MARYSVILLE — The mayor of the Northern California city of Marysville was sucker-punched in broad daylight by a homeless man this week downtown while surveying the site of a recently burned historic hotel.
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Chris Branscum, Marysville City Councilman Dom Belza, and Chief of Police Christian Sachs, alongside two staff members of Congressman Doug LaMalfa, were in downtown Marysville to assess damage at Hotel Marysville.
A fire burned the historic hotel in June after a year of fines totaling more than $30K due to code violation notices, a spokesperson for the city confirmed to CBS13. The city has initiated legal action against the hotel’s owners to either stabilize the building’s top floor or demolish the building, which has been declared a public nuisance…