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From: Alexis Rousselle <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:14 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Santa Monica Homelessness Crisis
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To whom it may concern,
I would like request the next city council meeting urgently address what ongoing action is being taken to address the surge in homelessness in the area.
When referencing your online resources they appear dated and not representative of the reality in the city. I have lived in Santa Monica for over 7 years and have never seen or experienced the level of homelessness I am seeing now. I am a extremely concerned citizen who is witnessing the rise in homelessness‐ but more importantly violent and drug addicted homeless.
Obviously my story is just one but I know I am not alone. In the past month I have been verbally harassed by multiple homeless men and had one instance of a man coming up to me and shoving me in the Palisades Park. I also witness open drug usage daily. I see no police or security and walk this park daily. In this instance I had to resort to running away .
This should not be the new normal. As a 30 year old female I am scared to walk alone within 5 blocks of my apartment.
I would like the council to lay out the specific actions that are being taken in the short, medium and long term to address the crisis.
Specific questions I have :
‐ what steps are being taken to increase alternative housing? ‐ what is being done to increase police and security throughout Santa Monica to assist in the safety and well‐being of the community?
‐ what is the budget plans in 2022 going to address the issue‐ please provide specifics Appreciate confirmation of the email and that these items will be addressed in the upcoming meeting.
Thank you,
Alexis Rousselle
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From: Ursula Fox <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:41 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Gelson's Center Teardown
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Please, don’t O.K. this design. As is I wouldn’t even allow this if the design were for a prison. There are already enough examples of prison architecture and colors in Santa Monica.
Thanks for the work you do.
Ursula Fox
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From: SM <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:15 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: No response amps
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The police dept is nonresponsce.
Citizens of this community we wanna stand up and complain about the Santa Monica police dept! This department never calls you back and if you call 911 they just leave you hanging this is not acceptable for the number of tax dollars we give you please call me back I represent 5 million people in this town 310‐428‐6232 Sent from my iPhone
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From: santa monica <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:02 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Request for help
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I wanted to let you know that when I called the police department every time is a hassle and we pay a lot of taxes and I don't appreciate it. When I called the police department tonight they put me on hold and a waste of my time and the harassed me while I was on the phone and make me feel bad while so I was incomplete fear of my life. I want to call back at 310‐428‐6232 Sent from my iPhone
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From: Bijan Khajebag <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 9:20 AM
To: Attorney Mailbox; [email protected]; Santa Monica City Manager's Office; RentControl Mailbox; Community & Cultural Services; councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; [email protected]; Consumer Mailbox
Subject: FYI.
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Bijan Khajebag
1242 17th Street #5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 593 36 26
[email protected]
Good morning,
Although from my previous complaints to the city authorities, I am still waiting for an answer but here is my yet another complaint to be answered.
What you will read here is the latest reported death from cigarettes smokers. Becoming addicted starts from sniffing paint cans by 12 years old, later smoking cigarettes and later marijuana and later….
During 1999–2019, age‐adjusted rates of U.S. drug‐involved overdose deaths more than tripled from 6.1 to 21.6 per 100,000, More than four (4) times as many people died from drug overdose (OD) than from homicide in the first month of 2021.
96,779 drug overdose deaths were reported from March 2020 to March 2021. OD death totals during this period are 36.1% higher than the previous annual high from December 2018 to December 2019 (71,130 deaths).
Preliminary reports indicate the number of drug overdose deaths in America increased 29.6% in 2020. Several grim records were set: the most drug overdose deaths in a year; the most deaths from opioid overdoses; the most overdose deaths from stimulants like methamphetamine; the most deaths from the deadly class of synthetic opioids known as fentanyls. “It’s huge, it’s historic, it’s unheard‐of, unprecedented, and a real shame,” said Daniel Ciccarone, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies heroin markets. “It’s a complete shame.” Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. CDC Mar 23, 2020 Item 14
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2 Marijuana is a stimulants drug which increases the mind “delusional‐aberration” nerves‐activity, a reason for the addicted not to respect anything but what they believe while high in their created “cosmos”, the word “freedom” becomes their priority, later and if continued the mind will demand more of stimulant and higher poisons kind of drug to increase their imitative “freedom”.
