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  • The True Homeless Situation: Business Owner Informs Santa Monica City Council

    John Alle, Special to the Observer|Updated Jan 18, 2022
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    Good evening City Manager and Council: Your "OUTREACH & HYGIENE SERVICES REPORT" is incorrect with regard to the number of unhoused, number of functioning restrooms, and outreach services. More than half of the toilets and sinks or restrooms in the garages are not functional. The Garages continue to be sleeping quarters and toilets for the unhoused. They serve as places for drug use and sex. Today in the Dumpster Room of Garage 6 there was a pool of blood. Blood stains on the...

  • Solutions for the Problems afflicting our Downtown in Santa Monica

    John Alle, Property Owner in Santa Monica|Updated Dec 9, 2021

    The following letter was sent to the entire city council, the city manager, and police chief. Chief Batista and City Manager White both replied with thanks to the author. A. SHORT TERM (IMMEDIATE) Objective: Stabilize safety 1) Update the current requirement of property and/or business owners having to renew the NO SITTING OR LYING IN THE ENTRANCE NOTICE from every 30 to 45 days, to INDEFINITELY. This would immediately create a uniform enforcement environment which would...

  • Invitation for Santa Monica Mayor Sue Himmelrich to Debate the Future of Parking Structure 3

    John Alle|Updated Aug 8, 2021

    Dear Mayor Himmelrich, The future of Parking Structure 3 in Downtown Santa Monica at 1320 4th Street has become a widespread topic of discussion among residents and business owners within our city and throughout the Los Angeles Basin. Residents especially want to know more about the issue. There are compelling reasons for maintaining and demolishing the parking structure. Many have expressed a desire for more discussion and an opportunity to vote on the issue in the next gener...