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The Vice Hotel

By Matt Smith October 10, 2007

The biceps of 53-year-old ex-boxing coach Emmett Marcel Oliver bulge to the size of cantaloupes as he demonstrates his punching technique against a locked fire escape door he says... More >>>

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A sign in the hallway of the hotel, which residents say is the site of violence, prostitution, and yes, drug dealing.

The Mission Hotel at 520 South Van Ness Ave., leased and managed by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC).

Like the rooms of most residents of the city's so-called single-room-occupancy hotels, space is at a premium.

Ex-boxing coach Emmett Marcel Oliver says taxpayers and residents deserve better return on their money than they received during Mendoza's stint managing the Mission Hotel.

One of 248 rooms at the largest hotel of 15 that THC leases with taxpayer subsidies.

A typical Mission Hotel residence.

Mission Hotel hallway

Concertina wire, installed to prevent dealers and other intruders, was cut long ago and left that way.

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A typical Mission Hotel residence.

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A typical Mission Hotel residence.

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