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SMa.r.t. Column: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

February 16, 2023 SM.a.r.t

The picture shown above is the future of Santa Monica. Large tall buildings along the Boulevards and Avenues plus Downtown...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: To a Better Housing Element

February 3, 2023 SM.a.r.t

Your City is busy rewriting much of its zoning code to implement our new Housing Element as demanded by the...

Opinion

Santa Monica Police Chief’s Message to the Community

January 30, 2023 Staff Writer

January 27, 2023 Dear Santa Monica Community, The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) would like to extend our heartfelt condolences...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: State Usurping Key Powers From Cities

January 28, 2023 Staff Writer

By Tom Elias All over California last fall, hundreds of the civic minded spent thousands of hours and millions of...

News, Opinion

Column – A California Positive: Kids Swarm Extra Classes

January 24, 2023 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias It’s become a cliché, the shibboleth that California has lousy public schools and most of the kids...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Let’s Get Real and Apply Practical Common Sense

January 20, 2023 SM.a.r.t

This week’s column is a letter to the City Council, written by Arthur Jeon and sent in this past week....

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Water Water Everywhere

January 13, 2023 SM.a.r.t

The new year has started with water, lots of WATER. The west coast and particularly central and northern California have...

Opinion

S.M.a.r.t. Looks Ahead

December 31, 2022 SM.a.r.t

It’s that time of the year again, when people and organizations look ahead and make resolutions to try to do...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Refugees in our Midst

December 22, 2022 SM.a.r.t

We published this article exactly five years ago. We leave it to the reader to consider whether this article is...

News, Opinion, Upbeat Beat

Column – Superintendent’s Message: Farewell SMMUSD

December 21, 2022 Staff Writer

Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and Community Members, I write this last message to the community with both a heavy...

Category: Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

SMa.r.t. Column: To a Better Housing Element

Santa Monica Police Chief’s Message to the Community

Column: State Usurping Key Powers From Cities

Column – A California Positive: Kids Swarm Extra Classes

SMa.r.t. Column: Let’s Get Real and Apply Practical Common Sense

SMa.r.t. Column: Water Water Everywhere

S.M.a.r.t. Looks Ahead

SMa.r.t. Column: Refugees in our Midst

Column – Superintendent’s Message: Farewell SMMUSD

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