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SMa.r.t. Column: Budget Reform and the New Normal

September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020

Our guest columnist this week is Marc L. Verville. He is a native of Santa Monica, now lives in Sunset...

Losing Our City!

August 21, 2020

August 21, 2020

Our guest columnist this week is Marc L. Verville. He is a native of Santa Monica, now lives in Sunset...

Has Coronavirus Killed the Mass Transit Boom?

August 17, 2020

August 17, 2020

For most of the last 30 years, California saw a mass transit boom stretching from San Diego to Los Angeles...

SMa.r.t. Column: Where Oh Where Is Our City Council? – Part 2

August 14, 2020

August 14, 2020

In last week’s article we touched on the nine bills currently before our state legislature which assigns and orders, under...

SMa.r.t. Column: Room to Breathe!

July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020

Three days ago, your City Council gave away your land in the center of downtown for 30 pieces of silver....

Column: Time for Newsom to Get Tough on Virus Scofflaws

July 24, 2020

July 24, 2020

It became plain during the July 4 holiday weekend that Los Angeles County has at least a partially scofflaw sheriff....

YOU Are the Heart of the City!

July 23, 2020

July 23, 2020

The members of SMart wrote a credo for Santa Monica in late 2013. The majority of the original members were...

A Worried People in a Distressed City

July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020

It was Santa Monica’s 145th birthday on July 15th. Our city’s traditional motto is “Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land.”...

Wanted: A New City Councilperson

July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020

In a week the City Council will appoint a new Council person to replace the retired council member Greg Moreno....

SMA.r.t. Column: Brushfires of Freedom!

July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020

We have survived the first six months of this year. We are all locked into the strange nightmare that encompasses...