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# Solve the problem at the polls
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/solve-the-problem-at-the-polls-editor/
- Published: 2006-07-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:49:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Kitty Monsalud Santa Monica*

Regarding the letters from residents who are upset that there are homeless people in Santa Monica and who asked them to be “removed” and I couldn’t help to think: The homeless are humans, just like me and you who didn’t have the fortune to go through live without major problems like addictions, mental issues and poverty.

If I don’t like their presence in Santa Monica I should try to find a solution to change this. And this means to vote for a president, a governor and mayor who raises taxes in order to get the U.S. education system up-to-date; somebody who will spend tax money for the health system and who is eager to build jobs in our cities; somebody who promotes rent control so not only the rich can afford to live somewhere.

Solve the problem by the roots instead of creating a hostile and inhumane society that looks down on the less fortunate.

Vote for the right people and get involved into day to day politics, then you might create a world with less poverty and substance abuse that looks pretty and picturesque.

Every day I wake up in the morning I thank God not to be homeless.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 10, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)