For Taylor.
LA County and Santa Monica spend millions on nonprofits that bill per head instead of changing lives, where CEOs collect six figures and some facilities allegedly keep clients sedated because a drugged patient is a repeat customer.
Services get charged for that were never delivered. No audits. No consequences.
Sober living homes/rehabs operate with limited oversight. Humans are trafficked for insurance payouts.
This isn't compassion. It's a business model that can't afford for the customer to get better. The money should fund real treatment for addiction and mental illness.
Citizens. Families. Workers. People with a future who deserve independence. That means work programs and real pathways out, not a revolving door.
I'm looking forward to defending those who can't stand up for themselves and holding nonprofits accountable, paid only on success.
I'm running for Santa Monica City Council to break this cycle. This has stayed quiet long enough. I won't. This is my mission.
Remember to vote on or before November 3rd
A Higher Standard for Santa Monica
Derrick Townsend for Santa Monica City Council
You're so perfect in the raging light ♥️
Atter searching every cooler case and beverage cart at HHN Orlando and Hollywood this season, I was finally reunited with my beloved Cursed Cranberry after a dreadful run through of Killceañera.
Sorry Jack and Dr. Oddfellow, your cute new cans just aren't the same.
Please @HorrorNights@HorrorNightsORL bring Cursed Cranberry back next season!
#HHN #HHN35 #HalloweenHorrorNights
@john_murdy@WearingOne@020___02@hausofmayhems@avanzinidoll You definitely don’t see them as much in Orlando houses even with the “influencer” crowd.
BUT Hollywood can have Art and Nikki walk around without a mob scene and feel normal so there is that.
Help is out there for the people who need it….if we have leaders with the courage and compassion to fight for real change.
@Derrick_NOLA is one of those leaders.
My brother died of an overdose.
Thirteen years ago, I lost my brother at 23 to fentanyl. He was an intelligent, athletic young man with a bright future. Our family was shattered, and I would give anything to have him back.
In Los Angeles County, there were 1,135 fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2025. Adults aged 26 to 39 had the highest rate, at 19.9 per 100,000. Drug addiction destroys families and communities.
Enabling people to keep using only delays the inevitable. There is no harm reduction in continued abuse. We need a treatment-first approach, not needle handouts without expectations. Harm reduction and Housing First without accountability is not compassion. It is a business model.
I have master’s-level education in mental health and psychology, and I have lived this. I know what families go through and what these policies cost.
As a candidate for Santa Monica City Council, I will fight for treatment first and an end to the cycle of enablement.
Derrick Townsend for Santa Monica City Council ’26
It was a space ship. And there was these things, these killer clowns, and they shot popcorn at us! We barely got away! 🍿🛸🤡
#HHN35#HalloweenHorrorNights