Is the Mayfair Hotel clean and safe? [Video]

When Mayor Karen Bass bought the Mayfair hotel in August 2023 for $60 million, her office said the goal was to “provide desperately needed permanent interim housing infrastructure to bring more people inside.”

The 294-room building is a flagship location for Bass’ Inside Safe program.

Last month, L.A. City Council approved $400,000 to cover the cost of keeping the outside area clean.

Council member Eunisses Hernandez told Fiegener she supports spending the $400,000 to clean up the area.

“This motion is following through on the commitments that we made to that community saying that yes, we’re gonna open up the Mayfair and we’re gonna bring an additional 300 people to this area,” she said. “But we’re also gonna invest $400,000 in a clean team so that we can make this very densely populated neighborhood much more cleaner [sic] than it is. So this is part of those commitments that the mayor and I have worked …