STOCKTON, Calif. — In a business based on occupancy, Shelly Stapelton has a big problem. She’s the manager of the La Quinta Inn off March Lane and I-5 in Stockton.
“We’re losing our guests,” said Stapelton. “Over the last, I think it’s three years, our decline is well over $1 million. Guests aren’t booking because they see the reviews. They are checking out as they pull in.”
Stapelton credits the decrease in business to a growing homeless encampment just east of the 150-room hotel…