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- URL: https://www.smdp.com/pond-scum-adventures-lead-to-true-la-exposure/
- Published: 2002-05-27T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:18:14.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The city of Santa Monica is facing an $8 million revenue shortfall this year. City administrators have proposed slashing more than $2 million from City Hall’s departmental operating budgets. And millions of dollars in capital improvements will be cut from what was budgeted last year. That means many projects will be put on hold indefinitely.

Some residents have suggested that the city could run a much tighter ship.

City officials are meeting this week to begin figuring out how painful the cuts are going to be.

So this week Q-Line wants to know, “Where would you cut from the city budget?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 27, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052702.pdf?ref=smdp.com)