The Civic Center Inn in San Francisco closed in 2023, leaving the site abandoned and troubled with rats, squatters, and waste. Reverend Paul Trudeau, who runs a nearby community center, expresses interest in buying the hotel to turn it into a sober living facility, aiming to help those struggling with addiction. The area has seen increased crime and substance abuse after the hotel's closure, prompting the city to implement outreach and clean-up efforts. Trudeau believes revamping the hotel can positively transform the community.
Even while the hotel was operating, Trudeau said, it was home to drug dens and prostitution. Now the overt substance use has proliferated on the street, he said, along with overdoses and the occasional fire.
If the bones on this building are good, I would love to start a capital campaign and start sober living in this space and have over 60 people that are doing amazing things with their life.
The abandoned inn is home to rats (dead and alive), squatters, and a considerable amount of garbage.
The city has made some efforts to deal with fallout from the abandoned lodge: outreach teams approaching drug users with services, street cleaning a couple times per week.
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