The trolls are out, and it has nothing to do with Halloween. Subterranean creatures have come up from under their cyber-rocks to destroy the reputations of the people running
It’s been four months since the first debate of the election season at the Santa Monica Democratic Club, which I wrote a column about at the time. For better
It’s that biennial time to take pride in our democracy, or, after reading the arguments for and against 21 ballot measures, we might wonder if the serf system was
A funny thing happened on the way to balancing the city’s budget. Twelve million dollars annually given to the schools disappeared. There’s no need to send out a
Close the doors and batten the hatches, because El Niño isn’t the only tempest on the horizon. Senate Bill 79 (SB 79) and its threat of upzoned neighborhoods is
Last Thursday night, the Third Street Promenade was bustling with people, providing visible evidence of the progress being reported at the Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) board meeting.
“What I
The President of our country has said that Canadians are “nasty people” who have been “taking advantage of the United States for a long time.” In 1999, proposing war with
Distraught residents lined up to speak at City Hall last Tuesday about a threat to their homes, not from a natural disaster but from California Senate Bill 79 (SB 79)
Recently, the City Council called a special meeting to rescind an ordinance they had just passed at their previous meeting. This isn’t the first time this year they’ve
More than 300 residents and civic leaders from across the state showed up on August 10 to defend California’s coastline from a threat of federal interference during a National
Santa Monica threw itself a party last week. For the second year in a row, the State of the City speech was delivered outdoors as part of a festive celebration.
Last Wednesday should have been a fairly routine meeting for the Santa Monica Democratic Club. Members were meeting on Zoom to vote on endorsements in the November local elections, and
