“SANTA MONICA HAS TURNED INTO A little New York. The City Council has sold it to the highest bidder very much like Washington D.C. does. It is becoming almost impossible as a resident to live there. They have turned it into a complete Disneyland-like tourist town. I can’t believe that there’s a person dying from a heart attack every 30 seconds but it is just constant. I hear more sirens in Santa Monica than when I visit New York City.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.