FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
Volume 10 Issue 226
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE NUMBERS ISSUE
SMC applications up, funding down BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
SMC Santa Monica College is on track to break its 2010-11 record for number of applications for enrollment received, despite
funding cuts that result in ever-fewer seats for qualified students. The number of applications received thus far for the 2011-12 school year is 4.5 percent higher than at the same time last year, which capped at 80,025, according to a presenta-
tion released at Tuesday’s SMC Board of Trustees meeting. At the same time, the school lost $6 million in state funding as a result of budget cuts, said Don Girard, senior director of government relations and institutional commu-
nications at SMC. “This is what happens as a result of all that,” he said. “There are fewer seats statewide for people attending public higher SEE SMC PAGE 11
Longtime homeless advocate Krisiloff appointed to LAHSA BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Special to the Daily Press
CITYWIDE Flora Gil
WHERE’S THE SUN?
Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com Visitors to the Santa Monica Pier look out over the ocean as a heavy fog bank rolls in on Thursday afternoon. Temps eventually reached 77 degrees.
Fawcett's son pleads not guilty to heroin, gun charges ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES The son of the late Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal has pleaded not guilty to felony heroin possession two days after his arrest during a traffic stop. Redmond O'Neal also entered a not
guilty plea to a charge that he is a felon in illegal possession of a handgun. O'Neal was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly failed to stop for a red light in Santa Monica and officers found heroin in the vehicle. A search of his apartment after the arrest uncovered a 9mm handgun.
O'Neal has a string of drug-related arrests and is on probation. District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says the 26-year-old is due in court on Aug. 24 for a probation violation hearing. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
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Krisiloff is no stranger to the intricacies of dealing with the mounting homeless problem in Santa Monica. “I have served as (Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev KRISILOFF Yaroslavsky’s) deputy on homelessness and mental health for over six years,” she said. “I’m very passionate about ending homelessness in L.A. County.” Last month, Yaroslavsky appointed Krisiloff as a commissioner to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a joint-powers authority between L.A. County and 85 of the 88 cities it holds. Krisiloff replaced outgoing Commissioner Howard Katz, who served for 12 years, to represent the Westside, including Santa Monica, on the commission. LAHSA brings in $70 million per year of federal money to fund programs within its continuum of care, a long-term plan to address the needs of the homeless in the region. It’s the only agency that gets dollars specifically dedicated to helping the homeless. Over the past six years with Yaroslavsky’s office, Krisiloff has had lots of practice putting the plan into action through initiatives she’s helped coordinate, but this will be a new experience. “This gives me an opportunity to understand even more deeply how … that $70 SEE KRISILOFF PAGE 9
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