If you are a single person, kind of a budget traveler, visiting Los Angles (LA) without a car, and want to use public transportation as much as you can, I'd highly recommend Angela's place. There are a few bus stops and a metro station. Most importantly Angela can be your mother or aunt or sister. She makes you feel such warmth and easiness. Also, as someone who lives in LA nearly 50 years she knows where to go, when, and how to move around very well. Listen to her advice. Her home is not big, but clean, cozy, and comfortable. You'll find at the end of your stay you want to come back to her place again.