Sad while watching this video as I grew up in this area and spending time visiting the shops he references. Maybe this is just the California experience and not limited to one community?
Santa Monica is in trouble
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Sad while watching this video as I grew up in this area and spending time visiting the shops he references. Maybe this is just the California experience and not limited to one community?
I posted a similar experience I had in Seattle years ago.
My post was promptly deleted.
Surprised this thread hasn't been deleted...unless the mods have gotten lazy.
My post was promptly deleted.
Surprised this thread hasn't been deleted...unless the mods have gotten lazy.
It doesn’t help malls are dying quickly as well….
Part of that is the cost of living in Cali…… 250k homes here would be million dollar homes there.
Seems the state lacks shelters for people to live in, and mental health services for people to hopefully get better.
I can’t blame “other” stuff here. I see an increase of homeless people here- even though though worse times here there were fewer homeless people.
There is no one issue to point at- greed,divide, and lack of services are just the start.
I can only hope and pray these people can be helped.
Part of that is the cost of living in Cali…… 250k homes here would be million dollar homes there.
Seems the state lacks shelters for people to live in, and mental health services for people to hopefully get better.
I can’t blame “other” stuff here. I see an increase of homeless people here- even though though worse times here there were fewer homeless people.
There is no one issue to point at- greed,divide, and lack of services are just the start.
I can only hope and pray these people can be helped.
As a native Californian this whole state is going down the sewer, homeless, gangs, thefts. crooks have more rights than the victims.
They need to tighten down the laws again….sometimes folks need to go to jail. Otherwise they never learn…..
Throw your dice.
Thanks for posting. I appreciate on the ground reporting from elsewhere.
While Santa Monica may have more than there fair share of problems, I don't think any city is immune. post pandemic blight, homelessness, drugs. Every city has it to some degree.
Crazy stuff. Society is coming unglued.
While Santa Monica may have more than there fair share of problems, I don't think any city is immune. post pandemic blight, homelessness, drugs. Every city has it to some degree.
Crazy stuff. Society is coming unglued.
It's complicated. SCOTUS has ruled that it's illegal to punish someone for being homeless and on public property. The solution is private property. Then it becomes trespassing.
Nice to see you guys can still take a joke, lol!
But seriously tho, why the change?
Posts like this used to be deleted, but not anymore.
Has the posting guidelines been changed/updated?
SCOTUS ruled that homeless people do NOT have the right to sleep where ever they want in public. That means it's green light to relocate them away from places like the 3rd street Promenade in Santa Monica.
There is a new ballot proposition in CA to repeal Prop 47. That was the worst thing ever for CA, and allowed tons of crooks to stay out of prison.
George Gascon, LA County district attorney, is also up for reelection. That guy is a huge part of the problem in So Calif; he won't prosecute misdemeanor crimes - there are 13,000 unprosecuted cases in the backlog. For anyone here living in LA County, please vote this clown out of office.
No change. There is nothing in this thread yet that needs to be moderated.
If you want a daily dose of it, follow @enuffisenuffla on X. Seriously out of hand fentanyl deaths.
With respect to SM, they recently complained they’re a terminus for the LA Metro “light” rail. When they have the last run of the night between 1 and 2 dozen new homeless get kicked off the train and into their city. Every single night. They can’t take it.
Long Beach claims the same thing, for the same reason.
With respect to SM, they recently complained they’re a terminus for the LA Metro “light” rail. When they have the last run of the night between 1 and 2 dozen new homeless get kicked off the train and into their city. Every single night. They can’t take it.
Long Beach claims the same thing, for the same reason.
Agreed!As a native Californian this whole state is going down the sewer, homeless, gangs, thefts. crooks have more rights than the victims.
Hmm, I would not have thought of that - but its a good reason not to live at the end of a light rail line.
Drug addiction begets mental illness after enough brain cells are killed...which then begets homelessness.
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We visited San Diego many times - but I hear it’s gone downhill
No plans to return …
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Los Angelas has been shipping homeless up here to the desert by the bus load. They drop them off on D'st in Victorville and the parking lot @ 2nd and Main in Hesperia.
Ask a homeless how he ended up here and they will often say they were dropped off at one of those places.
Ask a homeless how he ended up here and they will often say they were dropped off at one of those places.
