Lauren's apartment is a lovely space, she is wonderful communicator and took extra steps to make sure we were happy and secure in the apartment.
We found the building to be a perfect location in the city close to lots of great restaurants and bars. It's also well suited if you are working in Silicon Valley since its right around the corner from the tech busses. We loved the proximity to Japan town and the Nopa neighborhood we found everything we needed in a short walk and found it easy to navaigate via public transit and car from the apartment.
If you are a light sleeper you may want to consider the park across the street since kids start practice and soccer games early in the morning, it was not an issue for us and we found it sweet to have the view of kids playing throughout the day. otherwise the street is very quiet with little traffic and generally the neighborhood felt safe.