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# Headlines aren’t supposed to be funny
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/headlines-arent-supposed-to-be-funny-editor/
- Published: 2004-09-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:11:15.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By Judy Rambeau Assistant to the City Manager, Community Relations (Editor’s note: See page 3 for a response to this letter).*

We are not without a sense of humor and appreciation of a clever turn of phrase here at City Hall, but

Bring L.A. Home is on track. Officials from all the agencies and jurisdictions involved remain dedicated and determined to move from talk to action as quickly as current and future funding will allow. The most important message, which your reporter captured in the last quote of the article, is “It’s a matter of all of us working together.” Santa Monica has always put its money where its mouth is to address homelessness. Now, the entire region is on board as it needs to be.

I appreciate your commitment to accuracy, which you have shared with me many times, including headlines that accurately reflect story content.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 25, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092504.pdf?ref=smdp.com)