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# SMDP reader should become homeless liaison
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smdp-reader-should-become-homeless-liaison-editor/
- Published: 2005-05-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:02:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By William Cook Santa Monica*

It is indeed a fortuitous day when the City Council approves the hiring of a “homeless liaison” (SMDP April 29, page 1). It is reported in the very same edition that a most astute letter writer speaks volumes on the subject with brevity, insight, compassion and good old common sense. The letter writer, Mr. Mark Sanderson (SMDP April 29, page 4), is hereby nominated by me, also a resident of Santa Monica for a number of years, as an applicant for the position, if he is available and willing to take it.

Knowing what the problem is and offering reasonable, sensible and compassionate solutions is paramount. The alternative is to hire a mealy-mouthed, no-nothing bureaucrat who will spend his or her “work days” flipping coins as to what to do and swilling booze or medicinals in consequential exasperation.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 11, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)