LOS ANGELES—The City Attorney’s Office is asking a judge to declare a North Hills motel a public nuisance, saying in a new lawsuit that the business for decades has been “an epicenter of serious crime, including murders,” and is located across the street from two schools. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was filed Thursday against the Hometown Inn along with 74-year-old Gerald Wang and 69-year-old Diane Wang, who bought the motel in 2001 for $900,000 and also own other motels in Los Angeles, the suit states. The relationship between the Wangs is not stated in the city’s court papers. “For decades, the property has been an epicenter of serious crime, including murders, shootings, kidnappings, violent assaults, narcotics sales, crimes involving stolen vehicles and other illegal activity that endangers the health and safety of the community,” the suit states. Sepulveda Middle School and Carlos Santana Arts Academy are located across …
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