Our October meeting brought back a longtime friend and former Santa Monica Lion, Mike Cortrite, who spoke with members about his career since retiring from the Santa Monica Police Department.
By Sean Ahaus
When Caroline Torosis became mayor in December 2025, she called for honesty, transparency and accountability in City government. Her record raises serious questions that deserve answers before
Neighbor!
In the spring of 2021, the Southern California Association of Governments (“SCAG”) published a Regional Housing Needs Assessment (“RHNA”), which directed Santa Monica to plan and zone for the
Election season is upon us. Campaign signs are sprouting from every available patch of dirt, political mailers are colonizing kitchen counters, and everyone, it seems, has seen a political ad
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
Three decades ago, as the 20th century was winding down, a culture war erupted over the use of human embryos in researching stem cell cures for dreaded diseases.
It was
As a longtime Santa Monica resident and homeowner, I urge you to vote NO on Measure ES on the November 3 ballot.
The story behind Measure ES is plain and
I miss Bill Bauer, especially now as we enter the final weeks before the election when things are getting dirty.
Bill was a political columnist for the Santa Monica Daily
At a moment when Californians can’t agree on much, we’ve found common ground on something that matters: how the state saves for hard times.
One of us is
This year’s gubernatorial primary illustrated vividly that California needs better ways to fund political campaigns.
Proposition 4, The California Fair Elections Act, is a crucial step in the right
California just moved from talking about AI safety to building concrete oversight.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered faster implementation of independent AI audits and development of a verified “kill
