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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California – 23 July 2024
1. Drone video of Carmel (kar-MEL) coastline
2. Carmel anniversary sign
3. Tourists next to downtown shop
4. Tourists at Normandy Inn
5. Fancy Carmel house
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Grant Johnson, Carmel resident:
"We’ve just never had street addresses within the city limits of Carmel. So it’s not a lack of anything. This is the way Carmel’s been since its founding back in 1916 or 17, over 100 years ago.”
7. Drone video of Carmel neighborhood
7. Carmel house
8. Carmel house sign with locator
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Grant Johnson, Carmel resident:
"That’s one of the charms of Carmel. It’s one of the stories we get to tell. There’s no street addresses."
10. Virginia Crap opening mailbox at post office
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Crapo (KRAY-poh), Carmel resident:
"I think it’s more communal when you have to come down to the post office to get your mail, because you can see your neighbors and the people that you work with or friends."
12. Exterior of U.S. post office
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Crapo, Carmel resident:
"I’ve lived here so long, I’ve kind of forgotten what it’s like to have mail delivered, so it doesn’t bother me."
14. Mayor Potter in front of his house
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Potter, Carmel mayor:
"Well, what the council decided on a 3-2 vote was we go ahead and take a look at getting street addresses in Carmel."
Sign in front of Carmel City Hall
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Potter, Carmel mayor:
"I just don’t think it’s necessary. I mean, honestly, we’ve lived this way for 100 years. We don’t need them."
17. Carmel house
18. Sign with name and locator
19. Signs with house name and locator
20. Karen Ferlito showing documents at home
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Ferlito, Carmel city councilmember:
"I have many, many constituents, many residents in this town that have been having, lots of complications and problems caused by not having street addresses. And this ranges everything from not having medicines delivered to not being able to turn on utilities, to not being able to get a credit card."
22. UPS driver puts boxes into truck
23. UPS driver drops off package at home
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen Ferlito, Carmel city councilmember:
"When emergency crews are responding, particularly at night, it’s very difficult to count houses in order to find the right house. Sometimes they go to the wrong house and that wastes precious time."
25. Bruce Edwards walking inside post office
26. Edwards taking mail out of post office box
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Edwards, Carmel resident:
"I’m in favor of it because of delivery issues. Uber will work better. The ambulances will be able to find us when I have a heart attack. And my UPS driver will be able to deliver my books."
28. Edwards looking through mail in post office
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Edwards, Carmel resident:
"I don’t think street numbers will ruin the charm. No, it’s fine having street numbers."
30. Drone video of coastal homes next to Pacific Ocean
STORYLINE:
No one in this wealthy California town known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm has a street address. But unlike the houses in Carmel-By-The-Sea, those days may soon be numbered.
After more than a century of address-free living, this seaside tourist destination where Clint Eastwood once presided as mayor is moving ahead with a plan to assign street numbers to homes and businesses. And many long-time residents aren’t happy about it.
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