tenacious residents track down person who dumped construction debris in residential alley
One week ago, Lauri Jutila walked out the back of his Mid-City apartment building and found a sprawling heap of construction waste in the alley: floor tile, trash bags, wood planks and other construction debris stretching more than 100 feet.
By Friday, the 55-year-old retired mortgage banker had gotten a face-to-face apology from a worker who admitted to leaving behind the pile of garbage.
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Jutila, a squeaky wheel in the neighborhood for two decades, called an aide to council President Herb Wesson soon after he found the sprawling pile. But he also combed through the rubble, searching for envelopes or other items that might explain where the trash came from. That's when two boxes, mixed in with the broken plaster and mangled wire mesh, caught his eye.
A name on one box was immediately recognizable: Barry Zito, major league baseball player. The other didn't ring any bells. But both mailing labels listed the same address on Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills. That narrow and winding road, perched high above the city, has million-dollar views and no shortage of construction projects.unset Plaza Drive. Cederquist, he said, was supposed to have taken the trash to the dump but didn't.
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