“ARE WE SAFE IN THE CITY OF Santa Monica? No! All of this is a false sense of security. They put up mega lighting in the so-called south central area of Santa Monica — also called the Pico Neighborhood. And still drug dealing and graffiti still goes on daily. Where are the police when you need them? Not in their cars or on foot.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.