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# Throughout Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/throughout-santa-monica/
- Published: 2004-09-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:01:24.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

A plan to end homelessness in Los Angeles within a decade will be unveiled on Sept. 23\. The plan has taken several months to develop and has taken into consideration the input and opinions of hundreds of people.

The planning panel of about 80 people — consisting of everybody from politicians to business leaders to homeless advocates — hopes to end the problem that has plagued this city for decades. It’s considered the largest effort ever by community leaders to tackle a problem that some say stands as the biggest facing the country.

In Santa Monica, homelessness is one of the most hotly debated issues in the community.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What must be included in the panel’s plan? How can homelessness most effectively be eradicated in the next 10 years?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your response in our weekend edition. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to first think about the wording of your response. WE DELIVER!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 8, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090804.pdf?ref=smdp.com)