Category: Opinion

Last week’s S.M.a,r,t, article (https://smmirror.com/2024/07/sm-a-r-t-column-food-water-and-energy-part-1-of-3/) talked about the seismic risks to the City from getting its three survival essentials, food,...

Civilization, as we know it, requires many things, but the most critical and fundamental is an uninterrupted supply of three...

In the past several months, we’ve seen increasing protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza. We have also seen these protests...

We trust you are enjoying this holiday in celebration of Independence. Independence to be embraced, personally and civically, thru active...

Four years ago, our esteemed colleague Mario Fonda-Bonardi wrote the prescient essay below when much of the legislative development juggernaut...

Last week’s SMart article  (https://smmirror.com/2024/06/sm-a-r-t-column-the-up-zoning-scam-part-1/)  discussed the ambitious 8895 units (including 6168 affordable units) that Santa Monica is required to...

Over the last few years, the State of California has mandated a massive upzoning of cities to create capacity for...

Nine years ago, SMa.r.t wrote a series of articles addressing the adaptive re-use of existing structures. We titled one “Shape...

Living in a city has its perks, but it can be a real headache when the folks running the show...