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
A mother cradled a crying toddler as she waited in line with 20 other women to shower. Dozens of fathers quietly held their children’s hands in an enclosure made
Dr. Petering and the MyPath Program are part of an ongoing partnership supported by SPY’s 4-year Innovations contract with LA County’s Department of Mental Health.
“You need to
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
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. February 26, 2019
One of the great things about Santa Monica’s civic process is the high level of community participation. One of its greatest
by Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. February 11, 2019
One of the measures of a good city clerk is that their work often goes unnoticed. If the systems they manage work
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. January 15, 2019
With the election of Tony Vasquez to the California State Board of Equalization in November 2018 - and with his subsequent, legally-mandated
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. January 14, 2019
With the election of Tony Vazquez to the California State Board of Equalization in November 2018, there is now an unscheduled vacancy
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. December 3, 2018
Santa Monica is facing a California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit that seeks to strip the city of its at-large city council
Council recently passed a temporary ban on new fast food chains Downtown. DTSM, and by extension the City Council, wanted to keep the Crowns and Clowns of fast food off
by Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. October 30, 2018
Cutting off your nose to spite your face isn’t good public policy. Yet that is exactly what Measure TL would do
WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF ENDORSEMENT season and with a sudden burst of activity this week, we think voters need to take some time to evaluate who they listen
