ANAHEIM, Calif.—Anaheim city officials inspected the Covered Wagon Motel on South Beach Boulevard in March and found dozens of people, including children, living in squalor.
Living conditions were so bad, the city shut down the motel March 29 after relocating several families and tenants.
The closure was the first step in the city’s plan to redevelop and revitalize the 1.5 mile stretch of Beach Boulevard that runs from Lincoln Avenue to Ball Road.
The Covered Wagon Motel was shut down in Anaheim on March 29, 2022. (Jill McLaughlin/The Epoch Times)
One room inside the Covered Wagon’s mustard-colored, two-story property was littered with syringes, burnt tinfoil, knives, miscellaneous drug paraphernalia and gift cards that were likely stolen, authorities said.
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