Property at 1233 West 52nd Street, South Los Angeles. The L.A. City Attorney has filed a lawsuit against its owner claiming it is a nuisance property. | Photo Courtesy City Attorney’s Office

By Marc Sallinger and Bess Pierson

The office of City Attorney Mike Feuer filed two nuisance abatement lawsuits Tuesday against properties with a history of drugs and violence.

One property is in Hollywood and the other in South LA, at 1233 W. 52nd Street, between Normandie and Vermont, and only three blocks away from 52nd Street Elementary School.

“That residence has allegedly been known as a free-for-all for the sale of PCP, presence of weapons and for the presence of known gang members again and again,” said Feuer. [Read more…]