East Palo Alto Apartment Flooding Displaces Dozens of Tenants

Water poured through the walls and ceilings of the Woodland Park Apartments at 430 East O'Keefe Street in East Palo Alto when storms hit on October 22, soaking floors and leaving residents scrambling to salvage belongings. The flooding was severe enough that the city red-tagged all 58 units in the building, forcing every household out while crews scrambled to assess the damage. More than a week later, dozens of tenants are still displaced, shuttling between hotel rooms far from home as repairs continue unit by unit. Rachel Anderson, who has lived at Woodland Park for five years, told NBC Bay Area that a roof the complex had been patching for months finally gave way. “The roof that they've been fixin' on for the last couple of months — so it finally caved through,” she said, describing how water then came pouring through the walls. Tenants said the damage left their walls and floors soaked, and the property owner moved everyone out of their units in response.

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