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SPECIAL REPORTS
  HOME SWEET HOME?
PART I -- City Finds Housing “Chronically Homeless” No Easy Task

PART II -- From Personal Habits to Bureaucracy, Obstacles to Housing the Chronically Homeless Loom Large
PART III -- Successfully Housing Chronically Homeless Will Take Political Will, Countywide Effort, Officials Warn

ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PART I -- Faulty Scales, Little Oversight Could Weigh on Recycling Revenues
PART II -- City Weighs Options for Recycling Center

PART III -- Seeking Full Redemption

Recycling Strategies

Frequently Asked Questions About Recycling

ON THE HOMELESS FRONT
On the Homeless Front
Top Officials Address the Homeless Question
Q: What do you think is the biggest obstacle to solving the homeless problem in Santa Monica?

Q: What can a business or individual do to have a positive impact on the homeless population?

SHIFTING GEARS
Part I: City Begins Major Shift in Homeless Policies
Part II: On the Frontlines

URBAN SCRAWL
PART I: With Summer, Graffiti May Be on the Rise
PART II: Erasing Urban Scrawl

GUESSING GAME
Spotty Oversight of Organic Foods May Prove Toxic

HARD NUMBERS
PART I: Putting Faces on the Numbers
PART II: Putting Faces on the Numbers

DEASY'S NEW ENGLAND LEGACY
Part I: Change Agent
Part II: Picking Up the Pieces

INSIDE THE PICO NEIGHBORHOOD
PART I: A World Apart
PART II: On the Front Lines

PART III: Youth and Street Violence

ZONED OUT?
PART I: The Cost of Code Enforcement
PART II: The Roots of Controversy
PART III: Council Weighs in on Code Enforcement

POSITIVELY THIRD STREET
PART I: Pedestrian's Paradise
PART II: Paradise Lost and Regained

THE ROAD IN THE SEA
PART I -- Dreaming Big
PART II -- The Tide Turns

PART III -- Swept Away

PART IV: The Dream Sinks

A BANG FOR THE BUCK?
Great Expectations or Spending Spree?
A Tale of Two Cities: How Santa Monica and Pasadena Spend Their Money
LETTERS -- City Officials Respond: Apples and Oranges & Bad Math

COST PLUS
The Rising Price of Protection

SHADES OF GREEN
PART I: The Sacrificial Gift
PART II: Growing Pains

PART III: Green Candidate

PART IV: Tempest in a Teapot?

PART V: Party of One?

PROFILE OF A CITY
PART I: White, Single and Upwardly Mobile
PART II: Rising Rents
PART III: Highlights of the RAND Report

BEATING THE ODDS
Against the Odds: Chances for New Housing Slim for Santa Monica Seniors
Apply and Demand: How Local Housing Providers Beat the Odds

THE DARK SIDE
Murder in a Santa Monica Squat

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