Just wonderful - from Oakland, CA station KTVU:
Meth lab found at San Francisco hotel room used as city COVID-19 shelter
Police arrested two adults accused of operating a low level meth lab at a San Francisco hotel designated as a safe shelter for people on quarantine, at risk for COVID-19, or without housing.
The call came in about a strong chemical odor coming from a hotel room and officers responded to the Civic Center Motor Inn about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Police and residents had to wait for a hazmat team to determine the safety of the site.
"I was just like shocked," said one hotel guest named Samantha who says a police officer knocked on her hotel door. "He's like, there's a meth lab right above your room so we need you to evacuate cause it could explode at any time."
Hey - free lab space and you do not have to bother with decontamination when you are done cooking. Win/Win
And then, there is this:
The hotel is one of the many businesses that are contracting with San Francisco's Shelter in Place program, which pays to provide rooms and meals for people who need to be quarantined, are at risk for COVID-19, or have no home.
Hotel full of homeless people getting free room and board? That is a built-in customer-base. Win/Win/Win
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