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S.M.a.r.t Column: The Sunset of Home Ownership

February 11, 2024 SM.a.r.t

We are watching the sunset of our historical and cultural American dream of home ownership as we now are crossing...

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SMa.r.t. Column: B(U)Y RIGHT

February 4, 2024 SM.a.r.t

“By Right” state housing laws that give developers, in certain projects, the ability to ignore codes ‘by right.’ Well, that...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: Serf City

January 28, 2024 SM.a.r.t

Homelessness is a problem in California, and nowhere is this more evident than in our fair city, where the unhoused...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: Bond Fatigue

January 22, 2024 SM.a.r.t

Last week’s SMart article, described two critical problems faced by our Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD): the declining...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: Peace on Earth

December 27, 2023 Staff Writer

We are all, by now, saturated with jingles, holiday cards, “ho ho ho’s,” countless commercial advertisements, and exhortations to feel...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: On the Clock with Mayor Brock

December 17, 2023 SM.a.r.t

I became Santa Monica’s Mayor on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, following a simple “switch of the chairs” transition with outgoing...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL 2024

December 10, 2023 SM.a.r.t

Position:Seeking Santa Monica City Council Candidate(s) Introduction:Exciting opportunity for the right candidate(s) to work with like-minded Council members committed to...

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S.M.a.r.t Column: ARB (NOT Ready to Build!)

December 3, 2023 SM.a.r.t

Santa Monica City’s Architectural Review Board (ARB), established in 1974, acts “…to preserve existing areas of natural beauty, cultural importance...