By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. August 24, 2019
We like to think we are at the forefront of a lot of public policy in Santa Monica - and we often
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. July 15, 2019
Today most people have some idea what ‘sustainability’ means. But it wasn’t always so — and even when people have an idea
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. May 15, 2019
Something extremely valuable took place last week at the Broad Theater in Santa Monica — “Where Goes the Road to Solving California’s
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. May 6, 2019
How we vote in Santa Monica will be changing radically starting in 2020.
Under SB 450, sponsored in 2016 by Santa Monica’
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. April 22, 2019
When someone close to you passes away, you often think about how to keep them in your heart and mind.
Three great
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside, April 2, 2019
“How do we get fair representation in elections?” is at the heart of a California Voting Rights Act (CRVA) lawsuit against the
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. March 12, 2019
On December 11, 2018 Gleam Davis was chosen as Santa Monica new Mayor - and the seventh female mayor in Santa Monica’
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