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Re: Stupid black Democrat Mayor Bass Moved About Two Dozen Homeless People Into A Motel Known for Criminal Activity and Prostitution
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Jun 16, 2023, 4:15:03 AM6/16/23
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Kurt Nicklas <nambla...@gop.org> wrote in news:sqn1h8$sem$1...@news.dns-
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> Richard Clayton Wieber wrote
>
>> Dumb people elect dumb leaders. Look at Biden.
Last month, the city of Los Angeles mistakenly moved people living on the
streets into a motel that was previously declared a “public nuisance.”
According to officials, it had been a source of criminal activity for more
than a decade.
During an Inside Safe operation in early May that took “months of
coordination and focus,” according to the local councilmember, roughly two
dozen unhoused people living along a median in the Miracle Mile
neighborhood of Council District 5 were moved approximately 15 miles to
the 108 Motel, a one-story motel in South L.A. next to the freeway that
the city has been trying to shut down for years.
The city council declared the 108 Motel a public nuisance in 2018 “and
required the discontinuance of the motel’s use and any similar land uses
at the property.”
This month, Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a new city
council motion to padlock or fence off the troubled motel at 10721 South
Broadway after the owner reportedly removed a fence erected earlier.
Harris-Dawson’s motion calls the 108 Motel “a public nuisance” that “has
continued to be a source of criminal and other nuisance activity.” The
motel has been a magnet for prostitution and violent crimes for more than
a decade, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
“Given the owner’s failure to secure the property, the Department of
Building and Safety must now ensure that the building is vacated and
secured using chain link fence, gates, or padlock,” Harris-Dawson wrote in
the June 6 motion.
In a phone interview with L.A. TACO, Harris-Dawson said that it’s a “long
process to get the city to declare a building a public nuisance,” and in
that time, the motel owner was given “several chances to correct the
conditions.”
The pandemic extended that process even further, and in that time, the
motel was “sold” to a family member, Harris-Dawson said. At some point
this year, the new owner “back channeled” to the mayor’s office and
offered their rooms for Inside Safe.
Councilmember Harris-Dawson believes that Bass’ office “should have known”
that there were issues with the motel, but he doesn’t place all of the
blame on them.
“The city does such a terrible job enforcing its own rules on business
owners,” the council member said.
Despite the council member’s efforts to shut it down, the 108 Motel has
continued to operate as a motel intermittently since being declared a
public nuisance.
Harris-Dawson’s office was notified that the mayor’s office was planning
to use a motel in his district for Inside Safe but they did not specify
which one, according to the council member. The mayor’s office does not
typically identify hotels being used for Inside Safe by name due to
privacy and safety concerns.
After Harris-Dawson’s office realized that the 108 Motel was being used
for Inside Safe, residents living there were moved to a nearby motel.
Overall, however, Harris-Dawson believes that Inside Safe has been more
successful than past efforts to bring people indoors, and he welcomes
anybody in need of a bed into his district.
“I’m very reluctant of council members being in the mix of where people
can sleep,” Harris-Dawson told L.A. TACO.
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In response to a detailed list of questions, Zach Seidl, spokesperson for
Mayor Bass explained in a statement that prior to moving people to the 108
Motel, “staff visited the 108 Motel, checked its business tax registration
certificate, verified habitability with the County Department of Public
Health, and reviewed the owner’s insurance policy.”
According to Seidl, “The motel owner signed an agreement stating that he
had a legal right to operate the motel and that he was in full compliance
with all federal, state, and local laws.”
Seidl said, “Once it was determined that the owner did not have the right
to operate the motel, the Mayor’s Office conducted outreach days in
advance to notify the Inside Safe residents there that they would be moved
into a different nearby motel.”
“The Mayor’s Office worked quickly to place the residents in the nearby
hotel a few weeks ago, and all participants agreed to move,” Seidl said.
“If there is an issue with the living conditions of Inside Safe
participants, we take action to fix it.”
Seidl added that “The Mayor’s Office is refining the motel vetting
procedure to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.”
Some participants of Inside Safe have criticized city officials for
shuffling people from one location to another with little transparency or
notice and failing to provide basic resources like food.
Undercover LAPD investigations revealed that rooms at the motel were
allegedly rented out by the hour and used for prostitution. There was also
often no security guard present at the location, or they were unlicensed,
according to police.
One anonymous Inside Safe participant living at the Silver Lake Hotel
earlier this year said that they were notified they had to move the
following morning after they had changed their address on their ID and
started receiving mail at the address, according to a testimonial.
“I’ve been applying for jobs with THIS address. My girlfriend is in the
program here with me and is eight weeks pregnant. So this sudden eviction
is really worrying us both,” the Inside Safe participant said.
