November 6, 2025
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Letter to the Editor: Optimism to Solve Homelessness

By Candace Fernandez  To the general population, poverty seems an insurmountable task, for we’ve convinced ourselves our impact lacks power in the face of its immensity. Even in those rare times, when we’ve found ourselves […]

Big Housing Action Imminent Despite Past Votes

California voters have often made it clear they don’t much care for efforts by the state to interfere with free markets in housing. Despite some public polls showing support for denser housing and rent controls, […]

Back in the Day: Main St. ‘81

While in the process of remodeling my studio, complete with many drawings and papers in storage boxes, I came upon one box marked “Main St ’81”.  So what to do but open it, and explore […]

Letter to the Editor: Protecting Low-Income Seniors

Submitted by Danielle Charney POD (Preserve Our Diversity), is a program created to address the needs of very low and low-income senior’s living in rent-controlled housing for at least 20 years, in Santa Monica. The […]

Design Standards – An Urban Dance and Who Chooses?

This is a follow up to our recent articles which discussed the effects of design on our environment, our culture, heritage and economy.  Santa Monica’s temperate beachfront environment attracts corporate and off-shore investment dollars that […]

Dealing with an Uncertain Future Part II

Good morning Santa Monica! In last week’s article we discussed what and who controls our city. It’s not the city council and certainly not the residents – it’s technology, corporate capitalism and their hired developers. […]

Tougher Vaccine Law Could Save Even More Lives and Brains

If there’s one California hero during this year of America’s most virulent measles outbreak in several decades, it is state Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat and the only pediatrician in the state Legislature. He’s […]

Dealing With an Uncertain Future – Part 1

Following residents’ longstanding concerns regarding mansionization and neighborhood character, the city is reviewing development standards in the R-1 single-family areas, which incidentally represents about one-half of our city’s total area. This led me to a […]

Letter to the Editor: Is the Airport Really Needed?

Regarding Mark Smith’s “Santa Monica Airport Runway Removal” letter in last week’s Mirror, we disagree with much of what he wrote. The excess pavement at Santa Monica Airport is not needed — Per the terms […]