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# Relocate the homeless
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/relocate-the-homeless-editor/
- Published: 2003-05-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:08:51.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Brian D. Koepke Santa Cruz*

Looking down your noses at the homeless will not drive them out of Santa Monica. Ticketing the homeless will not drive them out of Santa Monica. In fact, it creates a legal obligation they must fulfill here in Santa Monica. Passing hitchhikers by will not drive the homeless out of Santa Monica. What will drive some of the unwanted from Santa Monica? A ride down the freeway, or a greyhound bus ticket. Urging you to call Mayor Bloom in support of a Santa Monica homeless relocation fund.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 16, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)