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 […]

Our previous two S.M.a,r,t, articles talked about the seismic risks to the City from getting its three survival essentials: food, water, and energy shut down by the coming inevitable large earthquake. Specifically, last week (https://smmirror.com/2024/07/food-water-and-energy-part-2-of-4//), […]

Last week’s S.M.a,r,t, article (https://smmirror.com/2024/07/sm-a-r-t-column-food-water-and-energy-part-1-of-3/) talked about the seismic risks to the City from getting its three survival essentials, food, water, and energy shut down by the inevitable large earthquake. Specifically, we looked at the […]

Civilization, as we know it, requires many things, but the most critical and fundamental is an uninterrupted supply of three basic factors: food, clean water, and energy. If you have a steady supply of those […]

In the past several months, we’ve seen increasing protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza. We have also seen these protests brutally shut down in the name of fighting antisemitism. But are these protests actually antisemitic, […]

We trust you are enjoying this holiday in celebration of Independence. Independence to be embraced, personally and civically, thru active participation in your community. Maybe you came to the Main Street Ocean Park Parade and […]

Four years ago, our esteemed colleague Mario Fonda-Bonardi wrote the prescient essay below when much of the legislative development juggernaut was beginning to make itself felt in our city. Let’s take a look at the […]

Last week’s SMart article  (https://smmirror.com/2024/06/sm-a-r-t-column-the-up-zoning-scam-part-1/)  discussed the ambitious 8895 units (including 6168 affordable units) that Santa Monica is required to build by Sacramento within the 2021-2029 time period. Because of certain factors outside the City’s […]

Over the last few years, the State of California has mandated a massive upzoning of cities to create capacity for a mirage of 2.5 million new housing units over the next eight years (2021 to […]

Nine years ago, SMa.r.t wrote a series of articles addressing the adaptive re-use of existing structures. We titled one “Shape Up,” analogizing development with bodybuilding – physical fitness. Lots of life left in the old […]