Phil is surrounded by the true spirit of giving at the annual “Westside Thanksgiving”
Phil is surrounded by the true spirit of giving at the annual “Westside Thanksgiving”
After several decades of wedlock and blind pursuit, our Santa Monica City Council finds itself in a failed marriage with...
Between crafting COVID-era return-to-school plans, fine-tuning Distance Learning, developing major district-wide campus improvements, giving fair process to the Santa Monica...
[We wrote this article 6.5 years ago. Today, the issues it raises continue to bedevil the city, and with more...
It’s that time of year again, but tragically this year so many things are staggeringly different and difficult on many...
Tuesday night Santa Claus brought Santa Monica a gift that we have waited 7 years for. That evening the City...
As most of you know the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is now forcing Santa Monica to permit 8873...
On Tuesday, December 8th, shortly after 5:30 PM, Oscar de la Torre, Christine Parra, and I will be among the...
As the weather chills, we enter a Holiday Season like no other that the City of Santa Monica has seen...
SMart has always looked for ways to do more with less and to live within our means on our way...
The extraordinary results of our municipal election signal a deep desire, by many residents, for a change in the city’s...
Dear Faithful readers of the SMart Column, For over seven years you have loaned us your attention about City planning,...
As election season draws to a close, we are all deciding on how to best to provide for our city’s,...
[SMa.r.t. originally published this article four years ago. We believe it remains current, with slight alterations. The elections, in the...
Santa Monica City Council endorsements from the Santa Monica Mirror The following are two endorsement articles from Santa Monica Mirror...
Santa Monica’s Governance Last I heard, we are a country “by the people and for the people.” But Santa Monica...
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With a massive spike in homelessness forecasted, LA lawmakers want to build 25,000 new housing units. Learn more in this...
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