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SMa.r.t. Column: Improving Santa Monica’s Future: A Resident-Oriented Master Plan

May 28, 2023

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May 28, 2023

Improving Santa Monica’s Future: A Resident-Oriented Master Plan Santa Monica, like many cities, requires a well-defined master plan to guide...
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Pretext Stops Are a Vital Crime Prevention Tool

May 22, 2023

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May 22, 2023

By Cody Green, Santa Monica Police Officers Association (SMPOA) Chairman and Lieutenant, SMPD  Recently the Santa Monica Public Safety Oversight...
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Is City Government Listening to You?

May 21, 2023

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May 21, 2023

Sometimes, it might feel like City Council members or local government staff aren’t paying attention to the concerns of residents....
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New Program Can Help Protect Southern California Homes in the Event of an Earthquake

May 13, 2023

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May 13, 2023

Residents Have Until May 31 To Apply For Seismic Retrofit Grants By Janiele Maffei, Chief Mitigation Officer for the California...
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SMO (So Many Options) Part 1

April 20, 2023

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April 20, 2023

SMart (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow)  The volume of discussion around the options for Santa Monica Airport (SMO)...
Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Reusing Buildings for the Benefit of All

April 2, 2023

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April 2, 2023

[Almost two years ago our colleague Michael Jolly prepared this analysis of the benefits and risks of repurposing existing buildings,...

Fig. 1. Wilshire Blvd. at the Santa Monica boundary (primarily 1 to 2 stories)
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SMa.r.t. Column: I Told You So

March 28, 2023

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March 28, 2023

On January17, 2015  SMa.r.t. posted a prophetic article in the Daily Press written by Ron Goldman FAIA advocating maintaining a...
Opinion, Real Estate

Column: SB 9 Ended R-1 Zoning, but It’s Not Meeting Goals

March 11, 2023

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March 11, 2023

By Tom Elias More than a year after it took effect, the landmark housing density law known as SB 9...
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SMa.r.t. Column: The Urgency to Retrofit Earthquake-Deficient Buildings

March 6, 2023

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March 6, 2023

Recent early-morning tremors off the Malibu coast, and the huge and terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria have made us...
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SMa.r.t. Column: ​​Reinforcing the Future – A Revisit

February 27, 2023

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February 27, 2023

Six years go we discussed, in these pages, the city’s then-renewed earthquake-retrofit rules. At the time we argued that the...
Opinion, Real Estate

Column: The Inevitable Conversions Begin Multiplying

February 25, 2023

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February 25, 2023

By Tom Elias It’s a phenomenon from New York to Dallas to Fresno and Los Angeles, one that seemed inevitable...
Opinion, Real Estate

Column: The Fantasy World of California Housing Policy

February 20, 2023

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February 20, 2023

By Tom Elias If you’re looking for sure things among bills under consideration in the state Legislature, think of one...
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SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica City Council – Planners, Politicians, or Developers?

February 19, 2023

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February 19, 2023

Santa Monica – a progressive city 20 years ago, a chaotic city today! A city that is struggling for its...
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SMa.r.t. Column: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

February 16, 2023

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February 16, 2023

The picture shown above is the future of Santa Monica. Large tall buildings along the Boulevards and Avenues plus Downtown...
Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: To a Better Housing Element

February 3, 2023

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February 3, 2023

Your City is busy rewriting much of its zoning code to implement our new Housing Element as demanded by the...

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