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City Council Should Not Move Forward With Downtown Program EIR: Open Letter:

July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013

Editor’s Note: This is an open letter from the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City regarding Tuesday’s Santa Monica...

Fee For Running For Santa Monica Office Discouraging: Letter To The Editor:

July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013

Editor’s Note: Council member Kevin McKeown was the sole vote against the proposal. Click on the link in the first...

Santa Monica Must Outline Non-Negotiable Community Benefits To Developers:

July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013

Dear Editor, Attending a meeting last Saturday, the point was made by a Santa Monica architect that FAR (floor area...

Constitutional Crisis Over Prisons Draws Closer:

July 6, 2013

July 6, 2013

Imagine a troop of U.S. marshals trying to move aside the cadre of California Highway Patrol officers assigned to protect...

A New Life For The Downtown Santa Monica Post Office:

July 6, 2013

July 6, 2013

There’s no question that the former downtown post office at 1248 Fifth Street (at Arizona) should be saved and preserved....

Will House GOP Make Presidential Suicide Pact?:

July 6, 2013

July 6, 2013

Maybe Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican congressman from Orange County best known for his surfing photo-ops, has wiped out once too...

PUC Can Redeem Itself: Charge Edison For San Onofre:

June 29, 2013

June 29, 2013

More consumerism from the California Public Utilities Commission – that was a fond hope of at least some of the...

Hometown Hero: Santa Monica’s 4th Of July Main St. Parade & Lori Nafshun:

June 29, 2013

June 29, 2013

“Main Street meets Doo Dah,” described Lori Nafshun, the Ocean Park Association (OPA) force behind the Main Street 4th of...

Non-Citizen Jurors In California’s Court’s Simply A Bad Idea:

June 29, 2013

June 29, 2013

It’s one thing to give undocumented immigrants an opportunity – however limited and lengthy and expensive – to gain American...

We Must Turn Attention To Guns In Society: Letter To The Editor:

June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

Dear Editor, With the latest shootings in Santa Monica, we must once again turn our attention to the issue of...