Santa Monica has lurched from crisis to crisis over recent decades, yet one constant has endured: our homelessness epidemic. Approximately 6,000 unhoused individuals cycle through our city annually, with the majority staying less than a […]
By Charles Andrews NOTE: NOTEWORTHY is now spanning a two-week period. A little simpler for me, better for you (get those tickets early). Let me save you some more time and trouble. If you subscribe […]
By Charles Andrews THE GLOVES ARE BACK ON But these are the work gloves. How much do you love your freedoms, your rights, your democracy? I know you do. So, time to get to work. […]
We are in the midst of an era of conflict over space. Not war in the traditional sense. No tanks, no declarations, but a conflict all the same, fought in Council chambers and comment periods, […]
Dear Editor, Santa Monica has spent years discussing economic recovery, support for local businesses, and revitalizing the Pier. Yet one of the Pier’s largest restaurant spaces continues to sit vacant while a project capable of […]
For nearly forty years, Santa Monica has largely resisted one thing that much of Los Angeles eventually embraced: billboards. That wasn’t an accident. The Third Street Promenade became successful because it felt different. It wasn’t […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM – TONIGHT! At the Church in Ocean Park, 7 p.m., doors at 6:30. Santa Monica Democratic Club president Jon Katz is probably disappointed that he can’t again, […]
By Charles Andrews THE GLOVES ARE OFF I wrote in my previous CURIOUS CITY column. But what happens when you take the gloves off? Bare knuckles bashing? Could be. The expression usually means things are […]
Three months ago, this column asked a simple question about the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project: Where, exactly, would the money come from? The City’s own Airport Conversion Project identifies “Balance Economics” as one of […]
I have rented a rent-controlled apartment at 1015 9th Street since 2014. In spring 2025, our owner told us in writing that our ceilings contain asbestos and warned us not to disturb them. About a […]
