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# Council Spent No Time on Homelessness, Most on Land Use and Laws
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/by-the-numbers-20050811/
- Published: 2005-08-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:34:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homelessness

Total public comment time: 31 minutes Time spent on laws/policy/codes/commissions: 1 hour, 21 minutes Time spent on a citizen-initiated concern (day laborers): 16 minutes Time spent on legal matters: 2 minutes (report from closed session) Time spent on land use and/or development: 33 minutes Time spent on the top three issues facing Santa Monicans based on city surveys: Homelessness : Zero minutes Parking: 10 minutes (density bonus law) Traffic: 10 minutes (density bonus law)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 11, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)