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SMa.r.t. 2021 Christmas Card

December 22, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Dear Readers, SM.a.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) wish you all a joyous Holiday Season and a Wonderful...

Opinion

Seismic Water Resiliency

December 16, 2021 SM.a.r.t

This is the 2nd part of two-part article (see smmirror.com/2021/12/sma-r-t-column-its-not-your-fault/ for the first part) Last week we wrote about the...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: It’s Not Your Fault

December 13, 2021 SM.a.r.t

This is a two-part article Two large tectonic plates are engaged in a titanic multi-million year battle to slip past...

Dining, Food & Drink, Opinion

One of LA’s Best Omakase Counters is Tucked Away in a Santa Monica Hotel Lobby

December 8, 2021 Sam Catanzaro

Sushi Chef Masa Shimakawa’s Soko restaurant offers an extraordinary culinary experience By Sam Catanzaro Tucked into the lobby of a...

Opinion, Real Estate

Building Conversion in Today’s Market Environment

December 3, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Adaptive reuse, repurposing, and up-cycling of industrial and commercial buildings (“Conversion”) for greater in-demand uses are rapidly becoming the direction...

Opinion

Opinion: Shore Hotel and Unite Here Local 11

December 3, 2021 Staff Writer

By David G. Brown While reading one of the mass text messages recently sent by Unite Here Local 11 in...

Opinion, Real Estate

State’s Housing Solution Starts Happening

December 3, 2021 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist It’s happening. Despite the best efforts of California’s highly ideological, developer-financed state legislators, the solution to...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica – Who Does the City Work For?

November 30, 2021 SM.a.r.t

There is a general, and growing, discomfort in the relationship between the residents and their city. People who live here...

Opinion, Real Estate

Opinion: SB 9, 10: The Rebellion Begins

November 19, 2021 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist It was inevitable from the moment Gov. Gavin Newsom in mid-September signed this year’s two most...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: A Flooding Prospect

November 18, 2021 Staff Writer

The inevitable sea level rise in our area has prompted a number of groups and organizations to look at possible...

Category: Opinion

SMa.r.t. 2021 Christmas Card

Seismic Water Resiliency

SMa.r.t. Column: It’s Not Your Fault

One of LA’s Best Omakase Counters is Tucked Away in a Santa Monica Hotel Lobby

Building Conversion in Today’s Market Environment

Opinion: Shore Hotel and Unite Here Local 11

State’s Housing Solution Starts Happening

SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica – Who Does the City Work For?

Opinion: SB 9, 10: The Rebellion Begins

SMa.r.t. Column: A Flooding Prospect

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