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California regulator Challenges abound for serving new
admits to anxiety
wave of homeless individuals
as legal pot nears
BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press MATTHEW HALL providers and civic leaders are now most at risk or troublesome indi- frustration people feel when see-
Daily Press Editor rethinking the City’s approach to viduals.The approach has success- ing more homeless individuals on
California’s emerging marijuana homelessness and searching for fully brought some chronically the streets.
industry is being rattled by an array The City of Santa Monica has a ways to maintain successful pro- homeless individuals in from the “When people feel like the city’s
of unknowns, as the state races to robust set of services to help its grams while tackling problems asso- streets but the programs can only not helping,part ofthat is because
issue its first licenses to grow and homeless residents find services ciated with changes in the homeless serve a relatively small number of we have to be specific about who
sell legal recreational pot on Jan.1. and while those programs were population. individuals at a time. we can serve,we have to draw a cir-
“We all have anxiety,”top state successful for many years,a chang- At a recent meeting for DTSM “It’s not that we don’t know what cle and that circle right now is just
pot regulator Lori Ajax told an ing demographic among homeless merchants, Brian Hardgrave and to do, it’s not that there aren’t not big enough to encompass
industry group Thursday.“It’s not individuals is challenging the Margaret Willis (both with Santa resources out there,it’s just that there everybody,”she said.
going to be perfect.” established approach. Monica’s Human Services Division) aren’t resources in the abundance Santa Monica recorded a 23
California voters in 2016 Officials including law enforce- said the approach so far has been to that we need them,”said Hardgrave.
approved Proposition 64, which ment officers, social service funnel significant resources into the Willis said she understands the SEE HOMELESSPAGE 7
legalized recreational pot use for
adults in the nation’s most populous
Council commits
state. It takes effect in 2018, when
the new economy will unite recre-
ational sales with the state’s two- funds for local
decade old medicinal pot market.
With about three months to go dreamers to
before recreational sales kick off,it’s
not yet clear how it all will work. extend their
It will probably be late
November before the state issues legal status
proposed regulations that will gov-
ern the new pot marketplace.
Growers and sellers are wondering KATE CAGLE
how an industry can function when Daily Press Staff Writer
some operators will have licenses,
but others might not.Many opera- With the deadline for renewals
tors do not have access to banks, looming, the Santa Monica City
since pot remains illegal in the eyes Council has approved up to $25,000
of the federal government. And a in matching funds to help local
patchwork of local regulations is dreamers avoid deportation for two
emerging across the state. more years. The money will go to
Ajax said she doesn’t know how students and residents who have just
many operators will come forward days to submit applications and pay
to seek licenses.It’s a critical ques- a $500 filing fee in order to extend
tion,since the state’s legitimate pot their legal status in the country.
sales could be undercut by illegal President Donald Trump’s
operators. September announcement that he
Speaking in Long Beach, Ajax would end the Deferred Action for
said the state is preparing to issue Childhood Arrivals program
temporary licenses for growers, (DACA) put an immediate halt on
sellers,manufacturers and distrib- all new applications; however,
utors on Jan.1.She said her agency some recipients are eligible to
will be open for business on New TRAINING apply for a two-year extension.
Year’s Day. Courtesy Photo Those applications are due Oct.5.
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HEN AD HINGS APPEN explain below,if,in 1974,it weren’t for Salinger, change.As fate would have it,a Hollywood agent
or more specifically an overly enthusiastic read one ofmy columns and communicated he
G P B Hollywood agent comparing my writing to his, wanted to see more ofmy work.
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Yes,ifnot for that agent (who passed many agent’s Hollywood highrise bringing a file fold-
C years ago) I probably wouldn’t be writing this er ofmy writing.Though I was to come back in
OF THE ARELESSNESS OR column and you might be staring at your a week he noted cautiously,“Many people think
smart phone about a sale on shoes at the mall. they’re a writer,but few are.”Gulp.
