SANTA MONICA—On October 13, Santa Monica Mayor Lana Negrete challenged the zoning requirements for the soon-to-be mental-health facilities on Ocean Avenue. At the Santa Monica City Council Meeting, Mayor Negrete requested a detailed “Agenda Item 16B” in time for the October 14th City Council meeting.

This was to include details on the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the non-profit, St. Joseph Center, the new Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Development coming soon to 413 and 825 Ocean Avenue. Reports indicate the new mental health facility is to include 49 beds for members of the homeless/unhoused community with moderate to severe mental illness. The new St. Joseph’s mental health facility will include clinicians and security staff present 24 hours a day, seven days a w

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