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# Neighborhood gets rid of the trash By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/neighborhood-gets-rid-of-the-trash-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2003-11-20T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:15:30.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Homeowners and renters in the Ninth Street and Michigan Avenue area, with significant support from the CLARE Foundation, took to the streets Saturday to clean up their neighborhood.

More than 60 volunteers filled dozens of garbage bags with trash and debris scraped up from gutters, parkways and sidewalks. Brooms, rakes and shovels were provided by the city’s Solid Waste Management Division. Refreshments were provided by the residents, and plastic bags and additional manpower were provided by the CLARE Foundation. The efforts paid off, according to clean-up organizers.

“The street looks great, but what I really liked was all of those people working together to make things better for everyone,” said Christian Boyce, Ninth Street resident and the event’s organizer. “I wish we’d done this years ago.”

The neighborhood won’t have to wait years for the next event. Plans are in place for “clean-up day, the sequel.”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/112003-06_01.jpg)

to the Daily Press Truckloads of trash are hauled out of a Santa Monica neighborhood this past weekend as part of a “clean-up day” (Photo: Christian Boyce/Special)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 20, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112003.pdf?ref=smdp.com)