A large banner displayed near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade is drawing the ire of city officials and certain members of the community. Others, on the other hand, argue it draws attention to the city's crime.
's Third Street Promenade is drawing the ire of city officials and certain members of the community.
"We've had enough," said Jessica Rogers, with the Santa Monica Coalition. "We're using free speech as a way to raise awareness and let people know this is actually the truth about Santa Monica.""There's sex workers here," said John Alle, who is also with the Santa Monica coalition. "There's drug dealing in the open, 8, 9 a.m. in the morning, 10, 11 p.m. at night. We have four to five people dying a month in the alleys from overdoses of fentanyl.
"Putting up signage like that I find to be very harmful to our business community, to our reputation, and really runs counter to the experience that thousands and thousands of people are having when they come visit our downtown every single day," Thomas said.
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