LA City Council approves controversial plan to turn hotel into homeless housing

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LA is planning to buy the Mayfair Hotel for $60 million and spend another $23 million to renovate it into housing for people experiencing homelessness.

LA is planning to buy the Mayfair Hotel for $60 million and spend another $23 million to renovate it into housing for people experiencing homelessness. Photo by Anna Scott.

In a win for Mayor Karen Bass, LA’s City Council voted 12-2 to purchase the Mayfair Hotel in Westlake and convert it to transitional housing.

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Host:

Karen Grigsby Bates

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Christian Bordal, Zoie Matthew, Giuliana Mayo