Santa Monica Extends Deadline For Homeless Liaison Search

Paying $200,000 per year, the city of Santa Monica thought they would get more than the two dozen applications they received for their newly created Homeless Liaison position. But since the number of applications was low, they have extended the deadline from September 9th to the end of this month. Here is an article about this.

This new Homeless Liaison (or some called it the “Homeless Czar”) position was the idea of Santa Monica Councilmember Bobby Shriver. The goal of creating this new position was to have someone “rally” the community and better coordinate a regional (Westside) response to homelessness.

Shriver has been quoted as saying he wants a “big name politician or businessman like Leon Panetta, former President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, or former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.” Neither of them have applied so far.