This is the first of two columns on urban planning and architectural design, both subjects that have not been addressed adequately in practice and our current codes. Urban and architectural
By Jeff Schwartz
In 1975 the nonprofit New World Records was launched with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to produce 100 LPs documenting American music in all its varieties.
For this week's column, I was concerned that if I wrote about the record $1.5 billion Powerball Lottery somebody might win. Sure enough, somebody has. Actually, three
I spent the end of the year in Mexico. Experiencing different cultures is a very important part of everyone's development. I've lived in England, visited China,
It's completely legal for a Santa Monica landlord to evict a rent-controlled tenant so that the owner or a relative can move in. But what if this happened
Among the most important issues facing Santa Monica today is the question of whether and how to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour over the next five years. The
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. January 11, 2016
Location, location, location. Its a major reason we have a well-funded local government and great public services in Santa Monica - in
City Council meets tomorrow night. More socialism-based policies and the ongoing screwing of Santa Monica residents and taxpayers are on the agenda.
Item 7-C continues City Hall's decades-long
Breeze Bike Share presented by Hulu has begun transforming Santa Monicans relationship with the road by giving residents, workers, and visitors a new option for moving around the city in
Our last two SMa.r.t. columns focused on the advantages of low-rise, 2- to 4-story buildings and how our typical low-rise beach-town environment is more sustainable, and has less
I first met fellow Ocean Park resident, Bruno Marcotulli, at the Ocean View tennis courts twenty years ago. I worked for the city checking in players. I remember it because
When tickets for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” went on sale weeks before it's release, I spent hours after work refreshing different ticketing websites until I could secure
