Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

The Daily Santa Monica Crime and Drug Video - April 26, 2024

A chronicle by the Santa Monica Coalition of the truth about life on our streets

Santa Monica's City Council thinks the city is just fine. One councilmember called the homeless residents our neighbors, their wants and desires equivalent to those of people who pay rent and pay taxes. The 'freedom' of some, most of whom suffer from drug addiction and mental illness, to live in filth, disease and to commit crimes with impunity, is valued over the ability of the rest of society to live healthy lives in law and order.

Watch the videos shot and distributed by the Santa Monica Coalition, a different one each day, to see what is actually happening in a city that is no longer a magnet for tourists and shoppers.

The Santa Monica Coalition is a movement comprised of Santa Monica residents, business owners, and locals that addresses the humanitarian crisis, public safety concerns, the rising crime, and the current lack of responsiveness from the City of Santa Monica.

April 26 2024 Santa Monica Coalition Mini Documentary

Who is benefiting from tax funds spent for HOMELESS SERVICES in SANTA MONICA? The City and its independent auditing firm have NOT accounted for over $2 million of grant funds and expenditures to The People Concern, Saint Joseph's Center, the CLARE Foundation, Hospitality Training Academy, and Family Services of Santa Monica, and others. NO corrected actions have been shown to the City Council or Santa Monica Taxpayers as far back as fiscal year 2020-2021, and NO audits have been presented for years 2022 and 2023. But INCREASES for the same groups are on the way for the coming Fiscal Year! Highly paid executives of these non-profit firms CONTINUE TO UNFAIRLY PROSPER at the expense of those most in need.

 
 

Reader Comments(3)

Jack writes:

To the citizens of Venice & Santa Monica, you get the environment you voted for. Want better ? Then vote your representatives out !

donthaveone writes:

The promenade should be filled with people shopping and eating but it's a ghost town! So sad how they have ruined our Santa Monica!

SurfLawyer writes:

I've been reading the Observer for years. I've come to like these daily crime videos. The other items I can see in many sites, but this is great.