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News, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: A Clean Slate

September 11, 2020 SM.a.r.t

So there you have it! Maybe. Another win for the rich guys as the Planning Commission voted 6 to 1...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

Worst Housing Bills Fail; Solution via Market Forces Now Possible

September 4, 2020 Tom Elias

By Tom Elias, Columnist Evidence keeps mounting that California’s longtime housing shortage can be solved by market forces set loose...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Budget Reform and the New Normal

September 4, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Our guest columnist this week is Marc L. Verville. He is a native of Santa Monica, now lives in Sunset...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

Losing Our City!

August 21, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Our guest columnist this week is Marc L. Verville. He is a native of Santa Monica, now lives in Sunset...

News, Opinion, Transportation

Has Coronavirus Killed the Mass Transit Boom?

August 17, 2020 Tom Elias

For most of the last 30 years, California saw a mass transit boom stretching from San Diego to Los Angeles...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Where Oh Where Is Our City Council? – Part 2

August 14, 2020 SM.a.r.t

In last week’s article we touched on the nine bills currently before our state legislature which assigns and orders, under...

News, Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Room to Breathe!

July 30, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Three days ago, your City Council gave away your land in the center of downtown for 30 pieces of silver....

News, Opinion

Column: Time for Newsom to Get Tough on Virus Scofflaws

July 24, 2020 Sam Catanzaro

It became plain during the July 4 holiday weekend that Los Angeles County has at least a partially scofflaw sheriff....

News, Opinion

YOU Are the Heart of the City!

July 23, 2020 SM.a.r.t

The members of SMart wrote a credo for Santa Monica in late 2013. The majority of the original members were...

News, Opinion

A Worried People in a Distressed City

July 16, 2020 Sam Catanzaro

It was Santa Monica’s 145th birthday on July 15th. Our city’s traditional motto is “Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land.”...

Category: Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: A Clean Slate

Worst Housing Bills Fail; Solution via Market Forces Now Possible

SMa.r.t. Column: Budget Reform and the New Normal

Losing Our City!

Has Coronavirus Killed the Mass Transit Boom?

SMa.r.t. Column: Where Oh Where Is Our City Council? – Part 2

SMa.r.t. Column: Room to Breathe!

Column: Time for Newsom to Get Tough on Virus Scofflaws

YOU Are the Heart of the City!

A Worried People in a Distressed City

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