The site, formerly a Luxury Inn, 5950 Long Beach Blvd., will be converted into a 78-unit interim housing shelter as part of the state’s Project Homekey program.

Last spring, a woman in North Long Beach was murdered in one such establishment on Long Beach Boulevard, the Luxury Inn, launching an hours-long manhunt for her killer.

Opened in 1926, the Breakers Hotel in Long Beach attracted Hollywood royalty like Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Rita Hayworth. Now, nearly a century later-and after a robust renovation-the historic ...