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Letter to the Editor: Ballona Wetlands Trust Response
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SM.a.r.t Column: Part II: The Affordability Crisis: Unmasking California’s RHNA Process and Its Role in Gentrification
Affordability: An Income and Available Asset Gap Issue, Not a Supply Issue (Last week’s article revealed how state mandates became...
SM.a.r.t Column: Part 1: The Affordability Crisis: Unmasking California’s RHNA Process and Its Role in Gentrification
In the world of economic policy, good intentions often pave the way to unintended consequences. Nowhere is this more evident...
SM.a.r.t Column: They Want to Build a Wall
Every once in a while, a topic arises that we had previously written about but doesn’t seem to go away....
SM.a.r.t Column: Sharks vs. Batteries – Part 5 of 5
This is the last SMart article in an expanding 5 part series about our City’s power, water, and food prospects....
SM.a.r.t Column: Your Home’s First Battery Is in Your Car
This is the fourth in a series of SM.a.r.t articles about food, water, and energy issues in Santa Monica. You...
SM.a.r.t Column: Food Water and Energy Part 3 of 4
Our previous two S.M.a,r,t, articles talked about the seismic risks to the City from getting its three survival essentials: food,...
Food, Water, and Energy Part 2 of 4
Last week’s S.M.a,r,t, article (https://smmirror.com/2024/07/sm-a-r-t-column-food-water-and-energy-part-1-of-3/) talked about the seismic risks to the City from getting its three survival essentials, food,...
SM.a.r.t. Column: Food Water and Energy Part 1 of 3
Civilization, as we know it, requires many things, but the most critical and fundamental is an uninterrupted supply of three...
Letter to the Editor: Criticizing Israeli Policy Is Not Antisemitic
In the past several months, we’ve seen increasing protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza. We have also seen these protests...
SMA.R.T. WISHES ALL A VERY HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEK
We trust you are enjoying this holiday in celebration of Independence. Independence to be embraced, personally and civically, thru active...
SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica Under SCAG’s Boot
Four years ago, our esteemed colleague Mario Fonda-Bonardi wrote the prescient essay below when much of the legislative development juggernaut...
SM.a.r.t Column: The Up Zoning Scam (Part 2)
Last week’s SMart article (https://smmirror.com/2024/06/sm-a-r-t-column-the-up-zoning-scam-part-1/) discussed the ambitious 8895 units (including 6168 affordable units) that Santa Monica is required to...
SM.a.r.t Column: The Up Zoning Scam (Part 1)
Over the last few years, the State of California has mandated a massive upzoning of cities to create capacity for...
SM.a.r.t. Column: Shape Up – On Steroids
Nine years ago, SMa.r.t wrote a series of articles addressing the adaptive re-use of existing structures. We titled one “Shape...
SM.a.r.t Column: The Challenge of Running a City When City Staff Have Different Priorities
Living in a city has its perks, but it can be a real headache when the folks running the show...
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