The deplorable condition of many apartments in Van Nuys is due not only to the residents who live there, but the management companies who refuse to fix broken windows, paint over grafitti, have numerous code violations, and allow garbage to pile up without collection.
Doreen Aljalov of Dare Management oversees the management of many apartments in the San Fernando Valley. One particular property of hers is at the corner of Kester and Sylvan. It is in rotten shape with two broken televisions that were dumped on the side of the building that have sat there for months. Balconies are overflowing with bicycles, furniture, rusted exercise equipment. The front yard is littered with bottles and fast food wrappers from nearby McDonalds. A call to her office brought forth an indifferent reply, “Well the people who live around there, they dump that stuff,” she said. She calls herself, ironically enough, a civic leader and a devoted mother.
When Dare Management and Ms. Ajalov clean up the property, this blog will gladly publish photos and give due credit to her due diligence.
Here in Van Nuys 
Ealier this year, 2008, my entire family almost died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from a faulty heater in the apartment. Doreen never apologized nor made any efforts to fix the heater until I reported her to the City. The building we live in is constantly having problems and she could care less about fixing them. All she seems to care about is collecting the rent money.
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I would hate too see the state of her children, if one day she decided that they just weren’t worth the effort anymore.
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You might call the management company a stain on the community fabric.
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Here, Here..absolutely no excuse.
Each neighbor has its role and this management company is part of that community fabric.
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