3rd trip Juli
I can tell you where NOT to go lol...
Hostels in Hwood are fucking horrible... 2 or 3 months you might want kill yourself.
Last year I stayed at a "dorm room style housing" on Santa Moniva Blvd. The place reminded me the movie Fight Club lol. I was sharing a room with another dude and that was like 500 bucks a month or something like that. That's the cheapest you can find in Hwood and cheap in Hwood is really bad... So either you blow some cash and find yourself a nice place to stay or you gonna have to suck it up for the length of your trip.
Craigslist can be your friend.
I'm not trying to discourage you lol I'm just telling you how it is. It's my 3rd trip to L.A and I love training at Legends I've made a bunch of good friends there and training under Eddie is fucking cool. One of the best teacher/nicest person I've ever met.