NY = China??

Good God!!! This is happening in the USA??!?!? Like you said, Lambada, is "US = China"! Or more aply, "US = North Korea"

I have never seen such extremely aggressive building department enforcement, really of anything whatsoever. It's appalling. It's been my understanding that the building dept cannot just force their way into people's homes. I mean, for God's sakes, even POLICE do not have the right to do what this building department apparently did -- which is essentially to conduct a search without a warrant. To interrogate someone without court documents.

Guests do NOT have to talk to such thugs and hoods!! Hosts should tell the guest to call the police if something like that happens again. There are laws in this country, and freedoms and rights, and our government has to respect the rule of law.

I hate to involve the legal system in anything, but perhaps it's time for the citizens of Long Beach to file suit against their government.