February 12, 2026
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Letter to the Editor: Ballona Wetlands Trust Response

Dear Editor: The Ballona Wetlands Land trust is encouraged that our paid advertisement finally prompted Heal the Bay to comment on the clearly incompatible land use of outside interest parking in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological […]

Tax “Reforms” Could Hit Housing, Wider Economy

By Tom Elias It’s already well established that the tax “reforms” now being hashed out in secret by a joint committee of Republicans from the Senate and the House of Representatives will likely cost Californians […]

To help Santa Monica voters better grasp these four initiatives

Now We’ll See What Transparency Can Do

By Tom Elias California will be exploring new ground as the impending election year builds to its climax in early November. For the first time ever, big donors to ballot proposition campaigns will not be […]

Hot Flash: Raising a Perfect Brow

By Barbara Bishop I think eyebrows might just be the most important facial feature. A beautiful set of brows frames the entire face and direct all the attention to exactly where I want it: my […]

Letter to the edtiro

SMa.r.t.-So What’s New?

Before SMa.r.t. there were Letters to the Editor. Here are letters from 2013 by Ron Goldman, FAIA, and Bob Taylor, AIA, predicting the coming failure of the planning direction the City was actually implementing, as […]