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Public to Weigh in on Plan to End LA Homelessness MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2004 Volume 3, Issue 285 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues DAILY LOTTERY SUPER LOTTO Public to weigh Pink’s on the Pier 9 17 21 35 45 Meganumber: 6 Jackpot: 10 Million FANTASY 5 in on plan to end 2 4 22 25 26 DAILY 3 Daytime: 1 9 9 Evening: 3 8 5 LA homelessness DAILY DERBY BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON 1st: 10 Solid Gold Daily Press Staff Writer SEE RELATED STORY 2nd: 07 Eureka HAYES-RAITT COMMENTARY PAGE 5 3rd: 09 Winning Spirit RACE TIME: 1:48.35 KEN EDWARDS CENTER — As officials in the coming months of about 80 leaders of government, finalize their plans to end home- faith-based, social service, advoca- NEWS OF THE WEIRD cy, entertainment, law enforce- BY CHUCK SHEPARD lessness in Los Angeles County in a decade, the public is growing ment and business organizations, In November, police in Brooklyn, N.Y., set increasingly skeptical of how real- as well as people who have experi- a trap and arrested a 44-year-old man istic the lofty goal is. enced homelessness firsthand. and his 22-year-old associate for having But regardless of the skepti- Santa Monica Mayor Richard kidnapped a teenager earlier in the day Bloom is on the panel, and is the and having sought a $20,000 ransom cism, those involved in the plan from his mother; the sting was set up are excited about the possibility of only elected official from the west- after the men, for some reason, released all 88 communities in the county side working on the plan. their victim (who went straight home) The panel unveiled a draft of but continued to demand the ransom. working together and lobbying the government to meet their goal. the 10-year plan last month and was met with criticism from peo- TODAY IN HISTORY A couple dozen Santa Monica ple who say the plan is too vague. residents and politicians met last ON OCT. 11, 1779, Polish nobleman More community meetings were Thursday during a minimally pub- Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American scheduled for October to get more independence, died two days after being licized community meeting to talk public input before the plan is mortally wounded in the Revolutionary about “Bring LA Home,” a com- War Battle of Savannah, Ga. adopted in December. ■ In 1811, the first steam-powered fer- prehensive plan that would recon- One of those meetings was held ryboat, the Juliana, was put into opera- figure the county’s homeless ser- in Santa Monica last week. Some tion between New York City and vices to include an additional Hoboken, N.J. people questioned details of the John Wood/Daily Press ■ In 1890, the Daughters of the 70,000 emergency shelter beds plan, and others had more broad Workers serve up ‘Pink’s famous hot dogs’ on the Santa Monica Pier Sunday as part of American Revolution was founded in and 40,000 units of affordable questions, such as if officials Washington, D.C. housing, among other things. “Pier del Sol 2004,” a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. The eighth annual event fea- ■ looked to other cities such as New tured food from nearly 40 top Los Angeles-area restaurants, music, games and a petting In 1932, the first American political A “Blue Ribbon Panel” was telecast took place as the Democratic York to see how they have suc- zoo. California first lady Maria Shriver, co-founder of Pier del Sol and daughter of Eunice National Committee sponsored a pro- convened last year to begin work- Kennedy, who founded the Special Olympics, was the event’s honorary chairwoman. gram from a CBS television studio in ing on the plan. The panel consists See PLAN, page 4 New York. QUOTE OF THE DAY City Hall launches 24/7 election coverage “When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.” BY PAM WIGHT candidates lack enough funds to but the new station will make tion between Santa Monica City JEAN RENOIR FRENCH MOVIE DIRECTOR (1894-1979) Special to the Daily Press run expensive television ads, the Santa Monica the first city in the Hall, the League of Women new CityTV2, channel 20, and the country to dedicate a channel to Voters and the West LA-based INDEX Santa Monica voters can learn existing channel 16 aim to educate educating voters about the Center for Governmental Studies. about any local candidate, issue or voters and level the field for all specifics of the local election on a Horoscopes Launched on Oct. 1, CityTV2 is a Pay your bills, Leo 2 ballot measure any time of day candidates by providing them 24-hour basis, officials said. with a new TV station dedicated to equal air time. Scheduled pro- The station, which runs the companion to Santa Monica’s Local 24-hour local election coverage. gramming of election coverage is channel 16 election programs on a main government access cable sta- Mystery Photo 3 Because many local political furnished on City TV, channel 16, continuous loop, was a collabora- See CITY TV, page 8 Surf Report Water Temperature: 65° 3 COMMUNITYPROFILES | COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA. Letters to the Editor ‘Hope’ is not enough 6 Opinions Mark Gold: A healing force in Santa Monica Romance worth the wait 7 BY PAM WIGHT environmental group founded 19 inspired him to the point that when State Special to the Daily Press years ago by Dorothy Green, a she asked for volunteers to help Flu shot shortage 11 housewife. Having completed a her, he stepped forward. It took a Westwood housewife B.S. and M.S. in biology from “HTB was about a year old at National speaking to his 1986 urban-plan- UCLA, Gold was working on his the time; they had no staff and After debate, gloves are off 14 ning class at UCLA to inspire doctorate in environmental sci- barely 10 cents to rub together,” Crossword environmental activist Mark Gold ence and engineering. Green’s Gold said. “And here was this Get your words on 15 to action. speech came at a time when Gold woman running it, a housewife, Classifieds Gold, 41, is the executive direc- was unsure of how he wanted to tor of Heal the Bay (HTB), a local Need a knitter? 16-17 apply his knowledge, and she See PROFILES, page 9 Jacquie Banks BACK OR UNFILED TAXES? 310.586.0342 ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES SAMUEL B. 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