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# Letter: Asking police to enforce laws against homeless behavior alongside smoking ban
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/032604-story-20040326/
- Published: 2004-03-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:04:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Katherine Marie Anderson*

Since it appears the city will be out enforcing the smoking ban, most likely by having our police write tickets to those caught smoking, I wonder if the City Council would ask our police, while they happen to be out targeting smokers, to be so kind as to enforce other laws and arrest the homeless who violate the law by sleeping, urinating, defecating, drinking and in general making our beaches and parks unsuitable for use by our children. For the sake of our children, I hope that’s not too much to ask.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 26, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)