During Mayor Bass’ first six months in office, more than 1,300 people were
moved from tents and encampments into motel rooms through Inside Safe,
according to the mayor’s office. According to a report from the City
Administrative Officer, the city expects to spend more than $7.5 million
on renting motels and $11 million to rent more than 450 rooms at the L.A.
Grand in DTLA by the end of the month.
It’s unclear if the 108 Motel owner has invoiced the city or been paid.
‘The Most Nasty Ass Motel’
According to city council files and reports, issues with the 108 Motel
date back more than a decade.
In 2016, the LAPD reported that the property was associated with crimes
that included homicide, rape by force, prostitution, assault with a deadly
weapon, battery, kidnapping, and burglary. Between 2011 and 2014, the LAPD
reported more than 25 calls for service at the 108 Motel and nine arrests
for homicide, rape, and robbery.
That same year the motel was cited for illegal construction during a joint
investigation between LAPD and Building and Safety. Undercover LAPD
investigations revealed that rooms at the motel were allegedly rented out
by the hour and used for prostitution. There was also often no security
guard present at the location, or they were unlicensed, according to
police.
The property owner responded by saying many of the LAPD’s allegations were
“hearsay” and that they had corrected previous concerns.
“In a neighbourhood (sic) of 80% homeless people who can not afford to
rent the room for a day, they rent a room for an hour to take a shower
take some rest,” the owner at the time, Amit Kumar Shah, wrote in a 2016
appeal to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Shah said hiring
a 24-hour security guard would cause him to “go bankrupt in 6 months.”
In 2018 the city council declared the property “a public nuisance” and
ordered the owners to stop running a motel on the property. Around that
time, the property changed hands, according to Councilmember Harris-
Dawson. “I say ‘sold’ in air quotes because it was sold to a relative,”
the council member told L.A. TACO.
The 108 Motel doesn’t appear to be currently renting rooms online. On
Google, they received just over three stars. And on Yelp, two and a half
stars. Reviews range from suspiciously positive to terrible. Complaints of
roaches, mold, and poor customer service go back years.
“If you are broke and don’t mind sharing a small room with roaches this is
the place to be,” one Google reviewer wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayor-bass-moved-about-two-dozen-
homeless-people-into-a-motel-known-for-criminal-activity-and-
prostitution/ar-
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netz.com:
> Richard Clayton Wieber wrote
>
>> Dumb people elect dumb leaders. Look at Biden.
Last month, the city of Los Angeles mistakenly moved people living on the
streets into a motel that was previously declared a “public nuisance.”
According to officials, it had been a source of criminal activity for more
than a decade.
During an Inside Safe operation in early May that took “months of
coordination and focus,” according to the local councilmember, roughly two
dozen unhoused people living along a median in the Miracle Mile
neighborhood of Council District 5 were moved approximately 15 miles to
the 108 Motel, a one-story motel in South L.A. next to the freeway that
the city has been trying to shut down for years.
The city council declared the 108 Motel a public nuisance in 2018 “and
required the discontinuance of the motel’s use and any similar land uses
at the property.”
This month, Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a new city
council motion to padlock or fence off the troubled motel at 10721 South
Broadway after the owner reportedly removed a fence erected earlier.
Harris-Dawson’s motion calls the 108 Motel “a public nuisance” that “has
continued to be a source of criminal and other nuisance activity.” The
motel has been a magnet for prostitution and violent crimes for more than
a decade, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
“Given the owner’s failure to secure the property, the Department of
Building and Safety must now ensure that the building is vacated and
secured using chain link fence, gates, or padlock,” Harris-Dawson wrote in
the June 6 motion.
In a phone interview with L.A. TACO, Harris-Dawson said that it’s a “long
process to get the city to declare a building a public nuisance,” and in
that time, the motel owner was given “several chances to correct the
conditions.”
The pandemic extended that process even further, and in that time, the
motel was “sold” to a family member, Harris-Dawson said. At some point
this year, the new owner “back channeled” to the mayor’s office and
offered their rooms for Inside Safe.
Councilmember Harris-Dawson believes that Bass’ office “should have known”
that there were issues with the motel, but he doesn’t place all of the
blame on them.
“The city does such a terrible job enforcing its own rules on business
owners,” the council member said.
Despite the council member’s efforts to shut it down, the 108 Motel has
continued to operate as a motel intermittently since being declared a
public nuisance.
Harris-Dawson’s office was notified that the mayor’s office was planning
to use a motel in his district for Inside Safe but they did not specify
which one, according to the council member. The mayor’s office does not
typically identify hotels being used for Inside Safe by name due to
privacy and safety concerns.
