City Hall has been putting a new emphasis on code enforcement in recent months. New pushes for compliance include the regulation of signs in front of businesses and hedge heights around homes. Although both these issues have safety concerns associated with them, they also deal with the beautification of Santa Monica, which is an important issue in a city with a large focus on tourism. But many people are arguing that City Hall is going too far with its code enforcement and needs to refocus its efforts.
So this week’s Q-line question is: Do you agree with the emphasis City Hall is putting on code enforcement? Why or why not?
Call (310) 285-8106 with your responses before Friday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in the weekend edition. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to first think about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 27, 2004. Read the original PDF.