Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
By Thomas Elias As they consider Senate Bill 50, many who are aware of the latest attempt by San Francisco’s Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener to solve California’s housing shortage believe the plan treats this […]
At the April 9 Santa Monica City Council meeting approval was given to order the staff to publish an RFP to developers for the demolition of Parking Lot #3 at 1318 Fourth Street and the […]
By Jeffrey Graham April 12, 2019 To Whom It May Concern: The people of the City of Santa Monica are straining to maintain some semblance of the city’s beloved beach town character. As Santa Monica […]
In the latest Brock on your Block, Phil Brock looks at the state of retail on the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place. By Phil Brock “Has the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica […]
About the author: Avi Sinai is the principal of HM Capital, a Los Angeles company specializes in hard money real estate loan and private lending. To contact HM Capital you can call (530) 436-5630, or […]
It turns out Gov. Gavin Newsom was deadly serious when he insisted as a candidate last year that California needs to build 3.5 million new housing units over the next ten years in order to […]
Many science fiction stories involve humans battling for survival from the robots they themselves created. Unfortunately that future is already here. There are three ways cars kill us: quickly as in car crashes or collisions, […]
By Brock WalshGuest Op-Ed Next month I’ll board a red-eye with 50 high school juniors from South Los Angeles, beginning a nine-day trip to ten East coast colleges. There, these new recruits to our non-profit, […]
Dear Editor, We are writing in reaction to the United Methodist Church’s decision to exclude LGBTQ individuals and their allies from full participation in the United Methodist Church. As an organization that supports a culture […]
By Paul Rosenstein Former Mayor of Santa Monica I hope the judge’s order for district elections is stayed during the city’s appeal. This decision is undemocratic and a version of voter suppression. The election in […]
