By Santa Monica
This is my home for 58 years. I’m a Santa Monican. Getting back indoors here is a nightmare. The lines (at homeless shelters) of travelers, drugged, drunk and free-loaders make you just one of the numbers. It’s more often the loudest are the first to befriend a caseworker and get anything more than a bag lunch.
There are hundreds of beds and many programs that could help, but are filled with people from across the land.
Why not a point system, so the people most deserving get something back from the system they supported?
How’s this: 2 points — disabled 20 points — women with children 10 points — battered/ abused women 2 points — veterans 2 points — recognizable hardship cases 5 points — Santa Monica resident Drew Feldman
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 6, 2007. Read the original PDF.