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# Letter: Objections to locating a homeless services center in the Pico neighborhood
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/071803-story-20030718-5/
- Published: 2003-07-18T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:33:51.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import, Homeless

■ “I’m not sure it’s a good idea to locate it there for a couple of reasons. First of all, I think there’s an over-concentration of social services in the Pico neighborhood and I think that should be analyzed by the city. Second of all, the Pico neighborhood already has a whole host of crime problems that the police cannot get a handle on, so why increase them? Third of all, the majority of the homeless population lives closer to the beach and even the OPCC director indicated that he would rather have had the center be farther west. And as a potential location for them to relocate to, how about the RAND facilities that are becoming available. And also there’s potentially room in the current police headquarters, which is going to be vacated soon for the new building.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 18, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)