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# Santa Monica Living the SM dream (nightmare?)
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-living-the-sm-dream-nightmare-editor/
- Published: 2007-05-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:43:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Mark Shepherd Santa Monica*

Where else in the world will police arrest people for doing sit-ups and stretches on a grassy median, but ignore the homeless passed out on sidewalks? Where else are non-resident dogs treated like criminals in city parks, but the local school board packs classrooms with students from surrounding districts? What other city’s leaders are mesmerized by the affordable-housing-at-all-costs mantra, but squashes a for-profit builder’s attempt to develop low-income apartments?

Only in Santa Monica: Eight square miles of socialist hypocrisy and precious little common sense.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 8, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050807.pdf?ref=smdp.com)