“Santa Monica is at the end of...
“Santa Monica is at the end of a freeway. You can’t go any farther west. It’s got a beautiful climate. If I was a transient, here’s where I’d be.”
--Santa Monica Police Chief James Keane, explaining why the beach city’s streets in recent years have experienced an increase in the number of transients, one of whom allegedly stabbed a social worker Sunday.
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