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# Los Angeles No one home at homeless meeting
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/los-angeles-no-one-home-at-homeless-meeting-editor/
- Published: 2004-01-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:42:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

*By Kathryn Padbury*

As a new resident of Santa Monica, I am very concerned about the homelessness problem. I would have attended the meeting this week had I known about it, (“Few residents weigh in on homeless plan,” SMDP, Jan. 28, page 1). So I would not read into the lack of resident-attendance as a lack of interest on the part of local residents.

I think local, taxpaying-resident input is important to addressing this problem. I also think resident concerns should be addressed — safety, etc. — without being vilified by homeless advocates as being anti-homeless. Residents have legitimate concerns that deserve an open forum to be discussed with the city and those who advocate for the homeless.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 30, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/013004.pdf?ref=smdp.com)