Long Beach officials are in final negotiations to lease the 50-room Motel 6 on E. Pacific Coast Highway to house dozens of homeless people who dot the ragged, concrete banks of the Los Angeles River.
The next step, according to a city spokesperson, is to bring the lease agreement before the City Council for a vote. Without a specific date set, officials hope to have it before the dais by December.
If approved, the lease would run for eighteen months. It’s unclear how much it will cost; rooms at the motel, just west of Orange Avenue, typically cost $131 to $177 per night, which could cost upwards of $4.8 million for the program’s duration.
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A city spokesperson said Friday that other locations have been considered but aren’t likely to be chosen because they would require “splitting the project across multiple motel sites, which would increase service costs for the program.” The city is not in negotiations with any other motel or hotel, they added…