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# Q-Line asks how Santa Monica can better address homelessness
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/012705-story/
- Published: 2005-01-27T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:02:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Malibu, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By Daily Press staff*

If you want to keep tabs on the finances of the local school district, you’ve got until Friday to submit an application to join a citizen committee.

Friday, Jan. 28, is the last day to submit an application for the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District Financial Oversight Committee, which was reopened to attract additional candidates.

The district continues to seek qualified candidates who will bring a depth of business and/or financial expertise to the committee. Application forms are available through the superintendent’s office. Call (310) 450-8338, ext. 240, for more information. Interviews are scheduled for Feb. 1.

Applicants must have: ■ A broad perspective. ■ Financial and/or management and/or legal expertise/experience. ■ Reside, employed or work within geographic boundaries of the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District.

Good wine, good food will make many wishes come true.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles is hosting its annual wine tasting and auction event. The even will be held on Saturday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Air Center, 3021 Airport Ave. Individual tickets are being sold for $125 (pre-sale) or $150 at the door. Premier tickets are $250 in advance. Wines from 75 different wineries and food from 40 Los Angeles area restaurants will be presented. The auction will include 400 live and silent packages and artwork from world-renowned artists.

For more information visit www.wishla.org or contact Chuck Sawyer at (310) 788-9474.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 27, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/012705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)