The church isn’t violating any rules with the school that hosts their services.  They have taken steps to try and accommodate neighbors of the school who are complaining about the traffic in the area on Sundays. 

Still, the neighbors of City of God church meeting at Santa Monica elementary school continue to complain and harass the members and leadership of the church.  They openly say they don’t want a Christian church in their neighborhood.

“I don’t want anything happening here on Sundays,” said Azin Ehsan, who moved into the neighborhood in 2001. “We have so much noise during the week, we just want it to be quiet. They should find a better venue.”

Azin Ehsan has rebuffed the church’s efforts to work with her and two other neighbors.  They met with school officials to complain about the church’s being allowed in their neighborhood and use of the school.

Another neighbor thinks the reason of the people are complaining is that they have an issue with Christians.

“Nobody complains when John Adams [Middle School] has football games. I don’t hear about people writing letters about what a nuisance that is but suddenly, the church for an hour makes a different noise and the community is in an uproar?” Sidonie Smith asked. “We can’t have a double standard about noise in the community.”