The Santa Monica City Council this week declared a state of emergency on homelessness, joining a number of other local governments — including the both L.A. city and county — in such declarations.
Santa Monica has declared a state of emergency to deal with an ongoing homelessness crisis. In photo from last September, a person sleeps on the beach under the city's famous pier.
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