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Year of squatter complaints led to raid on Hollywood Blvd. building
Former occupants of an illegally converted commercial building had to confer with security guards to retrieve their belongings after a police raid to vacate the building at 6362 Hollywood Blvd.
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Holden Rifat had been paying $500 cash per month to rent space at 6362 Hollywood Blvd., but he was evicted after officials ordered the building vacated. The day after the raid, Sept. 13, 2018, he stands outside waiting for his belongings to be brought out.
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The Palmer Building, 6362 Hollywood Blvd., was vacated following a raid by city police and other officials. The building had been illegally converted to living spaces, according to charges by the City Attorney's office.
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Year of squatter complaints led to raid on Hollywood Blvd. building
High rents in Los Angeles force some to seek out unconventional living arrangements, but dozens of people who found inexpensive space in a Hollywood office building are on the streets following a raid by city officials.
A City Attorney’s task force conducted the raid on a four-story commercial building at Hollywood Blvd. and Cosmo Street.
The task force targets places like the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland where a fire killed 36 people in spaces that had been illegally converted to dwellings.
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