Tag: Motel

I was hiking on Matiu / Somes Island when I came across a wooden box screwed to a tree. The box had a hinge and a sign. It read: Weta Motel. I had never seen a Weta before. In fact, up until that moment, I didn’t know Weta existed. The box also invited people to look inside. So I did. And I qu...

L.A.’s newest class of slumlords have little oversight and are raking in taxpayer money hand over fist, with even more on track to be given to them thanks to programs like Project Roomkey and the newly created Inside Safe. So who exactly are these slumlords? They are the owner-operators of the...