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# Can’t we all just get along?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/cant-we-all-just-get-along-editor/
- Published: 2004-06-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:31:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Rick Reutter Venice*

The city of Santa Monica contributes support (in its way) to a body of individuals called Side by Side. This organization is intended to be something of a “coalition” between homeless residents and those who dwell indoors, with at least the partial goal of serving as a communicative bridge between these two fractious and often mutually hostile collection of citizens. I would encourage anyone interested in community dialogue to attend these meetings if for no other reason than to get a fuller sense of their neighbors.

My fellow citizens (indoors and out), we do dwell together, in some spaces and at least for now.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 9, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)