An employee of Inn Exile, an award-winning hotel in Palm Springs, was arrested Wednesday on a methamphetamine-related drug charge following a police search - the second such search there in two months.

John Williams has owned INNdulge Hotel, located on Grendfall Road in Warm Sands, for 10 years.

A City Council candidate, he said he was not aware his neighborhood is known as a place to party, have sex and do drugs.

However, Williams did host three meetings with Palm Springs police at his hotel in June, July and September because he "heard from other people there were problems."

He added that his hotel has a zero-tolerance drug policy and he has not had drug problems in the past.