Editor,

Regarding "City buying properties on El Camino for interchange," I'm one of the 13 tenants who reside at 2601 Don Pedro Road. I just wanted to let the writer know that the part about the owner wanting $30,000 for loss of income and to relocate tenants was all a show to make the owners look good. All they are offering us is $400 to move out in two weeks. Before I saw this article on June 14, the landlord came knocking at our doors of each unit and gave us each a 60-day notice and said we still have to pay rent. Now with getting that notice I'm not knowing what to do because I‘m a single mom of two little girls - one is 8 and the other is 9 months - living in a one-bedroom apartment barely making it. With rent of $625 on an income $541 I have a lot of back-rent to catch up on and they want to offer us $400 to relocate in two weeks! I don't think that's right. I've been living in this apartment since December of 2013.

I just wanted the writer of this article to know all facts from the tenant's side of view.

Jondeshia Marshall,
Ceres