties may be assessed after the initial 30 days and every 30 days thereafter: up to $1,000 for a first violation and up to $5,000 for every subsequent 30-day violation. It also lists a $380 monthly monitoring fee and a $500 enforcement-response fee.

The inspector’s “possibly up to $4,999 per property” comment is consistent with the published $5,000 ceiling, but it is not proof that either property is being assessed that amount.

The 2720 case history lists 13 “Monitoring Fee assessed” events and six administrative-penalty letters. The 2714 case history lists 13 administrative-penalty letters but no event labeled “Monitoring Fee assessed.” Public histories do not disclose the dollar amount, current balance, payments, credits, appeals, or lien status.

Read the City’s fee and penalty policy ↗
City of Sacramento Dangerous Building Do Not Enter placard, dated October 17, 2025, at 2714 T Street.

A warning already on the building.

A City “Dangerous Building—Do Not Enter” notice at 2714 T Street is dated October 17, 2025. This photograph was taken September 26, 2026.

The campaign asks for effective securement and a durable resolution to the conditions behind these notices.

Read the photographed notice ↗
Cost-recovery records and source notes

The September 11, 2024 hearing agenda, page 6 lists proposed cost-recovery charges of $366 for 2714 T Street (invoice CDDCHC19545), and $180 and $57 for 2720 T Street (CDDCHC19232 and CDDCHC19214).

A February 11, 2025 Council report, page 6 lists the same invoice numbers at $305, $150, and $47.50, respectively, for proposed assessment. These are different stages of the same invoices and must not be added together.

Later hearing agendas list additional proposed charges for 2714 T Street: $505 on September 10, 2025 (CDDCHB10585), $380 on November 12, 2025 (CDDCHC22344), and $760 on March 11, 2026 (CDDCHC23412). Other public agendas list $380 charges on October 8, 2025 (CDDCHC22196) and January 14, 2026 (CDDCHC22987).

To obtain the actual amount currently due, request an itemized demand statement for each case or submit a public-records request for the administrative-penalty ledger, monitoring-fee ledger, invoices, payments, credits, appeals, liens, and current balance. City demand-request form ↗ · City public-records portal ↗

Cost recovery is separate from administrative penalties. Agendas and reports are not proof of a current unpaid balance or a final hearing outcome. Case histories and violation listings reviewed October 15, 2026; selected records, not the complete case files. Repeated code sections and entries marked “Other” are preserved in the City’s full listings.

CAMPAIGN UPDATES

What has happened.
What comes next.

Fire and request for urgent action

A fire occurred around 4 a.m. at 2718/2720 T Street. Later that morning, a concerned neighbor sent City staff a request for effective securement, enforcement review, and a coordinated action plan.

Read the sent letter ↗
REQUESTED NEXT STEPS

September 28 & October 2

The sent letter requests acknowledgment by September 28 and a written action plan by October 2. These are the organizer’s requested dates, not statutory deadlines.

City responses and verified enforcement updates will be posted here when available.

03 / WHAT WE’RE ASKING FOR

Secure them now.
Set a course for restoration.

Effective security

Inspect all buildings and yards, address the actual entry routes, assess fire-related hazards, and verify that securement continues to work.

Accountable enforcement

Give owners written requirements and deadlines. Identify a responsible City contact and the next enforcement action if compliance fails.

A lasting resolution

Require the owners to repair the properties. If they fail to comply, pursue court-appointed receivership through Justice for Neighbors to return the properties to safe use.

The City’s receivership policy lists fire danger and abandoned, unsecured structures among its review criteria. It includes an immediate-danger exception to its usual 18-month compliance period, but other procedural requirements remain. We are requesting an evaluation—not claiming receivership has already been ordered. Read the policy ↗

04 / DEMAND ACTION

Tell the City:
“Fix T Street Now.”

Write from your own email account so officials receive a message from a distinct constituent. The form prepares the addresses, subject, and recommended language; you review it and press Send in your email app.

THE PETITION REQUEST

Add visible support for a safer T Street.

To the City of Sacramento and the owners of 2714/2716 and 2718/2720 T Street:

We ask you to promptly secure these properties, address dangerous conditions, establish enforceable corrective deadlines, and pursue a lasting resolution that returns the properties to safe use. We ask the City to provide a named contact, a coordinated action plan, and an expedited evaluation of receivership or other appropriate enforcement remedies.
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05 / PUT IT IN YOUR WINDOW

Get a window sign
or neighborhood flyer.

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THE RECORD BEHIND THE REQUEST

Sources & next steps

City records and correspondence

How the numbers were counted

311: distinct request numbers created from January 1, 2024 at addresses beginning 2714, 2716, 2718, or 2720 T St; punctuation variants included. Totals: 9 in 2024, 16 in 2025, and 70 in 2026 through October 6. Police: distinct call numbers with location “27XX T ST” in the annual datasets: 41, 25, and 58 respectively. Of these, 28, 16, and 50 respectively have a nonempty dispatch timestamp; 27, 15, and 49 have a nonempty at-scene timestamp. Police coverage ends September 29, 2026. Counts compiled October 15, 2026. Service requests can overlap and are not necessarily separate incidents or phone calls. Police records cover the entire block, cannot all be attributed to these properties, and do not establish confirmed crimes. Dispatch and at-scene timestamps are database fields, not a complete account of an incident or its outcome. Comparing 70 with 9 gives 7.8 times as many records; 2026 is a partial year, not an annualized rate or a same-period comparison. Counts are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.

Ask for action in your own words

The prepared email now appears in the Demand action section with the addresses, case numbers, two requests, and space for a firsthand example.

Email Code Compliance and District 4 ↗

City Code Enforcement contact directory ↗

The organizer’s letter requests acknowledgment by September 28 and an action plan by October 2, 2026. These are requested dates, not statutory deadlines.