By John Zarchen
Your editorial on July 21 in the Santa Monica Daily Press intrigues me (Charles Springer’s From the Street column, page 4). If, as you say, “We,
By John Zarchen
Santa Monicans have two serious problems: gang violence and putrid by-products of an increasing homeless population. I suggest that the gangs should direct their intimidating antics
By Charles Springer
I often wonder why the homeless are so persecuted by certain individuals in this community.
The people who have the most trouble with homelessness are the ones
By Thomas Brennan
For our country, the last two years have been the most violent two years since the height of the Viet Nam War. But the one thing we
Pico mechanic to be sentenced next month
Relatives of a homeless man who was shot dead last July pleaded with a judge Friday to lock up the killer for the
■ “We believe that it’s an excellent move for the Santa Monica community because you are removing the access center from a more downtown location to a more remote location
■ “OPCC provides an absolutely essential service to the homeless and the location on Cloverfield and Michigan will be quite appropriate for that service. The need doesn’t go away because
■ “I’m not sure it’s a good idea to locate it there for a couple of reasons. First of all, I think there’s an over-concentration of social
■ “Cloverfield Boulevard and Michigan Avenue is not an appropriate location for the city’s largest homeless provider. In the first place, we shouldn’t have any homeless in Santa Monica
■ “I live directly across the street on Delaware from that area and I’m sick and tired of the homeless coming through there two and three times a week and
■ “There will never be a solution to the homeless problem until the central state and county governments devise a program that will get to the root cause of homelessness — alcoholism.
■ “I think its very admirable of you to print these questions about what’s going to happen in Santa Monica. A lot of homeowners, property owners, and others respond to
