Dateline: Late afternoon/early evening of Friday, May 5, 2017, along Santa Monica South starting at the Santa Monica Pier and near the shoreline down to Ocean Park and back..... Nothing has changed, the beach near the shoreline is still filthy with #beachtrash thanks to the continuing neglect of the City of Santa Monica which refuses to hand pick up the #beachtrash near the water's edge on either a daily or regular basis.
Today was especially filthy with #beachtrash (glass bottles, aluminum cans, plastic and paper trash, etc.), plus I found FIVE (5) dead birds (cormorants) along the shoreline and which the City of Santa Monica had not removed UNTIL I flagged down one of the City's ATV's and two of the city sanitation staff removed the dead birds at my behest. Had I not noticed them and flagged down the City employees these dead birds would have remained on the beach and continued to represent a public health and safety risk.
I have no hesitation in stating that, in my opinion, the City of Santa Monica is grossly negligent with respect to its continuing failure to daily or regularly clean up #beachtrash near the water's edge along Santa Monica State Beach. I have even brought this to the attention of Calif. State Parks, the State Attorney General and our very own Governor Brown AND STILL there has been no change in effort to either address and/or clean up the accumulation of #beachtrash near the water's edge on either a daily or regular basis.
In other words, neither the City of Santa Monica or the State of California care if #beachtrash and dead birds languish near the water's edge at Santa Monica State Beach. Our photos today, as before, do not lie. Santa Monica State Beach is filthy and the #beachtrash continues to represent a public health and safety hazard.
Just look at how filthy this beach is in the photo below. The City of Santa Monica obviously does not think it has any obligation to clean up the enormous amount of storm debris like bamboo shafts and other wood debris. Meanwhile, the City continues to collect its exorbitant beach parking fees SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
Below, dead bird no. 1 (of 5)!...
Above and below, dead bird no. 2...
Below, dead bird no. 3!...
Below, dead bird no. 4!...
Below, I set up a totem composed of assorted #beachtrash, storm debris and 3 of the dead birds away from the water's edge and along the berm.
Below, dead bird no. 5!...
All of this storm debris was along the water's edge until I gathered it up in multiple locations along the berm so that the City "might" pick it up and get rid of it. I say "might" because the City does such a poor job of cleaning the beach near the water's edge.
Below, file under "prophetic"... a discarded package of "GOOD TIMES" cigarillos. Good Times, indeed, but not for the beach patron that has to navigate the sand to avoid all the #beachtrash, dead birds and storm debris...
And last but not least, here is a fitting parting shot of Santa Monica State Beach with the world famous Santa Monica Pier as a backdrop... meanwhile, in the foreground, the sand near the water's edge is absolutely filthy with #beachtrash and the City of Santa Monica couldn't care less!...
Shocking, eh?!... Disgusting and filthy! Welcome to Santa Monica State Beach...
Respectfully submitted,
William Maguire,
Santa Monica business owner
(All photos by & Copyright William Maguire 2017.)
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