WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 299
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
DAILY LOTTERY
Homeless hospital stays may no longer tax system
Student driver
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
BY RYAN HYATT
SHEPARD
Daily Press Staff Writer
Roy Singfield’s Trample Fetish Club was set to open in late September or early October in Norwich, England, with a specialty of providing dominatrixes to walk on top of submissive clientele in a variety of shoes and boots (but supposedly with no sex involved). Singfield planned a Trample Room, a Crush room, and a Smoothing room (where the master sits on the client’s head), with memberships starting at the equivalent of about $225 annually.
SANTA MONICA AIRPORT — Millions of dollars believed to be wasted each year on hospital stays for homeless individuals might soon be put to better use serving the down and out after a study that officials hope to sponsor is complete. Elected leaders from the Westside Council of Governments on Tuesday met at Santa Monica Airport to discuss the possibility of commissioning a study through the Rand Corp., which would determine how much money spent on emergency and other social services may be better used addressing the needs of the region’s homeless population if they were provided an opportunity for housing and appropriate treatment. Officials heard from Catherine Jackson, a health economics
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 299th day of 2005. There are 66 days left in the year. On Oct. 26, 1881, the “Gunfight at the OK Corral” took place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and “Doc” Holliday confronted Ike Clanton’s gang. Three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers were wounded. In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “In the time of your life, live — so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it.”
WILLIAM SAROYAN
AMERICAN AUTHOR (1908-1981)
INDEX Horoscopes Hang at home, Taurus
2
Surf Report Water temperature: 64°
3
Opinion Railroading a bus driver
4
Local Tom Hanks shines in SM
5
State California in brief
8
Real Estate Be prepared at home
10
Comics Laugh it up
16
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
17-19
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press A Santa Monica Big Blue Bus trainee prepares to maneuver his vehicle through the driving skills test on Tuesday in the parking lot at Santa Monica Beach. The session took place at the end of the fourth week of training, which is part of a six-week course. After the test, trainees drive with passengers, under an instructor’s supervision, for the final two weeks of the training program.
Tenants prepare for civil disobedience BY RYAN HYATT
See HOMELESS STUDY, page 5
Daily Press Staff Writer
VENICE — Entrenched tenants determined not to hand over their homes to their landlord are preparing to take the battle out of the courts and into a nearby cul-desac, where they plan to erect a tent city they believe may rally political support for their cause. The 180 households that remain at Lincoln Place, a 54-year-old post-World War II apartment complex located on the 1000 block of Elkgrove Avenue, protested during a Los Angeles City Council meeting and a city planning meeting on Tuesday in an effort to spark political intervention regarding their imminent evictions. The tenants are being evicted by Denver-based Apartment Investment Management Co. (AIMCO), one of the largest real estate management corporations in the country.
LOCAL
IRS waiting for Santa Monicans to cash in BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer
them into the council and planning meetings and, later, were expected
IRS HDQTRS. — Officials here are looking for dozens of Santa Monicans — not because they owe money but because they have some waiting for them. More than 50 Santa Monicans have undelivered 2004 tax refunds totaling $58,237.30, ranging from $1.72 to $9,361.34. The average amount owed to each taxpayer is $1,078.47.
See LINCOLN PLACE, page 6
See REFUNDS, page 7
Ryan Hyatt/Daily Press The remaining tenants of Lincoln Place are protesting their imminent evictions and hope to gain political support from the Los Angeles community.
The firm plans to redevelop the property into condominiums. Dozens of residents carried sleeping bags and pillows with
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