SM.a.r.t, Author at SM Mirror

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: The Sound of Silence Is Big & Tall

June 3, 2022 SM.a.r.t

All too often these days we find ourselves wondering how we could have been so correct about so many planning...

Opinion, Real Estate

Affordable Spaces for Small Business

May 27, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Los Angeles County recently proposed a program providing financial incentives for certain “Legacy” family businesses in their original historical location....

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2

May 20, 2022 SM.a.r.t

The dream of our beachfront city is about to become a nightmare! Just imagine a tsunami of these projects washing...

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!

May 12, 2022 SM.a.r.t

It’s appalling to see what’s happening in our city – projects recently built or about to be approved – in...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In

May 6, 2022 SM.a.r.t

This week we are re-visiting an article from 2018 regarding the Miramar project, by simply replacing the word “Miramar” with...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

April 30, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Over the last approximately two years your City has been busy trying to respond to new California laws that are...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Planning The Real Future

April 24, 2022 SM.a.r.t

In the 1970s, renowned USC architecture professor Ralph Knowles developed a method for planning and designing cities that would dramatically...

Development, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: New City Financial Plan – The Resident Homeowner Bank

April 8, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Part 1 of 2 In this two-part article, we will discuss both the proposed transfer tax ballot initiative and the...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Tunneling for Mobility

April 1, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Editor’s note: this is an April Fools Day column and is intended to be satire. Starting this year permits from...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: The Value of Our Boulevards

March 28, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Following is a composite of past articles dealing with the accelerated demise of our beachfront environment together with the increasing...

Author: SM.a.r.t

SMa.r.t. Column: The Sound of Silence Is Big & Tall

Affordable Spaces for Small Business

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

SMa.r.t. Column: Planning The Real Future

SMa.r.t. Column: New City Financial Plan – The Resident Homeowner Bank

SMa.r.t. Column: Tunneling for Mobility

SMa.r.t. Column: The Value of Our Boulevards

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