A SMa.r.t. Thanksgiving
SMart has much to be thankful for this year: We are thankful for the courage of all who face death to protect their fellow humans from the demented; whether on the fields of Ukraine or […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Renting and Owning. The Santa Monica Long View
In May, 2020, SMa.r.t. urged the city to consider establishing community land trusts, in which community-owned land is leased at a nominal fee to local housing cooperatives. In this model, the land trust owns the […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica Housing Development – Poison Pills, Bad Data and the Blame Game
Prior councils have made long term decisions that have locked the city into an extraordinarily fixed path, the consequences of which are only now becoming apparent to all stakeholders. In business, a loosely analogous strategy […]
S.M.a.r.t. Election Recommendation
Editor’s note: The following endorsements should not be attributed to the Santa Monica Mirror. They are the opinion of Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow, a group of columnists who are not affiliated with […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica’s Pending Apocalypse
Editor’s note: The following endorsements should not be attributed to the Santa Monica Mirror. They are the opinion of Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow, a group of columnists who are not affiliated with […]
SMa.r.t. Column: 4500+ Units Permitted!
In the last month your City was forced by the State of California to approve the construction of about 16 projects totaling over 4,562 new units (941 are affordable). These are a wide variety of […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Remembering our Past for our Future
When I read that Madame Wu passed away after so many years, it sparked a bit of nostalgia in me. There were many original and iconic businesses in past times, some of which are still […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Grading the School Board
Elections are a chance to review the performance of the governing bodies and chart a new direction when that performance has been found insufficient. In the case of our local School Board, the report card […]
SMa.r.t. Column: City Council Endorsements
Editor’s note: These following endorsements should not be attributed to the Santa Monica Mirror. They are the opinion of Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow, a group of columnists who are not affiliated with […]
SMa.r.t. Column: SMCLC Rejects Gelson’s Project
This week our SMa.r.t. column is guest written by the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC). They are a well established, concerned, and active, resident organization and we at SMa.r.t. are always interested […]
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