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# Homeless are people, too
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/homeless-are-people-too-editor/
- Published: 2006-10-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:44:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Jesse Harris Santa Monica*

I’m afraid the homeless are here to stay. Homeless people are human beings, too. How would you like it if a law was passed that said: “Ban Mr. Shopay”?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 23, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102306.pdf?ref=smdp.com)