City officials have proposed opening a sobering center, or “drunk tank,” to help curb the problem of public drunkenness in Santa Monica. Some officials champion the idea as a way to save the city money and address its homelessness problem. Others say the plan would do little to reduce vagrancy in the area.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Do you think a sobering center in Santa Monica is a good idea? Why or why not?”
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your response in the weekend edition. 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 December 21, 2004. Read the original PDF.