Clearly we live in different areas of the state. Most near me have 8 to 10 units. All arguments to the contrary, the basic fact is: If the state had the rooms, they wouldn't have signed these places up to begin with, knowing what they were like...and none of these motels would have agreed to the arrangement if it meant engaging in a fix-up project they had already decided against doing.

The larger hotels that participate with mixed homeless/tourist residencies are hotels in trouble. No hotel with a vibrant tourist trade participates. They are even reluctant to house temporary construction workers.