Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
The good news last year for many Californians who happen to live near light rail stations and heavily traveled bus routes was that the most controversial legislative proposal of 2019 suffered an early demise in […]
[Please note: Ron Goldman’s article from last week has a Part 2, which will be published next week] For several years, SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow ) has been promoting the notable […]
The demand for housing is becoming louder and infinite. But is this tsunami real or a myth, a Trojan horse? Following is a 2 part article exploring this endless need and questioning the alarming lack […]
[Nearly four year ago, our colleague Mario Fonda-Bonardi prepared this cogent overview of the local impacts of sea-level rise. It’s as urgent and relevant today as it was then, if not more so.] Dr. David […]
By Tom Elias Californians are about to find out whether money and new apartment-style dwellings can do much about the state’s expanding and seemingly intransigent problem with homelessness. As ad hoc encampments proliferate, featuring everything […]
A love letter to the Council. Not. Last week we wrote about what we at SMa.r.t., individually, were thankful for in our beachfront town. This week we thought the Council might take a moment to […]
Members of SMa.r.t. pitched in to list their thoughts this Thanksgiving. “I’m thankful that, living here in Ocean Park, I can still take a short walk to, and along the water’s edge on the beach, […]
When a ship with full sails approaches a coastline in a dense fog, you can often hear the waves crashing on the rocks ahead of you, but when you can finally see them, it’s already […]
Santa Monica’s residents may have noticed a new office structure that is nearing completion adjacent to our historic City Hall. If you were wondering what it is, it’s the City’s new Administration wing. The project’s design […]
Last week’s SMa.r.t. article was from a guest columnist, Dick Platkin, who is writing about the Big Lies that the building and financial industries perpetuate in their quest for profits using the wedge of new […]
