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Letter to the Editor: Closing the Santa Monica Airport
Is the Big Housing Crunch Mostly Fiction?
By Tom Elias, Columnist In some parts of California, there is definitely a housing crunch: small supplies of homes for...
Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2
The dream of our beachfront city is about to become a nightmare! Just imagine a tsunami of these projects washing...
Column From Santa Monica Mayor Himmelrich: We Walk the Talk
By Sue Himmelrich, Santa Moncia Mayor I like the SMa.r.t. architects. I often agree with them. But in allowing Mark...
Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!
It’s appalling to see what’s happening in our city – projects recently built or about to be approved – in...
Renting Your Second Home
If you are among the many Americans who own a second home that you occasionally use as a vacation getaway,...
Column: Cities Fight to Maintain Distinctive Characters
By Tom Elias, Columnist Anyone who knows California well will realize that Palo Alto does not look much like nearby...
SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In
This week we are re-visiting an article from 2018 regarding the Miramar project, by simply replacing the word “Miramar” with...
Column: Are You Talking Yourself Out of Saving for Retirement? Here’s How to Break the Habit
Saving for retirement can be an abstract concept. It’s something we all know we should do, but the farther away...
SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…
Over the last approximately two years your City has been busy trying to respond to new California laws that are...
Letter to Editor: Your “Standing Firm With Santa Monica” Initiative
The following is an open letter to Councilmember Sue Himmelrich from Santa Monica resident Arthur Jeon regarding a proposed transfer...
SMa.r.t. Column: Planning The Real Future
In the 1970s, renowned USC architecture professor Ralph Knowles developed a method for planning and designing cities that would dramatically...
SMa.r.t. Column: New City Financial Plan: The Resident Homeowner Bank
Part II: Who pays the proposed transfer tax and where does the money go? Last week, we introduced the proposed...
Column: NIMBYs Getting a Bad Rap
By Tom Elias Rarely has a major group of Californians suffered a less deserved rash of insults and attacks than...
SMa.r.t. Column: New City Financial Plan – The Resident Homeowner Bank
Part 1 of 2 In this two-part article, we will discuss both the proposed transfer tax ballot initiative and the...
Column: Tackling Childcare Costs
Finding affordable, quality childcare is essential for many working parents. The current shortage of care options is helping drive up...
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