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SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica’s Homeless Crisis: A City at Its Limit

Compassion without accountability, and generosity without boundaries, have brought us to this breaking point...

Santa Monica’s compassion is real, and it is earned. But compassion without accountability, and generosity without boundaries, have brought us to this breaking point. Our residents have been patient, engaged, and persistent. They deserve a city government that listens — not selectively, not performatively, but genuinely and with the intention to act...

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