Paul Pelosi told Mission Local he started dropping by 1312 Utah St. a decade ago to get foot massages from the now-deceased prior owner, Edward Feng, at Feng’s Holistic Healing Center.
Undercover federal agents would, in 2011, buy pills from Feng there which contained arsenic and hallucinogenic chemicals derived from toad poison. Pelosi downplayed this; Feng’s business, he said, wasn’t about the herbs and the arsenic. It was about foot massages (On this, he and the Food and Drug Administration differ).
From these beginnings, Pelosi said, he befriended Feng’s daughter, Karena. He said he has helped her navigate the confusing landscape that comes with the city calling out rampant violations on your residential hotel. “I helped her clear one, like, a month ago,” he says. “It’s ongoing.”
But here’s where things get odd: Go through the ownership documents of this building and you feel a bit like you’ve been slipped some of that hallucinogenic toad poison. This structure has passed between a goodly number of entities — and yet, per the documents, no transfer taxes have been paid. As far as the city is concerned, the owner is still Karena Feng.
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https://missionlocal.org/2018/05/paul-pelosi-and-a-single-room-occupancy-hotel-known-as-the-pit/