When a group of National City officials descended on the Stardust Inn on East Plaza Boulevard the morning of June 4, what they found was eye-opening.
Trash and debris had piled up in what was the lobby. A series of fires over the past month had damaged part of the structure. Insulation, plumbing and electrical wires had been stripped out of the wall, and nearly every window at what was once a 34-bed motel was broken.
As officials moved through the property they encountered seven transients who had been living there…