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# Santa Monica Treat the homeless like people
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-treat-the-homeless-like-people-editor/
- Published: 2003-07-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:39:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Marie Stone Homeless in Santa Monica Help those who can’t help themselves Editor:*

Who wrote all these laws that allow the homeless to be treated like we don’t deserve to be alive? There is obvious hate and discontent toward us, the homeless. Hate is a crime. To the true Christians who try to help us, attend the meetings that are scheduled and advocate for us, why have you declared this hate-war on the homeless? This is America, you should be discussing ways to help us survive so we could have housing.

We the homeless avoid the homeless who are creating problems for all of us. The ones who stink because they will not bathe, or curse and act rude in public, they need special help. Are you so hard-hearted that you cannot see the truth? The only crime we are guilty of is being homeless. Yet we are type-cast because of the ones who don’t care about themselves or anything else.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072503.pdf?ref=smdp.com)