Claim: The state is requiring Santa Monica to build 9,000 apartments.Answer: Partially true, partially false. Santa Monica has a pretty big housing problem. Originally, the city was told to plan for 8,895 new homes by […]

We wholeheartedly endorse the candidates below for Santa Monica City Council. Their leading campaign platform is for increased safety in Santa Monica.  Phil Brock, Mayor, and Council MemberDr. Vivian A. RoknianOscar de la Torre, Council […]

By Michael Jolly Over the past six months, Santa Monica has experienced a concerning rise in crime, sparking heated discussions about the future of public safety, tourism, and economic development in our iconic beachfront city. […]

Starting last week,  the elementary school students of Louisiana will all face mandatory postings of the biblical Ten Commandments in all their classrooms. Apart from the probable illegality, of abandoning the founding principle of the […]

In the next general election, this November 5th, Santa Monica residents will be asked to vote their choices among an array of potential candidates for City Council. As in our National US election, Santa Monica […]

Affordability: An Income and Available Asset Gap Issue, Not a Supply Issue (Last week’s article revealed how state mandates became a tool for gentrification. Now, we will review the falsehood on the state’s housing supply […]

In the world of economic policy, good intentions often pave the way to unintended consequences. Nowhere is this more evident than in California’s approach to its housing crisis through the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) […]

Every once in a while, a topic arises that we had previously written about but doesn’t seem to go away. The Miramar condo/hotel project is such an example. With recent coastal commission approvals and no […]

This is the last SMart article in an expanding  5 part series about our City’s power, water, and food prospects. These three factors are essential to the City’s prosperity and, more importantly, to its sustainability […]

This is the fourth in a series of SM.a.r.t articles about food, water, and energy issues in Santa Monica. You can read the last article at  https://smmirror.com/2024/07/sm-a-r-t-column-food-water-and-energy-part-3-of-4/  which talked about, among other things, the dangers […]