SMa.r.t. group’s note: The Plaza at Santa Monica project, at 5th and Arizona, has been generating controversy since it was originally proposed several years ago. After years of discussion and opposition by many residents, the […]

Three weeks ago the Planning Commission approved a 140 unit eight story skyscraper downtown which meets all the requirements of the Downtown Community Plan, but misses several significant City urban goals. This building at 601 […]

Following is the first of several articles previously written about a proposed hotel project in the center of our downtown. It appears this behemoth of a project on Arizona between 4th & 5th is rearing […]

Residents are lamenting the turn our beach town has taken in the last few years, and sadly it is not for the better. Mom & Pop stores and services are closing. Crime is up significantly. […]

Last week’s article covered the start of the community effort to get a new multipurpose sports field at the corner of Pico and 4th Street. After months of deliberations, on July 2, 2002 the City […]

Many of you may have seen the green fence around the former Civic Center parking lot at the corner of Pico Blvd. and 4th Street. That mundane construction device is the first tangible culmination of […]

Desalination began to lose its urgency among Californians and their public officials two years ago, after the drought-busting winter of 2016-17, when heavy rain and snow ended dry conditions in most of the state. The […]

By Kevin McKeown, Santa Monica City Councilmember A recent opinion piece in this paper compared local politics to Trump’s Washington. Given that Santa Monica is about as far from Trump’s Washington as one can get, […]

Our Country is in crisis- on both the national and local level. In both instances, the populace is polarized and feels marginalized by politicians whose job it is to represent us and not their own […]