Warehouses / Underground / DIY Spaces Under Attack in the USA

the civil cases are so so so ongoing ...

there is also an (i think) ongoing case involving corruption in the City of Oakland building department that might potentially get tied in with the G.S. civil cases

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/ghost-ship-fire-settlement.html

short version: City of Oakland decided it's cheaper to settle for millions of dollars than to go to court, but aren't really accepting responsibility ... which, the thing is, the specific things they were being sued for, I actually don't think they are responsible for ... but there are huge systemic problems related to code enforcement and venues and live/work diy spaces that the City is definitely responsible for, which led indirectly to Ghost Ship ... and I still feel bad for yelling at Donna for drinking in public view back in the late 2000's and she was a sweet awesome person ... as were Jsun, Kiyomi, Ara, Micah, and Griffin -- the other 30 ppl I didn't know well enough.