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# City Council needs to step up
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-council-needs-to-step-up-editor/
- Published: 2005-12-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:16:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Carmen Polizzi Santa Monica*

I see where the City Council wants to be more aggressive with its enforcement of city laws and city codes. I have two suggestions. One is that city inspectors first inspect all the properties owned by our councilmen, as this would be a show of good faith that our elected officials are abiding by all the laws and city codes they enact.

My second suggestion is that if the city really wants to be more aggressive about enforcing city laws and codes, its enforcement people need only to take a walk in our parks and on the sidewalks and streets and rid them of the homeless so that an elderly lady like myself can feel safe when I walk to the grocery store.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 5, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)