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Have Auto Deaths Inured Us To Gun Deaths?:

June 14, 2014

June 14, 2014

Who among us that drives on our freeways and streets has not experienced the following cycle of realization: There’s some...

Letter To The Editor: Is This The End Of Rent Control In Santa Monica?:

June 11, 2014

June 11, 2014

Dear Editor, This just happened to my assistant in Santa Monica: My assistant has lived in her Santa Monica rent...

California Voters Win With Top Two Primary:

June 8, 2014

June 8, 2014

Results like those from this week’s primary cause detractors to call California’s four-year-old “top two” election system the “jungle primary”...

Neel Kashkari Nomination Brings GOP Back From Brink:

June 7, 2014

June 7, 2014

No candidate campaigned harder this spring that Neel Kashkari, the former federal Treasury Department official and ex-Goldman Sachs executive who...

Santa Monica Votes: June 3 Primary Winners:

June 7, 2014

June 7, 2014

Santa Monicans take elections seriously. Usually it’s the top of the ticket that brings people out to vote. But the...

New Numbers Should Ease Intensity Of Fracking Drive, Debate:

June 1, 2014

June 1, 2014

There’s a huge political implication in the big difference between 13.7 billion barrels of oil and 600 million. Similarly, there’s...

Water Rationing Already Starting To Go Wrong:

May 31, 2014

May 31, 2014

As expected, it’s now late spring and water rationing is upon California. Despite the heavy mid-February rains that briefly drenched...

Growth: Putting A Saddle On Godzilla:

May 31, 2014

May 31, 2014

In contemplating the observation that less growth is a growing idea here in Santa Monica, I found myself wondering aloud...

What Say You: In Defense Of Fun Architecture:

May 25, 2014

May 25, 2014

Architecture has been in the news in Santa Monica, but not in a good way. Now, in the midst of...

Fundraising Blackout One Small Step Toward Trust:

May 24, 2014

May 24, 2014

With polls showing Californians distrust their state government more than citizens of almost any other state, it’s high time legislators...