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# Letter: Eminent Domain and Affordable Housing in Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/102205-story-20051022-4/
- Published: 2005-10-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:01:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

✆ “The tool for affordable housing already exists, it’s called eminent domain. We certainly don’t have to go through the charade of developer fees. Councilmen Genser, Bloom and McKeown have long been ardent proponents of dispersing the most dangerous, low-income elements of the Pico neighborhood throughout the area of Santa Monica north of Wilshire Boulevard. It should be known that the building in which Ken Genser lives on San Vicente is up for sale and it is the expectation of the Pico neighborhood community that Ken Genser will prod the Community Corporation of Santa Monica into acquiring this very choice property. We need courageous councilmen like Genser, McKeown and Bloom to lead the way to equalize the communities of Santa Monica and eminent domain is the way to go.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 22, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)