Queen of the Setting Sun
Fabric, Thread, and Glue – All great towns are held together not by the flashiness of their buildings and landscapes but by the people who inhabit them and the fabric of history they weave upon […]
The More We Drink, The Thirstier We Get
Thirst, according to Merriam-Webster: “a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids.” We’re getting thirstier. A year ago our colleague Thane Roberts pointed out that between 2005 and […]
Ode to the Future of My City
SMa.r.t. Column How sad it is to journey to Santa Monica and I can’t find it. The open blue sky hides behind canyon walls. I look for glimpses of sun and sea, but they are […]
A City Crying for Change
SM.a.r.t. Column In the waning days of summer, SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) turns its thoughts to the fall which means the upcoming elections where residents will elect a City Council that might […]
“Can’t We all Just Get Along?”
SMa.r.t. Column It seems that our community divide is beginning to mirror that of our national government’s chasm. On one side, residents feel that our quaint little town is being destroyed (we were never that […]
Opinion: Missed Tackles, Misplaced Accolades
Our Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem recently authored an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times (7/12/18) deriding the lawsuit that is pending against our City’s at-large election system by residents of the Pico Neighborhood. The article […]
SM.a.r.t. Governance and the Public Trust
We live in uncertain times – immigrant children are being separated from their parents, minorities are being forced from their homelands and climate change refugees are living in marginal conditions due our government’s […]
SM.a.r.t: What’s Up?
Let’s look at the future of our transportation and traffic woes and how they are to be addressed and resolved, especially in our little 8.4-square-mile beach town that the current administration, by continuing […]
SMa.r.t. Opinion: Putting Birds and Limes back in Their Place
Although some changes to Santa Monica’s cityscape may go unnoticed, there is one that is hard to miss – the electric scooters taking over our neighborhoods. The “Birds” were the first to roost but were […]
SM.a.r.t: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
Parks & Rec Master Plan Twenty years ago, the City of Santa Monica unveiled a roadmap for the development of our parks and recreational programs. The plan, adopted in 1997, laid out a blueprint for […]
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