Santa Monicans may not always see eye to eye with each other or City Hall, said Mayor Gleam Davis.

That doesn’t mean they can’t work together to solve Santa Monica’s problems, she said.

“It’s okay to complain. I know things are not perfect, but complaining only identifies the problem,” Davis said in her closing remarks at the State of the City Wednesday night. “Help us do the harder and more satisfying work of bringing real solutions to the more difficult problems that we all collectively face.”

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