By Jacqueline Kestler Culver City
Having moved from Santa Monica to Culver City because of all the homeless, Culver City residents do not want Santa Monica’s problem residents. This problem really escalated when Robert Meyers, the city attorney at the time, insisted on feeding the homeless in the parks and on the lawn at City Hall. Now the government can’t get rid of them. Downtown Santa Monica has deteriorated and the Promenade smells like a latrine. I drive through Santa Monica everyday and I see what the parks have become — a big hotel. I don’t think Brotman Hospital wants the homeless there. So, Santa Monica you are stuck with your self-created problem. Just don’t think you can slough it off on Culver City. We don’t want or need them.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 17, 2005. Read the original PDF.