From: Harry Gural
Date: Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Subject: Security risk -- Garage doors widen open with no security guard
To: Joshua Luper
Cc: Stacey Aguiar
Josh,
Given all the security problems we have had at 3003 Van Ness, and given that the DC Attorney General has threatened to file suit against Equity Residential under the Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Law, residents were upset to find out that Equity hasn't posted 24/7 security at the wide-open garage doors. Doors from the garage to the main buildings are almost always broken or the locks jammed, so the lack of a guard at the garage doors not only gives intruders access to hundreds of residents' cars, but also easy access to the interior of the buildings.
While we understand that the doors are broken (again), it is Equity's responsibility to secure the building. Residents are paying over $2,000 to live at 3003 Van Ness, so they have a reasonable right to expect that Equity will make reasonable efforts to make sure that if exterior doors are broken, that Equity will post a 24/7 guard. As a $24 billion company, Equity Residential surely can afford to do this much to assure its customers of a safe living environment.
Equity Residential has had very serious security problems at 3003 Van Ness, and so it must take reasonable steps to secure the property. We request that you take immediate steps to post a 24/7 guard at the entrance to the underground garages until those doors can be repaired.
Harry Gural
President
Van Ness South Tenants Association
