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# Leadership lacking in City Hall
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/leadership-lacking-in-city-hall-editor/
- Published: 2004-10-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:20:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Selwyn Yosslowitz Santa Monica*

On Nov. 2, Santa Monica has a chance to make positive, long-term changes to the City Council that will benefit all those who live, work and visit our wonderful city.

As one of the owners of a local business, I’ve had the opportunity to witness up close and personal the workings of this City Council and I can tell you, it’s not a pretty sight.

We have seen many small business owners struggle to weave their way through the city bureaucracy before they can open their doors to the public. In many of these cases, small business owners have seen their life savings squandered away with unnecessary bureaucratic delays.

And while city staff keeps busy with inventing new regulations on an almost daily basis, they drain resources from a much bigger problem, the homeless. Everyone wants to see the issue of thousands of vagrants sleeping, eating and defecating all over our streets, alleys, parks and homes solved, but the current council doesn’t have the leadership abilities to create innovative solutions and bring together the proper resources. Meanwhile, the problem keeps getting worse.

In addition to Herb Katz, the best solution for Santa Monica to improve upon its City Council is to bring in fresh ideas and new blood. That’s why I am supporting Kathryn Morea, Matt Dinolfo and Bobby Shriver.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 26, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)