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Development, Opinion

Promenade 3.0 in Review

September 23, 2021 SM.a.r.t

It’s no secret that the Third Street Promenade has been losing its luster, its tenants, visitors, and customer foot traffic....

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Densification Fiction Converted To Fact Through Repetition

September 17, 2021 SM.a.r.t

In the final scene of the obscure 2004 sci fi action-adventure film “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” the...

Education, Opinion

LA County Committee Report Reflects a “Dire” Financial Future for Students of Santa Monica if City of Malibu’s Proposal to Split the District Is Approved

September 14, 2021 Staff Writer

Editor’s note: the public comment period mentioned in the following letter has ended. The following is a letter from Santa...

Opinion, Real Estate

Expect a Rebellion Against Key Housing Bills

September 13, 2021 Staff Writer

By Tom Elias, Columnist Self-congratulations flowed easily the other day among ultra-liberal state legislators after they passed the two most...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Stop the Steroids

September 10, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Part 2/2 Santa Monicans face the usual fears of crime, Covid-19 and its collapsing job and housing impact including the...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: The Big Lie Just Got Bigger

September 3, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Part 1 of 2 It’s not the lie about a stolen election or the dangers of vaccination or if Biden...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Beat the Climate Change Heat

August 27, 2021 SM.a.r.t

The new era of hot weather extremes has made coping with heat increasingly important. A recent paper by NASA’s Jet...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Fix Those Balconies!

August 23, 2021 SM.a.r.t

About six years ago a fifth-floor balcony in a Berkeley apartment building collapsed. A group of students standing on the...

Opinion

Editorial: Unprofessionalism and Racial Insensitivity at Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Leaves a Lot to Be Desired

August 20, 2021 admin

By Santa Monica Mirror Editorial Staff A recent incident in which an executive at Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. flippantly used...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: The Main Pain

August 6, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Visiting Main St. several times each day of what was to be a test trial of closure to thru traffic...

Category: Opinion

Promenade 3.0 in Review

SMa.r.t. Column: Densification Fiction Converted To Fact Through Repetition

LA County Committee Report Reflects a “Dire” Financial Future for Students of Santa Monica if City of Malibu’s Proposal to Split the District Is Approved

Expect a Rebellion Against Key Housing Bills

SMa.r.t. Column: Stop the Steroids

SMa.r.t. Column: The Big Lie Just Got Bigger

SMa.r.t. Column: Beat the Climate Change Heat

SMa.r.t. Column: Fix Those Balconies!

Editorial: Unprofessionalism and Racial Insensitivity at Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Leaves a Lot to Be Desired

SMa.r.t. Column: The Main Pain

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