Bedbug workshop fills Concord council chambers
A workshop on defeating bedbugs this week left only a few empty seats at the Concord City Council Chambers.
The California Apartment Association and city of Concord designed the event, Monday, Nov. 18, with apartment owners, managers and tenants in mind, particularly with recently reported bedbug infestations in several apartment complexes along the Monument Corridor.
Panelists included the following:
- Gail Getty, Getty Entomological Research & Consulting, Domus Institute
- Andrew M. Sutherland, UC California Urban Integrated Pest Management
- Tami Stuparich, vice president, general operations manager, California American Exterminator
- Puneet Singh, managing partner with the Law Offices of Kimball, Tirey & St. John, LLP
The program, organized by CAA Contra Costa Napa/Solano and the city, offered information about bedbugs and how to appropriately address issues surrounding the insects. Of the 54 attendees, two identified themselves as tenants.
“The most important element in the success of providing a bedbug ‘free’ environment is through early identification, notification, communication, cooperation and teamwork,” Theresa Karr, executive director of CAA Contra Costa/Napa Solano, said after the workshop. “If there is no cooperation and/or teamwork, the bedbugs thrive.”
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