N O . But so much for destiny,or,in this case,how A week later, he unexpectedly greeted me
EGLIGENCE OF THERS a single decision can change your life forever. with a big hug,exclaiming,“You have no choice,
First,a little more about Salinger. you are a writer!”He then said words I remem-
Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010) was ber to this day,“You will be the J.D.Salinger of
among the most influential American writ- your generation!”My head was spinning.
ers in the 20th century.His most celebrated His plan was for me to write a book based
Free Consultation work was “Catcher in the Rye.”(Released in on my semi-autobiographical column “An
1951, it was his only published full-length Eight Pound Six Ounce Lawyer”about a moth-
novel.) It featured three days in the life of er who wanted her hippie son to go to law
Over $25 Million Recovered aimless 16-year-old Holden Caulfield trying school.He insisted that I write at least a page a
to find himself after being expelled from a day and come back when the book was done.
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most censored book in high schools and depression was.Apparently when he encouraged
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Beginning in 1942,Salinger wrote chapters When he and I met,it was beyond bizarre
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Salinger’s celebrity forced him to move to New All these years later and the more reclu-
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house and the garage,he even built a tunnel so agent had been right.Maybe I was more like
that he could go back and forth without being Salinger than I realized. (Unfortunately,
seen by photographers.He would become even without the “best-selling”part.) What’s next,
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are referred to as “dreamers.” members say it’s difficult to estimate just
That deadline is fast approaching for how many people qualify for the renewal –
those currently enrolled with the program the college estimates there may be about a
whose permits expire on or before March 5, 1,000 undocumented students at SMC.Any
2018.The Council funds will go to the Santa funds left over for the application fees may
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already raised more than $15,000 – and according to the City’s Chief of Civic
other nonprofits. Santa Monica-Malibu Wellbeing,Julie Rusk.
Unified School District has also been raising “We don’t know where the federal gov-
money to help their students. So far, local ernment is moving,” Rusk told the Daily
efforts combined could pay for as many as Press Wednesday. “We don’t know if there
120 applications. will be additional needs coming.The condi-
“We want to make sure that any of our tions change along with the actions of the
$7.5 SIX PACK WINGS
students who would like to apply for renew- federal government so we want to be ready
al are able to do so confidentially, and this and poised to be responsive.”
process provides for that,” SMMUSD Immigrant advocates praise the Obama-
Superintendent Dr.Ben Drati said. era program for protecting immigrants who
$5 TACOS | $5 TOTS The Council also went on the record sup- were raised and educated in the U.S.despite
porting permanent legalization ofDACA stu- their lack of legal immigration papers. The
dents. Mayor Ted Winterer, Mayor Pro program’s opponents criticize it as too broad
Tempore Gleam Davis and Councilmember and said major changes to immigration laws
$6 SELECT DRAFTS
Kevin McKeown placed the item on Tuesday’s need to go through Congress and cannot be
City Council agenda where it received unani- enacted by the U.S.president alone.
mous support. McKeown said he hoped the Trump’s announcement on Sept.5 came
action would spur community donations. after 10 Republican attorneys general threat-
“Given the short deadline, our concern ened to sue in an attempt to halt the pro-
has been that this might be an unachievable gram. Under Trump’s plan, those already
unexpected financial burden for many of enrolled remain covered until their two-year
our local Dreamers,”McKeown said,calling work permits expire,and some renewals are
the fundraising a “community effort”involv- being allowed.
ing the college, the school district, Familias
Latinas Unidas,among others.“I tried to get [email protected]
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CRIME WATCH
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
B Y D A I L Y P R E S S S T A F F
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Monica invites sealed proposals for Crime Watch is culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department.
These are arrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
RFP: #137 CULTURAL/ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS
• Submission Deadline is October 23, 2017 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. ON SEPTEMBER 19, AT ABOUT 8:40 P.M.
Officers responded to a radio call for service at Nordstrom –regarding a battery that just
Proposals must include forms furnished by the City of Santa Monica. Request for occurred. The reporting party indicated the victim was struck in the face by the suspect
Proposals may be obtained on the CITY’S ONLINE VENDOR PORTAL. The website for this and the victim required medical treatment. The suspect was located in the 1500 block of
Request for Proposals and related documents is: Planet Bids or Ocean Avenue. Officers learned that the victim was walking westbound on Broadway
http://vendors.planetbids.com/SantaMonica/bidsearch4.cfm. There is no charge for the when the suspect approached her. The suspect yelled at the victim and unprovoked
RFP package. punched the victim in the face. The suspect walked away and then turned back towards
the victim. The victim ran from the suspect in to the Nordstrom Store. The suspect
walked away. The suspect was identified by several witnesses and placed under arrest.
