City Code

The Yucaipa City Code Enforcement team red-tagged several buildings, including a trailer, on the property.

In recent years, city code and building inspectors have found faulty fire-safety systems and elevators inoperable for months at a time, effectively trapping many elderly and disabled residents inside.

Council members are the only officials with the authority to remove the city attorney, according to the Baldwin Park city code.

Fearing what they called a humanitarian crisis, the city agreed to pay nearly $40 million to finance the receivership, during which more than 800 city code and habitability citations were fixed per recent court filings.

A hostel, according to city code, is any dwelling unit that is advertised as such or listed with a “recognized national or international hostel organization.”