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News, Opinion, Real Estate

Saving a Failed Marriage Part 4 – Looking to Our Zoning Code for Family Counseling!

February 4, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Santa Monica has spent 20+ years swimming uphill in a partnership with the development community that isn’t working – a...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Saving a Failed Marriage – Part 2

January 22, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Every 8 years, the state requires cities to update their planning code’s “housing element” to reflect the number of dwelling...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Saving a Failed Marriage – Part 1

January 14, 2021 Sam Catanzaro

After several decades of wedlock and blind pursuit, our Santa Monica City Council finds itself in a failed marriage with...

Education, News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: School Board Dilemmas – Campus Construction Planning and New Member Appointment

January 7, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Between crafting COVID-era return-to-school plans, fine-tuning Distance Learning, developing major district-wide campus improvements, giving fair process to the Santa Monica...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Planning Is a Vital Need

January 4, 2021 SM.a.r.t

[We wrote this article 6.5 years ago. Today, the issues it raises continue to bedevil the city, and with more...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Yes, Santa Monica, there is a Santa Claus

December 24, 2020 SM.a.r.t

It’s that time of year again, but tragically this year so many things are staggeringly different and difficult on many...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Citizen Victory!

December 19, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Tuesday night Santa Claus brought Santa Monica a gift that we have waited 7 years for. That evening the City...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

Santa Monica Under SCAG’s Boot

December 11, 2020 SM.a.r.t

As most of you know the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is now forcing Santa Monica to permit 8873...

News, Opinion

SMart Column: A Better Ship of State

December 3, 2020 SM.a.r.t

On Tuesday, December 8th, shortly after 5:30 PM, Oscar de la Torre, Christine Parra, and I will be among the...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Our Brave New World: How the Residents Can Help Realize Their Goals

November 27, 2020 SM.a.r.t

As the weather chills, we enter a Holiday Season like no other that the City of Santa Monica has seen...

Category: Opinion

Saving a Failed Marriage Part 4 – Looking to Our Zoning Code for Family Counseling!

SMa.r.t. Column: Saving a Failed Marriage – Part 2

SMa.r.t. Column: Saving a Failed Marriage – Part 1

SMa.r.t. Column: School Board Dilemmas – Campus Construction Planning and New Member Appointment

SMa.r.t. Column: Planning Is a Vital Need

SMa.r.t. Column: Yes, Santa Monica, there is a Santa Claus

SMa.r.t. Column: Citizen Victory!

Santa Monica Under SCAG’s Boot

SMart Column: A Better Ship of State

SMa.r.t. Column: Our Brave New World: How the Residents Can Help Realize Their Goals

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