The victim was transported and treated for her injuries at a local hospital. Dwayne
Whichard, 28, from Los Angeles was arrested for battery. Bail was set at $50,000.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
NOTICE INVITING BIDS
DAILY POLICE LOG
Injured person 23rd / Pearl 2:10 p.m.
The Santa Monica Police
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received by the City of Santa Monica locat- Speeding 1500 block Pacific Coast Hwy
Department responded to 377
ed at 1717 4th Street Suite 250, Santa Monica, California, 90401 until 3:00 p.m. on the 2:11 p.m.
calls for service on Sept. 27. Traffic collision 2900 block Broadway 2:18 p.m.
date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:
Encampment 900 block the beach 2:33 p.m.
HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE Traffic collision 20th / Ocean Park 2:52 p.m.
BID #4292 PROVIDE DIFFERENTIAL SERVICE TO TRANSIT BUSES CALLS CHOSEN BY THE Stolen vehicle 1400 block Santa Monica
AND FIRE APPARATUS AS REQUIRED BY THE BIG BLUE BUS. SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. 3:45 p.m.
Vehicle blocking 1100 block Harvard 3:50 p.m.
Battery 300 block Pico 2:19 a.m. Vandalism 1500 block Berkeley 4:09 p.m.
Submission Deadline is October 16, 2017 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time. Traffic collision 11th / Marguerita 8:07 a.m. Indecent exposure 1100 block Lincoln 4:13 p.m.
Traffic collision 100 block Interstate 10 Elder abuse 1000 block 12th 4:25 p.m.
9:25 a.m. Fight 6th / Bay 4:34 p.m.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Monica. Bid packages Grand theft Ocean / Colorado 9:26 a.m. Speeding Lincoln / Interstate 10 4:34 p.m.
containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained on the Traffic collision 10th Ct / Ocean Park 9:35 a.m. Fight 7th / Ocean Park 4:42 p.m.
CITY’S ONLINE VENDOR PORTAL. The website for this Notice of Inviting Bids and related Petty theft 800 block 5th 9:38 a.m. Arson 2800 block Pico 4:42 p.m.
Fight 300 block Santa Monica Pl 10:18 a.m. Battery 1900 block 6th 4:46 p.m.
documents is: Planet Bids or http://vendors.planetbids.com/SantaMonica/bidsearch4.cfm.
Identity theft 700 block Copeland Ct Battery 700 block Ozone 4:58 p.m.
There is no charge for bid package and specifications. 10:28 a.m. Fraud 1300 block Montana 5:00 p.m.
Threats 2nd / Arizona 10:35 a.m. Grand theft 100 block Wilshire 5:02 p.m.
Found senile person 1100 block Montana Vandalism 14th / Washington 5:02 p.m.
10:38 a.m. Burglary 500 block Wilshire 5:02 p.m.
Traffic collision 2nd / Ocean Park 10:58 a.m. Burglary 1400 block Olympic 5:09 p.m.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Battery 500 block Olympic 11:11 a.m. Encampment 200 block Palisades Beach
SANTA MONICA ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD Traffic collision 10th / Santa Monica 11:18 a.m. Rd 5:25 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING Burglary 500 block Wilshire 11:33 a.m. Auto burglary 900 block Princeton 5:37 p.m.
Traffic collision 2300 block 28th 11:41 a.m. Encampment 1500 block the beach 5:42 p.m.
Vehicle blocking 2300 block Ocean Park Vandalism 300 block Olympic 5:56 p.m.
DATE/TIME: October 2, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
11:49 a.m. Grand theft 600 block Ocean Park 6:03 p.m.
LOCATION: Santa Monica Institute Training Room, Second Floor of the Parking
Person with a gun 700 block Broadway Encampment 800 block Bay 6:47 p.m.
