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 18, 2003. Read the original PDF.