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From: Jason Mastbaum <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 12:11 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Sue Himmelrich; Kristin McCowan; Oscar de la Torre
Cc: councilmtgitems; councilmtgitems
Subject: 5/10/2022 agenda item 13D
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Councilmembers,
Councilmember Brock's agenda item 13D purports to want to study the safety situation in downtown Santa Monica, but we already know the outcome he wants: the dissolution of the DTSM board and replacing the downtown safety ambassadors with an armed private security force accountable solely to the landlords of DTSM. https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News‐2022/May‐ 2022/05_02_2022_Brock_Calls_for_Get_Tough_Approach_to_Homeless_Problem.html This is completely morally bankrupt and it's absolutely shocking that this is a proposal being floated by a sitting councilmember. A private armed goon squad tasked with "dealing with" the homeless situation downtown is a license for violence against both the homeless and anyone else the armed private security deems to be a problem. 13D should be pulled from tomorrow's agenda. We should not be wasting city time and resources when we know it's going through the motions to tee up a predetermined outcome: Phil's frightening and morally bankrupt vision for downtown.
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From: Peter DiChellis <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 3:08 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Agenda Item 13d.
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Not sufficient. The “existing safety and security of the Third Street Promenade, parking garages, and surrounding areas in downtown Santa Monica” absolutely sucks and has for far too long. Same with public safety throughout the City.
Anyone on the Council or in the City Attorney's Office who doesn’t recognize this by now is clinging to the wrong job.
SMPD publicly estimated 40% of their arrests involve homeless individuals. The City’s failed policies have marked Santa Monica as a soft target for opportunistic criminal invaders, including (as arrest statistics demonstrate) among an increasingly unhinged homeless population.
Enough studying. Take action. No more thugs on drugs.
Sincerely,
Peter DiChellis
Santa Monica ‐ 90403
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