Last week, Santa Monica's Housing Commission published several draft reports on our city's housing affordability crisis, laying out the scope of the problem and potential solutions.
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In response to the letter from the Thompsons regarding what are the homeless to do during the possible coming El Nino, here's a crazy idea: they can
What George Santayana wrote in "The Life of Reason" was: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Conversely those who remember the past are
The debate on the future of the Civic Auditorium rages on. Options are to “demolish” or “renovate” at a cost of $50 million-plus. Renovation would likely involve instituting new revenue-producing
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. December 07, 2015
It may be cliché to say the Santa Monica Pier is iconic, but it's true. More than many other one-of-a-kind
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Our mayor is at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris to announce our city's move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent below 1990
In April 1949, a large new reservoir being built under San Vicente Boulevard collapsed, killing a 62-year-old workman from Venice. The new 5-million-gallon reservoir was part of extensive work on
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Daniel Shenise spouts the bizarre notion that parking spots are a subsidy for the "storage of private property" (i.e., cars). That if you own
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Assault weapons have no place on our streets. There can be no reason to allow their sale or possession. We are all too aware of the carnage that they
When I began writing these columns in 2006, "Laughing Matters" seemed an appropriate banner. With what's occurring in the world these days, including ISIS beheadings, the
