The Kailash Hotel, known for providing low-cost housing but also attracting crime, is up for potential sale or lease to the city. Manager Nick Patel confirmed discussions with city officials, following a mayoral visit to the site. Neighbors have voiced persistent concerns about drug use and loitering around the hotel, citing cleanliness issues and safety hazards. Former supervisor Tom Ammiano highlighted its longstanding negative reputation, stating that while staff are helpful, the conditions in the hotel have remained poor and have negatively impacted the surrounding community.
Neighbors have long complained that the Kailash, which is at 179 Julian Ave., attracts drug-dealing and use. People loiter outside the hotel; often, neighbors say, many of those people spill out onto nearby streets and alleyways, where residents live.
Former supervisor Tom Ammiano, who represented the area encompassing the Mission from 2000 to 2008 during his 14 years on the Board, remembered that, even in the early 2000s, the hotel had a reputation.
It's always been a place of hazards, waste and garbage. It's never been an improvement in this whole neighborhood, added Conrad Grass, the co-owner of a six-unit apartment complex just north of the Kailash at 173 Julian Ave.
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