Late last year, the Santa Monica City Council passed a law that would make it illegal to sleep in downtown doorways at night.
It was made law partially because of pressure from the business community and tourism industry who felt Santa Monica was too soft on the city’s homeless population.
Now, more than four months later, the law isn’t being enforced because City Hall hasn’t outlined the process for doing so. This week, Q-Line wants to know, “Has the homeless situation improved downtown? Is the law still necessary?”
Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 24, 2003. Read the original PDF.