OAKLAND (KRON) — The City of Oakland is now releasing public records on the history of the warehouse, and the complaints against it, at the center of the deadly fire that killed 36 people late Friday night.

City inspectors are now saying that the most recent complaint they were investigating was about the vacant lot next door to the warehouse, not the Ghost Ship warehouse itself.

They were looking into reports of garbage and possible illegal building on that lot.

But a complaint log shows that building inspectors had been to both properties many times and that there have been problems at both of those locations dating back nearly 30 years.

Chor Ng and her family have owned the building that caught fire, and the lot next door, since 1988, and as you can see from the city’s complaint history log, building inspectors have been there several times since then.

There have been 10 complaints made about the building and the vacant lot next door.

The most recent violation came in November after a complaint of “a ton of garbage piling up.” Some of the trash was hazardous, documents say, alleging that the owner turned it to become a trash recycle site.

A notice of violation was sent to the landlord’s PO box. That same department had been out there several times looking into blight complaints.

Other violations included graffiti, pallets, and other debris blocking the sidewalks, documents show.

Sometimes, the reported problems cited that the vacant lot is full of inoperable vehicles, trash, and debris. Or there were concerns that it was being used a junkyard with old tires, rodents, etc.

Another report believed it was being used as a homeless camping ground.

In an email to the department following a complaint in 2014, Eva Ng, the landlord’s daughter, wrote that the artists using the space told her that people would throw huge bags of trash over the fence and that the lot was a known dumping ground.

The daughter also said they had hired someone to mow the weeds and throw out the trash at least monthly, which they believe has helped the trash problem.

KRON4 tried repeatedly to get ahold of Ng and her family but so far have had no response.

But KRON4 did talk to one of her other tenants who operates the auto shop next door. He said he has found the Ngs to be good landlords.

The building department also revealed in a late news conference Wednesday night that they have not been inside the Ghost Ship warehouse in 30 years.