1 David Yakobson
From: Mathew Millen <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 4:37 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Feb 10 Item 5 I/ Opposition to Dumping in the Pico Neighborhood Attachments: EAH1413.pdf
EXTERNAL
The State Housing Dept rejected the initial Housing Element because the City dumped low income housing in the historically segregated Pico Neighborhood
that "perpetuated segregation" and the Housing Element did not implement Government Code section 8899.50 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
Now apparently the city wants to lease 2 apartment buildings on Pico Blvd in the Pico Neighborhood for a Regional Social Services
program, housing the homeless and or mentally ill who arrive in Santa Monica from everywhere.
Attached are the Calls for Service for a one year period for the new EAH Regional Social Services homeless housing project at
1413 Michigan Ave and the Fire Dept responses to health emergencies. Overdoses? Please include these in my comments.
It is time to end Santa Monican's For Renters Rights racist policy of using the Pico Neighborhood to dump Regional Social Services projects that would
not put North of Wilshire Blvd...
respectfully
Mathew Millen
Pico Neighborhood Resident
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
1 David Yakobson
From: Marc Verville <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 11:01 AM
To: Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Jesse Zwick; Natalya Zernitskaya; Lana Negrete
Cc: Oliver Chi; councilmtgitems
Subject: SMCC 2026-02-10 Item 5.I. - 2019 & 1905 Pico Boulevard - SAMOSHEL relocation to Pico Neighborhood: STOP THIS RELOCATION TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
EXTERNAL
To Santa Monica Council Members,
The relocation of SAMOSHEL to the Pico neighborhood is beyond discriminatory. Moreover, it reflects a continuation of a failed policy that is responsible for tanking the city’s visitor economy, the results of which are becoming more painfully evident in the City’s finances every day.
Homeless migration through the city of Santa Monica has been the kryptonite that has destroyed the visitor economy and the City’s finances. As the Westside location for the County’s Service Provider Area 5 (SPA 5), SAMOSHEL has been a major contributor to Santa Monica becoming a homeless migration destination from throughout LA County. The 13% compliance at our end-of-line station Metro's Tap-to-Exit program ensures that the waves of transient migration through the City, with a demographic that has overlapping 75%+ mental health and substance abuse issues overwhelm these service points and the surrounding city areas.
Why would you locate a facility that is a key driver of Downtown’s economic collapse and arrest activity into a residential neighborhood???
• What do you think is going to happen?
• What do you think the unintended consequences will be? • How will it impact the surrounding community’s safety Due to its visitor-based economy (the only economy it has), Santa Monica is disproportionately impacted by the homeless migrations thorough the city that total at least 5,000 to 6,000 annually. As this is not the case in LA, all homeless destination activities should be relocated out of Santa Monica entirely! Period!
This negotiation must end now, SAMOSHEL relocated out of the city, and this failed and destructive homeless policy immediately jettisoned.
Respectfully,
Marc L. Verville
Sunset Park
Former Chair, Santa Monica Audit Subcomittee
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
1 David Yakobson
From: Maria Loya <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 11:56 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Santa Monica City Manager's Office Cc: Brian O'Neil; PNA Freddy Luis; PNA~Kiana Choy; PNA SM; B. Onofre; Gina DeBaca; Esther Hickman; Marisela Herrera; Mary Cornejo; Irma Santiago; Tony Huizar Subject: Closed Session Item I
EXTERNAL
To: The City of Santa Monica Planning Commission
From: Pico Neighborhood Association (PNA), Board of Directors Date: February 10, 2026
Re: Council Agenda Items – Closed Session item I
The Pico Neighborhood Association (PNA) Board of Directors is writing this letter in response to the properties located on 2019 and 1905 Pico Blvd. which will be discussed during closed session. Our City Council will decide on whether to convert these two apartment buildings into a Regional Social Services program that will house mentally ill and drug addicted people that arrive in Santa Monica, with no commitment to prioritize long term residents in need of those services.
This is a concern for us considering that the Pico Neighborhood has the largest concentration of social services that include already housing mentally ill and drug addicted. The most recent development called The Laurel located on 14th and Michigan Ave. is one example of such recent housing developments. This program has attracted drug use and erratic behavior by those mentally ill and drug addicted making it unsafe for the families living in the area. Hundreds of calls to the police and fire department paint a picture of debauchery and neglect that is being created by policy makers in our City.
We ask that the City Council take into account the cumulative impact that Pico Neighborhood residents have endured due to the dumping of undesirable and toxic developments over the years and reject any further placement of this type of housing in our neighborhood. We see this type of housing development as a continued practice of dumping what is undesirable in other parts of Santa Monica on to the Pico Neighborhood. This practice is not only unfair, but it is illegal. In fact, the State Housing Department rejected the initial Housing Element under Government Code section 8899.50 because the city concentrated low-income housing in the historically segregated Pico Neighborhood that perpetuated segregation which violated the Fair Housing Act.
Residents of the Pico Neighborhood deserve to have a good quality of life just like the residents north of Wilshire. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026
Item 5-I
February 10, 2026