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Santa Monica Daily Press TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015
Volume 14 Issue 149
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WELLBEING INDEX:
A tale of five ZIP codes BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories about the results of the Wellbeing Project’s index. The initial report is 142 pages long. Today’s story looks are the demographic breakdowns of wellbeing in Santa Monica. CITYWIDE Perhaps because it’s geo-
graphically hugged by the sprawling city of Los Angeles, Santa Monica is sometimes thought of as a unified space. On Monday, City Hall released data from its Wellbeing Project, which was paid for by a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, showing the great
diversity among the different ZIP codes, genders and types of people in the city. 90402, NORTH OF MONTANA NEIGHBORHOOD
The city’s ZIP codes don’t align perfectly with the city’s neighborhoods, but the 90402 code matches up largely with the neighborhood north of Montana Avenue. This area, which has the highest median age (48.6) and the wealthiest residents, showed the highest overall wellbeing. Residents of the oldest and wealthiest ZIP code tend to have positive things to say about many aspects of their life. SEE CODES PAGE 7
Santa Monica Samohi grad Festival turns brings board 24 this weekend game to life BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
Earth Encounters aims to provoke dialogue, action
City officials expect thousands to show up to this year’s Santa Monica Festival, which turns 24 on Saturday. The annual festival, which is free to the public but costs Santa Monica taxpayers $100,000, draws an average of 10,000 visitors to Clover Park at 2600 Ocean Park Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It started in 1991 on the Santa Monica Pier and moved to Clover Park in 1994. New this year, attendees can learn how to sew with Sew Cranky or how to make Japanese quick pickles with City Hall’s arts and
CITYWIDE For Taylor Walker, the dichotomy was impossible to ignore. Every weekday morning he arrived in Santa Monica and found hope: examples of tolerance, evidence of opportunity, signs of wellbeing. Then, at the end of each day — after school, after basketball
SEE FESTIVAL PAGE 8
SEE GAME PAGE 9
CLOVER PARK
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
MEMORIAL
Matthew Hall editor@smdp.com
On May 4, the Santa Monica Police and the Santa Monica Fire Departments held a ceremony to honor the nine Police Officers and six Firefighters who have, over the history of both organizations, given their lives. City Hall’s flag was flying at half-staff from sunrise to noon in remembrance of the officers and their families.
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