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Column: Follow the Money This Election Season

October 27, 2022

October 27, 2022

By David G. Brown Earlier this month I read with great interest the coverage of local campaign finance filings and...

Column: Excess School Lands for Teacher Housing?

October 22, 2022

October 22, 2022

By Tom Elias, Columnist Do voters want more teachers living in their communities, even if it means a little more...

SMa.r.t. Column: 4500+ Units Permitted!

October 22, 2022

October 22, 2022

In the last month your City was forced by the State of California to approve the construction of about 16...

Letter to the Editor: Response to the Santa Monica Police Officers Association Column

October 21, 2022

October 21, 2022

Dear Editor,  This letter is in response to the Santa Monica Police Officers Association’s (SMPOA) most recent public editorial, “The...

Letter to the Editor: Response to “Proposal to Reroute LAX Jet Traffic over Santa Monica”

October 21, 2022

October 21, 2022

By Zina Josephs Opinion: “Proposal to Reroute LAX Jet Traffic over Santa Monica” – Eve Lopez 10/4/22 – Santa Monica...

SMa.r.t. Column: Remembering our Past for our Future

October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022

When I read that Madame Wu passed away after so many years, it sparked a bit of nostalgia in me....

Column: Response to October 11 “SMa.r.t.” Piece

October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022

By Jon Kean If ever there were a time for local columnists to take a leadership role in parsing fact...

Column: The Santa Monica Police Officers Association Calls on the Members of the Public Safety Reform & Oversight Commission to Do Their Jobs

October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022

Submitted by the Santa Monica Police Officers Association On February 2, 2021, Santa Monica City Council adopted an ordinance adding...

Letter to Editor: Proposal to Reroute LAX Jet Traffic Over Santa Monica

October 4, 2022

October 4, 2022

Unbeknownst to the entire Santa Monica Airport Commission, FAA plans have been actively underway since before May of 2022 to...

Food for Thought: Santa Monica Brew Works’ Milkshake Beers Are ‘Udderly’ Good

September 29, 2022

September 29, 2022

Brewery teams up with Johnny Rockets to make a Strawberry Milkshake Porter and a Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake Porter By...