After years of complaints and a devastating 2025 fire, San Diego’s City Attorney is hauling the owners of a battered Ocean View Boulevard property into court, accusing them of letting the place rot into a neighborhood hazard. The civil suit targets the long-neglected building at 3651–3655 Ocean View Boulevard and names Hani Michel Shamoun, Ebtisam Shamoun and Rocky Shamoun as the recorded owners. The city’s complaint describes the site as abandoned, structurally unsafe and repeatedly ignored despite calls from neighbors and officials to clean it up and lock it down.
City asks court to compel fixes
According to CBS 8, the City Attorney’s Office has gone to San Diego Superior Court asking a judge to order the owners to fix all code violations, secure and rehabilitate the property and stop ongoing nuisance activity. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief along with other remedies the city says are necessary to protect nearby residents and first responders from the risks posed by the crumbling structure.
Property history and condition
Public listings and commercial property records show the building at 3651–3655 Ocean View Blvd dates back to the 1920s and includes multiple units. Those records also note the structure suffered significant fire damage in 2025. Real-estate listings describe the property as being off the market and in poor condition, a combination the city points to in its complaint as evidence that the building has become an ongoing public safety threat rather than a functioning piece of the neighborhood.
How the city enforces blight
In San Diego, complaints about abandoned, dangerous or substandard buildings typically land first with the city’s Building & Land Use Enforcement (BLUE) division and, when cases escalate, with the City Attorney’s Nuisance Abatement Unit. Officials can pursue court-ordered repairs, administrative abatement or a mix of both, and then try to recover their costs. Under the city’s complaint-handling rules, owners who ignore violations can be hit with civil penalties, abatement actions and liens tied to cleanup and repair expenses. The City of San Diego outlines how these enforcement tools are generally used against problem properties.
Neighbors, police and the complaint
The lawsuit references repeated law enforcement calls and neighborhood reports of nuisance activity in and around the Ocean View Boulevard building. Inspectors previously documented a partially collapsed roof, exposed wiring, piles of debris and wide-open access points that made it easy for people to get inside. Neighbors have told the city and local media that the property has dragged down safety and quality of life on the block for years. City Attorney Heather Ferbert is quoted in the filing and in press coverage saying the city will hold property owners accountable and bring relief to the neighborhood.
What comes next
The case now moves through Superior Court, where the city will ask a judge for orders that could either force the owners to carry out repairs or allow the city to step in, abate the hazards and then seek to recover its costs. If the court grants injunctive relief, the city can pursue follow-up enforcement to secure the site and limit future illegal activity while remediation is underway. The owners, for their part, will have a chance to respond to the complaint and present a remediation plan or legal defenses before any long-term solution is locked in.
Broader context
The Ocean View case lands as the City Attorney’s Office has been ramping up action against derelict and nuisance properties across San Diego, leaning on civil lawsuits, settlements and code enforcement to force cleanups and impose penalties. Previous enforcement efforts in Ocean Beach show this is not a one-off but part of a wider push to deal with abandoned, fire-damaged and unsafe buildings through the courts and administrative tools. Last year, Hoodline coverage highlighted similar moves against another troubled site.
