For more than a decade, the Studio 6 motel on Sherman Way in Van Nuys, California has been a community nuisance. Drugs, prostitution, and gang violence are not uncommon there. The city is now seeking an injunction against alleged narcotics dealing at the inn. But it has also asked a judge to issue a unique decision by forcing its three managers to live in the motel until the problems are remedied.
It’s a novel idea that the city has pursued before. It also sounds like something straight out of a sit-com.
“In recent years, despite concentrated law enforcement efforts, the crime, violence and disorder at the property has increased in intensity and volume,” the city states in its recent lawsuit. It adds that two shootings have occurred there recently and 20 narcotics-related arrests have been made since 2016.
The three managers that L.A. would like to force into the motel are employees of a company called BVIV Hospitality.
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