January 23, 2026
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Musings on a Musical L.A. Christmas

By Robert Ragaini A Mess of Masses 9:30 a.m. I go to mass. It’s the Catholic Church four blocks away and there have already been two earlier masses, 5:30 and 7:30. I get there as […]

Santa Monica Housing Market: Looking Back – And Forward

Affordable Housing Year in Review

By Richard Hilton The City of Santa Monica has experienced a lot of affordable housing accomplishments in the last two years; I’ll describe some of our more notable achievements.   HUD/Section 8: Our federally-funded Voucher […]

Building Bridges

The future of Santa Monica Pier Bridge lies in the balance as several options for improvement head toward City Council. The City of Santa Monica, in cooperation with Caltrans, is proposing to reconstruct the Santa […]

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Alert Police Blotter 1/1/18-1/5/18

By Tim Broughton   Tread Carefully. On Monday, December 4, at 5:10 p.m. officers of the Santa Monica Police Department were in the area of Second Street and Arizona Avenue when they witnessed a person […]

SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow). Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

SMa.r.t.-Dangers of Wishing Upon a “Star-chitect”

This coming Thursday, January 11, there is a community meeting regarding a project that could have a major impact on Santa Monica’s future. As an involved group of architects, planners, and city commissioners, we feel […]