Structure, 330 Olympic Drive, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Entrance on
11:52 a.m. Burglary 2700 block Neilson 6:52 p.m.
Olympic Drive (wheelchair accessible) directly across from the
Prowler 200 block 14th 12:11 p.m. Grand theft 500 block Wilshire 6:53 p.m.
Public Safety & Police Department Building
Fight 1500 block Lincoln 12:11 p.m. Burglary /walk 900 block 22nd 6:56 p.m.
Battery 5th / Santa Monica 12:15 p.m. Petty theft 1300 block 3rd Street Prom
PROPERTIES:
Death investigation 1200 block Ocean 6:56 p.m.
12:24 p.m. Speeding 2000 block Marine 6:56 p.m.
• 17ARB-0198: 1201 3rd Street Promenade: Commercial
Grand theft 1200 block 3rd Street Prom Armed robbery/auto 1100 block Pacific
• 17ARB-0323: 1216 Arizona Avenue: Multi-Family Residential
1:06 p.m. Coast Hwy 7:31 p.m.
• 17ARB-0329: 3040 Ocean Park Boulevard: Restaurant
Petty theft 1200 block 3rd Street Prom Shots fired 1000 block 3rd 8:01 p.m.
• 17ARB-0335: 2941 Main Street: Restaurant
1:37 p.m. Prowler 2400 block Cloverfield 8:06 p.m.
• 17ARB-0344: 2102 5th Street: Multi-Family Residential
PRELIMINARY REVIEW(S):
DAILY FIRE LOG
• 2225 Broadway (Development Review Permit No. 17ENT-0095). Preliminary review of
EMS 3100 block Ocean Park 11:15 a.m.
the design concept for a new three-story mixed use development comprised of 16 residen- The Santa Monica Fire Department
EMS 1400 block 10th 11:18 a.m.
tial dwelling units and approximately 2,970 SF of ground floor commercial over two lev- responded to 36 calls for
EMS 1300 block 20th 11:40 a.m.
els of subterranean parking.
service on Sept. 27. EMS 2800 block Neilson 12:22 p.m.
EMS 300 block Santa Monica Pier 1:45 p.m.
• 1450 Cloverfield Boulevard (Development Review Permit No. 17ENT-0096). Preliminary HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THOSE EMS 2300 block 23rd 2:09 p.m.
review of the design concept for a new three-story mixed use development comprised of
CALLS CHOSEN BY THE EMS 1900 block 6th 2:32 p.m.
34 residential dwelling units and approximately 9,020 SF of ground floor commercial over
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS STAFF. EMS 20th / Ocean Park 2:52 p.m.
two levels of subterranean parking.
EMS 1500 block 6th 2:55 p.m.
Automatic alarm 1300 block 2nd 12:03 a.m. EMS 1900 block Pico 3:02 p.m.
More information is available on-line at http://santa-
EMS 2400 block Ocean Park 1:32 a.m. EMS 11th / Arizona 3:11 p.m.
monica.org/planning/planningcomm/arbagendas.htm or at [phone] (en espanol
EMS 6th / Broadway 3:35 a.m. EMS 300 block Colorado 4:02 p.m.
tambien). Plans may be reviewed at City Hall during business hours. Comments are invit-
EMS 2000 block Ocean 5:27 a.m. EMS 3000 block Pearl 4:42 p.m.
ed at the hearing or in writing (FAX [phone], e-mail [email protected], or
Odor of natural gas 300 block Civic EMS 1600 block Ocean Front Walk 4:48 p.m.
mail Santa Monica City Planning Division, 1685 Main St., Rm. 212, Santa Monica, CA
Center 8:01 a.m. EMS 1500 block 2nd 5:15 p.m.
90401). The meeting facility is wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommoda-
EMS 11th / Marguerita 8:08 a.m. Lock in/out 200 block Santa Monica 5:29 p.m.
tions, please contact 310-458-8701 or TTY 310-450-8696 a minimum of 72 hours in
EMS 1300 block Euclid 8:41 a.m. Elevator rescue 300 block Santa Monica
advance. All written materials are available in alternate format upon request. Santa
EMS 2100 block Ocean 8:45 a.m. Pl 6:22 p.m.
