A man who attempted to jump from the ledge of the Crown Hotel on Valencia Street Wednesday night had rented a room earlier that day, the hotel manager said.
Alan, a hotel manager of 14 years who declined to give his last name, said he went to the roof late Wednesday afternoon and saw the newly registered guest sitting with his legs dangled over the edge.
“’You come down. Get down or I’ll call police,’” Alan said he told the man. “He said ‘call police’ so I did.”
The door to the roof was still open on Thursday afternoon. A full cup of water sat near the spot where the man had sat for more than seven hours while police talked him off of the roof and took him to San Francisco General Hospital.
Alan, who lives at the hotel, said some of the tenants are being treated for mental conditions as “part of city programs.”
The entrance and each of the hallways of the four-story hotel have cameras. Visitors must buzz the doorbell to get inside. The weekly rate for the more than 50 single occupancy rooms is $160 a week or $460 a month.
The manager said social workers often come to check on their clients to ensure they are following the rules. Hallways and public areas looked clean on Thursday when a reporter visited. Some Halloween decorations lined one of the doors to a guest room.
“This is a very clean hotel. Better than many others out there,” Alan said.