A woman accused of squatting has been filmed being led from a striking San Francisco home in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, once home to celebrities including Robin Williams and Sharon Stone.
Diana Peng, 42, was arrested Friday after the San Francisco Police Department executed a warrant at the nearly $5 million property following a months-long investigation and repeated complaints from neighbors.
She was booked into San Francisco County Jail on allegations including being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, narcotics offenses, driving without a license, and failing to properly care for animals. Seven dogs were reportedly found neglected inside the home.
Neighbors said they had spent the past year reporting late-night activity, missing property, and concerns about possible intruders at 250 32nd Avenue.
Peng was seen outside the property Friday wearing sunglasses and her hair in a high ponytail as officers escorted her to a police vehicle.
She was reportedly the only person inside the home at the time. It remains unclear whether additional arrests will be made.
Peng was released on bail under “many, many conditions” set by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michelle Tong after entering a not-guilty plea. According to The San Francisco Standard, she must remain at least 150 feet from the property, submit to drug testing, and attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings at least once a week.
Our News Outlet has contacted Peng, her public defender Eli Huscher, and the San Francisco Police Department for comment.
Diana Peng, 42, was arrested Friday after allegedly occupying the nearly $5 million property for about a year
Neighbors said they had reported late-night activity, missing property, and fears about intruders at 250 32nd Avenue. Peng is also facing a civil lawsuit from the city over allegedly fraudulent deeds involving the home
Huscher told The Standard that Peng worked as a legal assistant, earned $3,000 a month, and used her income to support her mother.
The attorney said there were “no allegations of danger or violence toward anyone.” He added that, based on the evidence he had received, there was no support for the claim that Peng did not own the property.
Police reportedly recovered a firearm and ammunition from the home and turned seven “neglected” dogs over to Animal Control, The Standard reported.
No-trespassing signs have since been posted at the property.
The date of Peng’s next court appearance has not been announced.
The upscale Sea Cliff property has been at the center of a dispute over its ownership records. Last month, the city attorney filed a civil lawsuit against Peng and Brandon Aadee.
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City Attorney David Chiu accused the pair of altering property records to “unlawfully take ownership” of the house, according to a statement.
“Defendants are effectively trying to steal a house and sell it to make millions in profit,” he said. “Several notaries have said defendants forged their signatures or illegally altered the deeds. That is fraud, and they are trying to profit off that crime.”
Peng was allegedly occupying a home in the neighborhood where the late Robin Williams once lived. Her public defender said there was no evidence supporting the claim that she did not own the property
Wei Wang and her husband owned the home from 2013 until 2025. According to the city attorney, Wang later left the United States and stopped paying the property taxes.
Wang allegedly accrued $320,000 in unpaid taxes, prompting officials to place the property in a tax auction to recover the debt.
The city attorney said that in July 2025, Aadee allegedly recorded a fraudulent deed transferring the property from Wang to himself.
Over the following 13 months, Aadee and Peng allegedly transferred the property between themselves eight times. Five of the deeds reportedly contained forged notary signatures, according to the city attorney.
“Multiple notaries have confirmed their signatures or seals were forged or misused,” the statement said.
“In some cases, notaries reported that while they performed legitimate remote notarizations for Peng, the documents were later changed to falsely reflect that Aadee personally appeared before them when he did not.”
The pair allegedly cited “divorce” or “dissolution of marriage” as the reason for some of the deed transfers. However, the city attorney said there was no marriage record for either person.
The city attorney also alleged that Aadee and Peng, both of whom have criminal records, tried to sell the million-dollar property below market value in what officials described as a bid for a “quick transaction before anyone could detect the alleged fraud.”
Sharon Stone also once lived in the neighborhood. Police reportedly recovered a firearm and ammunition from the home and turned seven “neglected” dogs over to Animal Control
“This indicates Aadee and Peng never intended to live in the home and were focused on obtaining a multi-million-dollar windfall from a home they never owned,” the statement said.
Peng has denied wrongdoing in the civil lawsuit and challenged the legal sufficiency of the claims, The Standard reported.
The civil lawsuit and the criminal case are separate proceedings.
Our News Outlet has contacted Wang and Aadee for comment.
