David T Quezada

David T. Quezada is no firebrand. A community activist during the Reagan era, Quezada worries openly about what he says in public, and so speaks softly. It is an approach, says Quezada, that seems to work. Quezada, 39, is executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County. This is where you go when you believe a landlord won't rent to you because you have children or are black or Latino. The council--founded in 1965--investigates complaints, tries to mediate a solution and as a last resort may sue the landlord.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors may soon vote to completely eliminate the Human Relations Commission following more than 20 years of effective service. It has taken decades of human relations work to reduce most indicators of cold-hearted local government indifference in matters concerning local human rights and decades to keep in check localized gravitations toward apartheid. Completely eliminating funding for this commission is absurd, backward, and a shallow-minded management concept.

The board of directors of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County is expected to meet this morning to discuss complaints that their executive director rents out a duplex that Fullerton inspectors say is substandard. Board members were scheduled to meet at 7 a.m. to hear executive director David T.

Your recent reports implying that my rental units were substandard enough to be considered in the category of a slum are completely inaccurate. In reality, these rental units were/are in better condition than 90% of the rental housing in south-central Fullerton. My landlording practices have exceeded the highest standards in this community. Prior to government intervention and in response to complaints of overcrowding and noise from neighbors, I was engaged in the justified process of evicting the tenants from a rental unit that was in violation of the occupancy rental terms by having a verified 13 occupants.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors may soon vote to completely eliminate the Human Relations Commission following more than 20 years of effective service. It has taken decades of human relations work to reduce most indicators of cold-hearted local government indifference in matters concerning local human rights and decades to keep in check localized gravitations toward apartheid. Completely eliminating funding for this commission is absurd, backward, and a shallow-minded management concept.

Your recent reports implying that my rental units were substandard enough to be considered in the category of a slum are completely inaccurate. In reality, these rental units were/are in better condition than 90% of the rental housing in south-central Fullerton. My landlording practices have exceeded the highest standards in this community. Prior to government intervention and in response to complaints of overcrowding and noise from neighbors, I was engaged in the justified process of evicting the tenants from a rental unit that was in violation of the occupancy rental terms by having a verified 13 occupants.

The board of directors of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend its executive director without pay while he brings a rental apartment he owns up to city and state code. David T. Quezada, 40, will be allowed to return to his position once he repairs health and safety violations found this week by city and county inspectors at a duplex he owns in Fullerton, board chairman Gerardo Mouet said.

Acting on complaints from tenants, building inspectors have found rotted floors and windows, exposed wiring and other apparent housing-code violations in a duplex owned by the head of the Orange County Fair Housing Council, officials said Monday. The duplex, in the 300 block of East Truslow Avenue, is owned by David T. Quezada, executive director of the publicly funded, nonprofit agency that lobbies on behalf of tenants in cases of housing discrimination and landlord-tenant disputes.

City officials said Wednesday that they will ask David T. Quezada, the suspended director of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County, to pay $1,935 in relocation assistance to a woman who was evicted from one of his apartments. Quezada is being asked to pay the money because he had evicted the tenant from a rental unit that was built without city permission.

Sheriff's deputies on Thursday identified a 61-year-old landlord who had been found stabbed to death in his home. Alan J. Schwalbe's body was found by one of his two roommates Wednesday evening in Schwalbe's home in the 300 block of 22nd Street. He had been stabbed in the upper body, according to an autopsy performed Thursday. Homicide investigators said they did not know why Schwalbe was killed and did not have anyone in custody. They declined to elaborate on any details of the slaying.

City officials said Wednesday that they will ask David T. Quezada, the suspended director of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County, to pay $1,935 in relocation assistance to a woman who was evicted from one of his apartments. Quezada is being asked to pay the money because he had evicted the tenant from a rental unit that was built without city permission.

The board of directors of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend its executive director without pay while he brings a rental apartment he owns up to city and state code. David T. Quezada, 40, will be allowed to return to his position once he repairs health and safety violations found this week by city and county inspectors at a duplex he owns in Fullerton, board chairman Gerardo Mouet said.

The board of directors of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County is expected to meet this morning to discuss complaints that their executive director rents out a duplex that Fullerton inspectors say is substandard. Board members were scheduled to meet at 7 a.m. to hear executive director David T.

Acting on complaints from tenants, building inspectors have found rotted floors and windows, exposed wiring and other apparent housing-code violations in a duplex owned by the head of the Orange County Fair Housing Council, officials said Monday. The duplex, in the 300 block of East Truslow Avenue, is owned by David T. Quezada, executive director of the publicly funded, nonprofit agency that lobbies on behalf of tenants in cases of housing discrimination and landlord-tenant disputes.

David T. Quezada is no firebrand. A community activist during the Reagan era, Quezada worries openly about what he says in public, and so speaks softly. It is an approach, says Quezada, that seems to work. Quezada, 39, is executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Orange County. This is where you go when you believe a landlord won't rent to you because you have children or are black or Latino. The council--founded in 1965--investigates complaints, tries to mediate a solution and as a last resort may sue the landlord.

For the past 15 years, the Fair Housing Council of Orange County has worn two important hats. With the help of funds from the cities and county government, the nonprofit council has fought discrimination in housing at the same time it has helped resolve disputes between tenants and landlords. It is that second mission that has proved troublesome for David T. Quezada, the 40-year-old executive director who was suspended without pay last week.

More than one-third of county residents are renting their living space, according to the 1990 Orange County Survey. The equation of so many tenants entering into rental agreements with so many landlords equals a very large potential for conflict. Nearly 18,000 people contacted the Fair Housing Council of Orange County during fiscal year 1989-90 with questions regarding tenant/landlord disputes. "We have a 93.9% resolution rate," in such disputes, said executive director David T. Quezada.