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# A day in the life of Santa Monica problematic
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-santa-monica-problematic-editor/
- Published: 2005-03-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:24:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Peter Shopay Santa Monica*

If you think Santa Monica doesn’t have a huge problem, just take a look at the front page of the SMDP, March 23, 2005.

The caption under the photo is “Mother nature continues to wreak havoc on life as usual in Santa Monica.” The photo is of a homeless man. I would like to think that life as usual in Santa Monica would be mothers pushing babies in strollers, people commuting to work, tourists going to the beach. Sadly the caption and photo are correct. Life as usual in Santa Monica is the homeless population. Sesame Street said it best, “They’re the people that you meet when you’re walking down the street, they’re the people that you meet each day.” In Santa Monica that it is.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 25, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)