After Harris-Dawson’s office realized that the 108 Motel was being used
for Inside Safe, residents living there were moved to a nearby motel.
Overall, however, Harris-Dawson believes that Inside Safe has been more
successful than past efforts to bring people indoors, and he welcomes
anybody in need of a bed into his district.
“I’m very reluctant of council members being in the mix of where people
can sleep,” Harris-Dawson told L.A. TACO.
Related video
New plan by the city of Los Angeles and a
MSNBC
Los Angeles and more cities partner with White House on homelessness
0
View on Watch
Los Angeles and more cities partner with White House on homelessness
MSNBC
MSNBC
In response to a detailed list of questions, Zach Seidl, spokesperson for
Mayor Bass explained in a statement that prior to moving people to the 108
Motel, “staff visited the 108 Motel, checked its business tax registration
certificate, verified habitability with the County Department of Public
Health, and reviewed the owner’s insurance policy.”
According to Seidl, “The motel owner signed an agreement stating that he
had a legal right to operate the motel and that he was in full compliance
with all federal, state, and local laws.”
Seidl said, “Once it was determined that the owner did not have the right
to operate the motel, the Mayor’s Office conducted outreach days in
advance to notify the Inside Safe residents there that they would be moved
into a different nearby motel.”
“The Mayor’s Office worked quickly to place the residents in the nearby
hotel a few weeks ago, and all participants agreed to move,” Seidl said.
“If there is an issue with the living conditions of Inside Safe
participants, we take action to fix it.”
Seidl added that “The Mayor’s Office is refining the motel vetting
procedure to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.”
Some participants of Inside Safe have criticized city officials for
shuffling people from one location to another with little transparency or
notice and failing to provide basic resources like food.
Undercover LAPD investigations revealed that rooms at the motel were
allegedly rented out by the hour and used for prostitution. There was also
often no security guard present at the location, or they were unlicensed,
according to police.
One anonymous Inside Safe participant living at the Silver Lake Hotel
earlier this year said that they were notified they had to move the
following morning after they had changed their address on their ID and
started receiving mail at the address, according to a testimonial.
“I’ve been applying for jobs with THIS address. My girlfriend is in the
program here with me and is eight weeks pregnant. So this sudden eviction
is really worrying us both,” the Inside Safe participant said.
During Mayor Bass’ first six months in office, more than 1,300 people were
moved from tents and encampments into motel rooms through Inside Safe,
according to the mayor’s office. According to a report from the City
Administrative Officer, the city expects to spend more than $7.5 million
on renting motels and $11 million to rent more than 450 rooms at the L.A.
Grand in DTLA by the end of the month.
It’s unclear if the 108 Motel owner has invoiced the city or been paid.
‘The Most Nasty Ass Motel’
According to city council files and reports, issues with the 108 Motel
date back more than a decade.
In 2016, the LAPD reported that the property was associated with crimes
that included homicide, rape by force, prostitution, assault with a deadly
weapon, battery, kidnapping, and burglary. Between 2011 and 2014, the LAPD
reported more than 25 calls for service at the 108 Motel and nine arrests
for homicide, rape, and robbery.
That same year the motel was cited for illegal construction during a joint
investigation between LAPD and Building and Safety. Undercover LAPD
investigations revealed that rooms at the motel were allegedly rented out
by the hour and used for prostitution. There was also often no security
guard present at the location, or they were unlicensed, according to
police.
The property owner responded by saying many of the LAPD’s allegations were
“hearsay” and that they had corrected previous concerns.
“In a neighbourhood (sic) of 80% homeless people who can not afford to
rent the room for a day, they rent a room for an hour to take a shower
take some rest,” the owner at the time, Amit Kumar Shah, wrote in a 2016
appeal to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Shah said hiring
a 24-hour security guard would cause him to “go bankrupt in 6 months.”
In 2018 the city council declared the property “a public nuisance” and
ordered the owners to stop running a motel on the property. Around that
time, the property changed hands, according to Councilmember Harris-
Dawson. “I say ‘sold’ in air quotes because it was sold to a relative,”
the council member told L.A. TACO.
The 108 Motel doesn’t appear to be currently renting rooms online. On
Google, they received just over three stars. And on Yelp, two and a half
stars. Reviews range from suspiciously positive to terrible. Complaints of
roaches, mold, and poor customer service go back years.
“If you are broke and don’t mind sharing a small room with roaches this is
the place to be,” one Google reviewer wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayor-bass-moved-about-two-dozen-
homeless-people-into-a-motel-known-for-criminal-activity-and-
prostitution/ar-
AA1cC40s?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=14188624d7b145c791e2a79debc49533&ei=30
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