The new standard for El Cajon hotels: one 911 call per room, per year. Or else.
EL CAJON — El Cajon has already ramped up control over organizations that help homeless people rent rooms. It's held hearings increasing oversight...

EL CAJON — El Cajon has already ramped up control over organizations that help homeless people rent rooms. It's held hearings increasing oversight on a handful of hotels that were allegedly sites of high-profile crimes. Now leaders have given initial approval to new rules for all motels, including a limit on 911 calls concerning fights, drugs or other 'nuisance' activity. If police have to respond more than an average of once per room, per year, owners may have to pay up. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to make the change as part of a zoning code update .