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Does Santa Monica’s New Water Ordinance “Hold Water”? (Part 2)

January 18, 2019

January 18, 2019

While few would question our City’s need to conserve our precious water resources, some might take issue with the City’s...

SMa.r.t.- Our Data, Our Privacy, Part 2

April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018

By Daniel Jansenson    Last week we looked at how our lives are made more convenient all the time by...

SMa.r.t.-Our Data, Our Privacy: PART 1

April 13, 2018

April 13, 2018

By Daniel Jansenson Park your car at Santa Monica Place. If you forget its location, you can use a “find...

SMa.r.t.-Santa Monica’s Achilles Heel

April 6, 2018

April 6, 2018

By Thane Roberts Our expansive beaches largely define Santa Monica. How might our community be impacted, both financially and otherwise,...

SMa.r.t.-Respecting History or the Wrecking Ball

March 30, 2018

March 30, 2018

Today our city is a built out metropolis with almost no vacant lots. However, if you came here 100 years...

SMa.r.t.-Have You Been Retrofit Yet?

March 26, 2018

March 26, 2018

By Daniel Jansenson- Architect, Building and Fire Life-Safety Commissioner Earthquake repairs, upgrades, and city safety: Everyone experienced it differently. For this...

SMa.r.t.-Term Limits: The Heart of Democracy

March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018

A Santa Monica City Councilmember and the leader of Santa Monica’s Transparency project are circulating a petition to put the...

SMa.r.t.-ARB (All Ready to Build?)

March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

By Bob Taylor Santa Monica City’s Architectural Review Board (ARB), established in 1974, acts “to preserve existing areas of natural...

SMa.r.t.-Big Versus Small

March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

By Mario Fonda-Bonardi The story of the small taking down the big is an old one we are all familiar...

SMa.r.t.- Commercial Dinosaurs or Visionary Rebirth

February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018

By Samuel Tolkin In the economic downturn of the early 1990s, I was asked to help craft a Q&A video...