When esthetician Kiana Dotson arrived at Suite 110 ready to see clients on Aug. 3 at Marina del Rey’s Phenix Salon Suites, she was greeted with a notice from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department instructing all businesses to vacate five days later.

“It was heartbreaking,” shared Dotson, a single mother and owner of Waxing in Harmony who was the first to arrive at Phenix. She immediately texted her co-workers about the unexpected news.
“I had been there for almost 10 years,” she said. “I started my business there; it was like my second baby. We were all good and loyal tenants. We paid our rent weekly, and it was disheartening to be treated like that after being there for so long.” . . .
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