After reading the guest commentary from Ms. Susan Sheu, I’d first like to speak more generally about this trend of individuals and groups irresponsibly spreading misinformation meant to manipulate
At the May 19, 2026 Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board meeting, the District predicted a $9 million deficit for the 2025-26 school year ending in 2
Susan Sheu asks whether voters should judge Doug Trussler by the companies he invested in. Fair enough. But the standard has to apply to everyone, including those who criticize him.
As Santa Monica homeowners for the last quarter century, my family and I have watched as our beautiful, funky beach community has become increasingly out of reach for working families,
California unions whose members depend on the state budget for their salaries celebrated last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation aimed at plugging corporate tax loopholes.
“Giant, highly profitable,
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
As a longtime resident and your City Councilman, I'm writing to urge you to
support Measure ES on the upcoming November 3rd ballot. Measure ES is the only
California’s Nov. 3 ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures and five of them pertain to taxes, including the much-debated Proposition 40, which would tax the wealth of the
Nearly a half-century ago, while addressing a group of high school students, Jerry Brown enunciated his canoe theory of governance.
“The way you have to approach the political process
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously observed that the highest court in the land is rarely moved by the weather of the day, but it is inevitably shaped by
As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman vie to become the next mayor of California’s largest city, they are sparring over the wrong issues regarding public
To the Santa Monica City Council
On September 8, 2026, the majority of the City Council voted to move forward with Option 1: the immediate, unmodified implementation of SB 79&
