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# A kingdom for a parking spot
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/hard-times-getting-into-school-applying-for-entry-into-westside-preschools-can-at-times-seem-more-like-college-search/
- Published: 2007-03-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:16:17.000Z
- Author: Melody Hanatani
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

At times it seems that motorists drive themselves silly by circling city streets and area parking structures time after time searching out an empty parking space. Of course more parking would be nice, but at what cost?

This week’s Q-Line question asks: What would you like to see done by our trusted city officials to remedy what at times seems like a daily scavenger hunt for an available spot?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in next weekend’s edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 20, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)