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# Mentally ill on street aren’t going away
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/mentally-ill-on-street-arent-going-away-editor/
- Published: 2003-08-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:48:51.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Marie Stone Santa Monica Wealthy Neanderthals enter the race Editor:*

Leaders of this country, city and county need to make a list of issues that need to be corrected. Not all homeless people are guilty of disgusting public behavior. The homeless who care about the areas we rest in, clean up after ourselves. We are not responsible for the ones who don’t care and make life hard for everyone.

The mental problem does need to be addressed in a serious meeting with results. I apologize to the public who have brief encounters with their public nuisance and rude, selfish behavior. I shall not bore you with the endless time we have to spend with them. We are hated and type-cast as being just like the mentally insane. This is wrong, yet we endure so much every day.

There is a solution. It’s called a meeting of the minds. Enough name calling and finger pointing, it’s time to act while morals and ethics still exist. The mental health issue should be at the top of the list of priorities. Changes for the better are what most of us hope and pray for. Officials are elected to make communities and people safe for all.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 20, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082003.pdf?ref=smdp.com)