The slow coastal permitting the city blames on Sacramento is a wound of its own making — and AB 1740 is the wrong way to close it. If you have heard anything about AB 1740, […]

By Charles Andrews CAREER ADVICE FOR EMERGING STUDENTS If you have been paying attention to what has been going on for the last 10 years in DC, state capitols, the courts, media, here and around […]

The city’s AB1740 effort stopped being about bicycle lanes and parking near the beach the moment residents read the bill and understood what it actually did. For years, Santa Monica has operated under a specific […]

Last week’s Part 1 covered the deadlock: thirty-three years of Santa Monica failing to get its Local Coastal Program certified, and a bill designed to bypass that process entirely. The housing provisions deserve their own […]

If you live in Santa Monica and have ever wondered why the city seems to have so little control over what gets built near the beach, the answer traces back to a bureaucratic failure that […]

By Charles Andrews I DIDN’T START OUT THIS WAY I was a good kid. Stayed away from trouble. But I was a lousy student, despite scoring high on aptitude tests, was a National Merit Scholar, […]

Santa Monica officially reports numerous new business openings, often highlighted by the media as signs of economic recovery. However, a walk through the streets tells a different story; it appears less like a revival and […]