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# Readers asked how the region can ease Santa Monica's homeless burden
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/061603-story/
- Published: 2003-06-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:20:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

President Bush recently laid out a plan to end homelessness in the United States within 10 years. That plan was discussed last week at a meeting of U.S. mayors held in Denver.

Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, along with Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and other area leaders, have convened a committee to deal with homelessness as a regional issue.

Many argue that other cities won’t deal with homeless people and rely on Santa Monica to bear the brunt of the problem.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What can be done regionally to alleviate Santa Monica of its growing homeless population?”

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 June 16, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)