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# Letter: City exempting itself from rebuilding rules while residents face hoops
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/011307-story-20070113-12/
- Published: 2007-01-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:48:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

AS A 55-YEAR-OLD, THIRD-GENERATION resident who is currently weaving through fiery hoops to rebuild my house that the city exempts itself from same rules that I and other private residents have to endure is outrageous. But the council majority that has exempted the city are students of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. It’s all under the banner of ‘good for you’ and we’ll see how that turns out.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 13, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)