Advocates said there was a miscommunication between the county’s voucher program provider Equus and the Ramada Inn in National City. It lead to a scramble to find the Meza family a place to stay.
"This is going to change everything for us because we got the kids in school, we have to go check-in at the house. This is a good location because it is close to home," Juan said. There are some 200 more flood victims at the Ramada Inn all with vouchers set to expire on March 11. A flyer on the hotel front desk says those vouchers will be extended to March 25. The county is verifying that, although the people staying at this hotel grew concerned after this happened to the Mezas.