Downtown L.A. Residential Hotel Closed by City, Leaving Some Tenants Homeless

The St. George Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was emptied of tenants this summer after the city deemed the building unsafe for habitation. Photos by Jeremy Lindenfeld for Capital & Main.

In late July, Los Angeles city inspectors slapped a notice to vacate on the 120-year-old St. George Hotel, saying the property was “substandard, unsafe, unsanitary, and dangerous.”