1- At the above address there are tenants living at unite 2‐3 the tenant in unit 3 is attorney graduated from Barkly law school acknowledging the city smoking ordinance S.M.M.C 4.44.04 that forbids smoking in apartment and other areas, but still smokes all kind of stuff disrespecting the city law, he simply says, “I know the law so what”, in another word, he doesn’t give a damn about the city or the city attorney office and that’s simply, in practical terms and for him the law has no meaning and therefore cannot be enforced which questions the virtuous of an attorney of his kind. The smell of pot and heavier stuff entering our unit 5 is from his unit (#3) is so strong that we cannot breathe for few hours until the smoke has vanished, it happens 3‐4 times a week mostly at night with lots of traffic which is a deliberate harassment.
2‐ He has been ignorant since his moved into this unit, according to the law S.M.M.C 4.44.040 ordinance tenants moving into any unit after 2012 cannot smoke unless is designated as such, yet all new tenants have signed their lease long after this date which their lease is a promissory agreement to follow the city ordinance rules and not to smoke, again their disrespect for their signature and the law shows their ignorant which is due to city ignorance in enforcing its own law. There is also a sign issued by the city clearly indicating that the building 1242 17th Street is a Nonsmoking building, this sign is placed above mailboxes where tenants collect their mails so is visible to all. This matter is also about unite 2, they also have been informed about their unit being a Nonsmoking unit yet their answer to their smoking has been “you have to break a law to make a new law”, this kind of response is based on thoughts in anarchism with “love”, they also smoke all kind of stuff, vape and pot is their routine.
3‐ Apartment # 6 and the occupants also smokes but not as much and not heavy stuff as other tenants, #2 and #3 do.
4‐ Out of 6‐unit 3 tenants are smokers which lives us with inhalations of all kinds of toxics entering our living area forcing us to breath the toxins, problems from secondhand smokes are proven to be health hazardous to all which questions the city responsibility toward people’s health, unless city authority have eliminated their responsibility when they declare their responsibility in wording as: people’s safety, good, wellbeing and health?
5‐ We simply risking our life and living with fear when these people ignoring the laws and practically allowed to continue, the children in building risking their health, the elderly risking their health which I question the fact if “people’s health” “safety” and “good” beings are incorporated in the commitments to the wording “public good” or if these wordings are of importance to the city attorney office? The other danger these tenants might cause is blaze and that’s due to hallucinating moments in time of lighting up and smoking the substances. The issue here is not about dictatorships nor is personal, but rather respect for the law, if there's is law then it must be respected and enforced by maker of the law.
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3 Here are the questions which I think most people would ask:
A‐ The fact in continuing with these tenants abusive behavior smoking illegally is a continues “nuisance” and in terms is an “elderly abuse or general abuse” when they know that we are over 75 years and have complained about their smoking habits, secondly the building owner not having any interests to be involved which is due to his interests in not having any rent controlled units as we are, after our complaint his answer was, “you can move out any time you want”.
B‐ the fact of disrespect for the law smoking pot followed by heavier stuff while tenants in questions are informed about the building designated as a NON smoking which in reality questions the fact, what is the city of Santa Monica attorney office responsibility, mayor office and council members accountabilities about the health, security, wellbeing toward illegal activities by such tenants continuing their means; having said that, this matter is not about one building but rather the increase of pot and heavier drug‐smokers all over the city which therefore needs to be tackled and taken seriously by the city authorities, if not, in few years the city of Santa Monica will become the hub of drug activities in Los Angeles county, that is to say if it hasn’t?
Looking forward receiving city attorney office, mayor office or any of council members response.
With all due respect.
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From: SM <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 7:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Clerk Mailbox; Consumer Mailbox; councilmtgitems; Lane Dilg Subject: 401 Wilshire. Santa Monica 90403
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We protested this restaurant. They have started construction and run over us.
We want contact and answer or lawsuit.
Residents 1125 ‐3rd street & 1122,4th street residents.
Call
(20)428‐6232
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From: Council Mailbox
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 4:06 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: FW: Please support future Main Street weekend closures From: Judy Abdo <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:36 PM
To: Council Mailbox <[email protected]>
Subject: Please support future Main Street weekend closures
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Judy Abdo
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