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Is the Big Housing Crunch Mostly Fiction?

May 20, 2022 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist In some parts of California, there is definitely a housing crunch: small supplies of homes for...

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2

May 20, 2022 SM.a.r.t

The dream of our beachfront city is about to become a nightmare! Just imagine a tsunami of these projects washing...

Opinion

Column From Santa Monica Mayor Himmelrich: We Walk the Talk

May 12, 2022 Staff Writer

By Sue Himmelrich, Santa Moncia Mayor I like the SMa.r.t. architects. I often agree with them. But in allowing Mark...

Opinion

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!

May 12, 2022 SM.a.r.t

It’s appalling to see what’s happening in our city – projects recently built or about to be approved – in...

Opinion, Real Estate

Renting Your Second Home

May 6, 2022 Staff Writer

If you are among the many Americans who own a second home that you occasionally use as a vacation getaway,...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: Cities Fight to Maintain Distinctive Characters

May 6, 2022 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist Anyone who knows California well will realize that Palo Alto does not look much like nearby...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In

May 6, 2022 SM.a.r.t

This week we are re-visiting an article from 2018 regarding the Miramar project, by simply replacing the word “Miramar” with...

Opinion, Westside Wellness

Column: Are You Talking Yourself Out of Saving for Retirement? Here’s How to Break the Habit

May 5, 2022 Staff Writer

Saving for retirement can be an abstract concept. It’s something we all know we should do, but the farther away...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

April 30, 2022 SM.a.r.t

Over the last approximately two years your City has been busy trying to respond to new California laws that are...

Opinion

Letter to Editor: Your “Standing Firm With Santa Monica” Initiative

April 25, 2022 Staff Writer

The following is an open letter to Councilmember Sue Himmelrich from Santa Monica resident Arthur Jeon regarding a proposed transfer...

Category: Opinion

Is the Big Housing Crunch Mostly Fiction?

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better & Not Necessary! – Part 2

Column From Santa Monica Mayor Himmelrich: We Walk the Talk

Is Gelson’s Our Future? Bigger Is Not Better!

Renting Your Second Home

Column: Cities Fight to Maintain Distinctive Characters

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s, Boxed-In

Column: Are You Talking Yourself Out of Saving for Retirement? Here’s How to Break the Habit

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

Letter to Editor: Your “Standing Firm With Santa Monica” Initiative

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