https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/28/ghost-ship-defendant-laughed-when-asked-to-bring-building-to-code-witness-says/

OAKLAND — When Katleen Brouchard presented Ghost Ship defendant Derick Almena with documents on how to legally bring the warehouse to code in 2013, he laughed at her, she said.

Brouchard testified Tuesday in the trial against Almena and Max Harris on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 people who died during the Dec. 2, 2016, fire. She is the mother of Nicholas “Nico” Brouchard, 27, who co-signed the warehouse lease with Almena in 2013, with the intention of turning it into an artist collective, or community center with art classes and spaces for artists.