We unfortunately were not able to stay at Borans place, his place had been burglarized before we arrived and we didn't feel safe there as the burglars had also taken the key that had been left. From my understanding it's generally a safe area, my brother lives a couple of blocks from the unit and has never had issues, but it can happen even in the nicest of neighborhoods. He did say he'd have the locks changed in the morning , but since it was just me and my 3 year old I didn't feel comfortable and Boran was really understanding and let us have a refund despite his strict policy. He was very nice and responsive to my messages and it was very unfortunate what happened to his place, but despite what happened I'd stay there if I went back to visit L.A..