The Cortez Hill pied à terre is good place to stay. It is a small studio, located at the back of a beautiful "Victorian" style house. There is a lovely private garden with a lemon tree. The room is well decorated with a lot of details to make life easier to the hosts : shampoo, snacks, spices, salt, oil...etc to cook and free coffee and tea. Netflix and Amazon Alexa echo dot are also available.
The location is close to the Balboa park and all downtown restaurants, easy to find thanks to Gary's manager Frank, who is very responsive during your stay.
I highly recommend the place!