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SM.a.r.t Column: Santa Monica Needs to See the Light

June 19, 2025 SM.a.r.t

How Santa Monica’s Growing Light Pollution Is Eroding Human Health, Safety, and Sanity There was a time when our coastal...

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SM.a.r.t Column: California’s Transit Death Spiral: How Housing Mandates Are Backfiring

June 15, 2025 SM.a.r.t

California’s ambitious housing mandates were supposed to solve the affordability crisis. Instead, they’re creating a vicious cycle that’s killing public...

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SM.a.r.t. Column: A City Dying by a Thousand Cuts

June 5, 2025 SM.a.r.t

Santa Monica, once celebrated for its blend of coastal charm and progressive ideals, is slowly bleeding out — not from...

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SM.a.r.t Column: Oops!! What Happened? And What Are You Going to Do About It?

May 29, 2025 SM.a.r.t

Our Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow (SMa.r.t) articles have, over the past 12 years, collectively presented a critical...

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SM.a.r.t Column: Why Santa Monica Might Need a Desalination Plant, and Maybe Even Nuclear Power

May 22, 2025 SM.a.r.t

Santa Monica is known for its ocean views, sunny skies, and strong environmental values. But there’s a challenge on the...

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SM.a.r.t Column: SMO (So Many Options) Part 3: “Pie in the Sky”

May 17, 2025 SM.a.r.t

SMO: Fantasy, Fact, and the Fog of Wishful ThinkingBy someone who read the fine print Every few months, a headline...

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SM.a.r.t. Column: Owner Occupancy Protects Against Corporate Over-Development

May 2, 2025 Staff Writer

This week SMa.r.t. will have as guest columnist Mark Borenstein. Mark is a long-time Santa Monica resident, a retired attorney,...

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Opinion: Declaration of Economic State of Emergency in Malibu & Pacific Palisades: A Direct Result of the Devastating Impact of the Palisades Fire

April 27, 2025 Staff Writer

Malibu and Pacific Palisades Request Emergency Financial Measures By Ramis Sadrieh, Chairperson, Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce On behalf...