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# Homeless woman needs cash
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/homeless-woman-needs-cash-editor/
- Published: 2004-06-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:37:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Joan Campagna Santa Monica*

I have been in Santa Monica for five months, and I love your paper and try to read it every day as it is very informative and it’s free. What more can you say about a great paper? I have a serious problem. I have been homeless like many others in this great city (and I love this city). I was staying at Samoshel, and the very next day that I arrived, I was getting a shower, and when I came out of the shower I slipped and fell and fractured my elbow. I had such a difficult time getting care. I kept going to the emergency room. I tried in vain to get the Salvation Army to pay the bill since they did not have the grid that was needed for the women to get out of the showers safely. One woman fell the night before me and they knew they had a problem but did nothing, until two days after I fell and only after I was seriously hurt. No staff ever asked me how my arm was or ever said a word to me about the incident. I was completely ignored while I suffered to get to a doctor. As of today I cannot get the Salvation Army to pay for my injuries. I left Samoshel awhile after. I am still homeless and still have this bill to pay. The Salvation Army gets millions each year and it’s a crime against humanity to do this to me or anyone.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 26, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)