The place was as described and was a good value for the price. However, the first night was a bit rough. The place smelled very strongly of marijuana and there was lots of rowdy party noise late into the night. After we spoke with the owner about the issues, he offered to clean the apartment and promised no more noise but we had already cleaned the place ourselves. Plus, it should've been clean before we arrived and noise shouldn't be allowed late at night anyways without guests needing to complain. There were no further issues during the rest of the stay.
The neighborhood is convenient, with easy access to transit and the freeway. As some others have noted, some adjacent areas are a bit sketchy, but we never felt unsafe in the general vicinity of the unit.