Opinion: Shore Hotel and Unite Here Local 11
By David G. Brown While reading one of the mass text messages recently sent by Unite Here Local 11 in opposition to Shore Hotel’s latest project, my interest was piqued. I’ve often heard the owners […]
State’s Housing Solution Starts Happening
By Tom Elias, Columnist It’s happening. Despite the best efforts of California’s highly ideological, developer-financed state legislators, the solution to this state’s widely acknowledged housing shortage is coming fast, driven more by market forces than […]
SMa.r.t. Column: Santa Monica – Who Does the City Work For?
There is a general, and growing, discomfort in the relationship between the residents and their city. People who live here are asking themselves and each other – who does the city work for? Those few […]
Opinion: SB 9, 10: The Rebellion Begins
By Tom Elias, Columnist It was inevitable from the moment Gov. Gavin Newsom in mid-September signed this year’s two most important housing bills into law: There will be a rebellion. Not only did poll numbers […]
SMa.r.t. Column: A Flooding Prospect
The inevitable sea level rise in our area has prompted a number of groups and organizations to look at possible solutions and mitigation measures. As the Los Angeles Times pointed out in recent articles, doing […]
SMa.r.t. Column: The Main Thing Is…
In August, after the first closure of Main St. for a weekend of…something, the general consensus of our inquiries to a dozen or so retail & service (not bar/restaurant) businesses was “ Please do not […]
Sacto Dems Dump Prop. 13 Reforms
By Tom Elias, Columnist For more than 40 years, Democrats in Sacramento have talked fervently about reforming the 1978 Proposition 13 and some of its landmark limits on property taxes, but time and again they’ve […]
SMa.r.t. Column: The Magic of Adaptive Reuse
They say that every seven years all the cells in your body renew themselves. Likewise, seven years ago SMart published this article about adaptive reuse which, as is typical of our many topics, is still […]
SMa.r.t. Column: When Water Runs Out
What happens when a City runs out of water? You have already heard of the torture endured by communities in the Central Valley that ran out of water, but we already have had a recent […]
Message From Santa Monica’s New City Manager David White
To the Santa Monica Community – it is with tremendous excitement that today I begin my first day as your City Manager. Over the past two weeks my wife and I have made the journey […]
Horvath Terminates Controversial Ocean Avenue Housing Projects, Orders Search for Alternative Sites
The decision follows weeks of criticism from residents and city leaders, including Santa Monica Mayor Lana Negrete, who voiced concerns...
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Two Arrested, $50K in Stolen Copper Wire Recovered After Mission Hills Theft
Detectives are continuing to search for two remaining suspects with additional arrests expected Two men were arrested and $50,000 worth...
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