Monica “Big Blue” Bus Lines #1, #2, #3, Rapid 3, #7, #8, #9, Rapid #10, and #18 serv-
EMS 10th / Ocean Park 9:35 a.m. EMS 1300 block 3rd Street Prom 6:37 p.m.
ice City Hall and the Civic Center area. The Expo Line terminus is at Colorado Avenue and
EMS 400 block Ocean 9:53 a.m. Odor investigation 1400 block 4th 7:35 p.m.
Fourth Street, a short walk to City Hall. Public parking is available in front of City Hall, on
EMS 2400 block Virginia 10:13 a.m. EMS 300 block Santa Monica Pier 7:41 p.m.
Olympic Drive and in the Civic Center Parking Structure (validation free).
Automatic alarm 1100 block Wilshire 10:49 a.m. EMS 2300 block Pico 8:49 p.m.
EMS 2nd / Ocean Park 10:58 a.m. EMS 2200 block of Colorado 9:52 p.m.
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BEACH GRADE
As participants in Surfrider
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Force program, Santa Monica
High School students collect
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for the presence of fecal
indicator bacteria, Enterococcus.
Each week, three popular beach
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sites are tested in order to
inform the greater community
about water quality, and whether
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 29) Heathcliff Strange Brew
ByPETER GALLAGHER ByJOHN DEERING
Things ramp up slowly, and then good fortune rains on your life. Yours is the lofty ambition, the
unreasonable expectation and the outrageous dream that somehow comes true. Go on and be dar-
ing, but also know that it’s the grounded people around you who will help you work your practical
magic. Taurus and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 45, 11, 19 and 37.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
There are things you would throw away if only If you live somewhere that has a library, a pub-
you were sure that no one else would pick lic gym, a hiking trail, a field, a church or
them up and use them. Hold on there. You’re another feature that’s public and free then it’s
not finished with this work, just taking a break. something to take advantage of today. People
Look at your tools and resources differently. need you, and you need people.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)
Looking fantastic isn’t always feeling fantastic. The history of a place matters. Whether it’s a
You’re aware of those who put on a smile even happy story or a shameful one, it’s good to
though they are in pain, because you’ve been know how it was so that when you change it Agnes
there too. Your compassion will make all of the (and you will) you can appreciate the signifi- ByTONY COCHRAN
difference to someone today. cance of the change.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
The characters in the story feel something, Your willingness to listen deeply to someone’s
and so do you when you participate in the (perhaps delusional) side of the story will help
story in any way... even as an innocent you find peace. This isn’t about forgiveness but
bystander (which will be your recommended about facilitating your own healing and pas-
role in today’s drama). sage to better times.
CANCER (June 22-July 22) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You’ll move forward with a venture that has When you lose your cell connection it’s safe to
captured your curiosity. Keep your options blame outside interference. Other personal
open as you go, though, because this isn’t what connections are the same today. Don’t take
it seems. There’s a slippery slope ahead. Hold anything personally or assume any motive. Dogs of C-Kennel
tight to the handrail. Just call again. ByMICK &MASON MASTROIANNI &JOHNNY HART
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
People who are direct and clear communicators You sense tension and can head off conflict
will get most of your attention and business before it happens. Distraction is your best tool.
now. Do you sense you should be taking notes? You’re excellent at creating diversions that
Absorbing the ways of masterful communica- give people something useful to do.
tors will increase your good fortune later.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
When people are happy they bring their best
Be willing to put down your phone and talk to selves to the party. This is what you bring out
real people in real time. You’ll get into interest- in people as you encourage and acknowledge
ing (if seemingly pointless) conversations that their better qualities.
will later be something you can draw from for
energy and inspiration. Zack Hill
ByJOHN DEERING &JOHN NEWCOMBE
Venus Day
Love can be fiery and unpredictable, dangerous and beautiful, the source of our greatest pleasure and our
most unbearable pain. Fittingly, the love planet, Venus, is rich in volcanoes — over 1,600 of them, more than
any other planet in the solar system. Love eruptions are to be expected today, with Neptune’s opposition
of lady Venus.
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