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

News, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: A Tale of Two Cities

July 2, 2022 SM.a.r.t

The City of Santa Monica is surrounded on three sides by the City of Los Angeles. Therefore, while the jurisdictions...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: It’s Time to Look at the Facts of Santa Monica’s Housing History

June 30, 2022 SM.a.r.t

The Narrative: Santa Monica’s decades-long housing construction “shortage” The Narrative endlessly repeats the refrain that for decades Santa Monica has...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: The Mansionization of Santa Monica

June 17, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Editor’s note: This column originally appeared in print in 2016. In the 1980s, Santa Monica’s single family zoning code was...

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....