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# Santa Monica Daniel’s haters see the big picture
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-daniels-haters-see-the-big-picture-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:44:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Mathew Millen Santa Monica*

The furor over Daniel’s Village (“Parents to step up: Step off,” Oct. 18) is not directed at the concept of a congregate housing facility for young adults suffering from schizophrenia. It is that millions of our tax money is again given to an out-of-town developer to establish yet another regional social service project in Santa Monica primarily for non-residents.

Santa Monica already has over 200 beds for the mentally ill, over 100 beds for drug addicts and alcoholics, and hundreds of beds for the homeless. The overwhelming majority of people accessing these services were not Santa Monica residents when they became homeless, developed a mental illness or became addicted to drugs and alcohol.

It is not an accident that the Ocean Park Community Center’s (OPCC) new regional access center for homeless services at Fifth and Olympic is across the street from the terminus of the “LA to the Sea” light rail line. The city spent $60 million to buy the Sears auto service center and parking lot for the rail line... as thousands more homeless ride the rails to Santa Monica.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 31, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/103107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)