Good public policy demands the ability to be decisive when appropriate, but also the thoughtful willingness to pause, when needed, to learn from new information.
When we adopted Santa Monica&
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In your weekend addition, Councilmembers Terry O'Day and Gleam Davis expressed their displeasure at residents' efforts to overturn their vote to allow Hines to build a
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It is always good to write the City Council, as I have, to thank the mayor and council members for being open and to boost their confidence in voting
Last Tuesday, City Council voted to fully fund repairs for "Chain Reaction" -- the controversial sculpture in the Santa Monica Civic Center that looks like an atomic mushroom cloud
Dear EarthTalk: Should those of us who care about our health and the planet be concerned about the new trend in genetic engineering called synthetic biology?
— Chrissie Wilkins, Bern, NC
After the approval of the Hines Bergamot Transit Village (BTV) by the City Council a few weeks ago, many residents are still scratching their heads.
Hines did their job — maximize
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Last weekend many of you saw petitioners asking for a referendum on our City Council decision regarding the former Papermate factory, now owned by Hines. Like many decisions affecting
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Wondering when Santa Monica will allow pure H2O to flow out of our faucets and cease adding the difficult to remove toxic substance called fluoride.
If fluoride works at
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Over the past decade, Santa Monica has had the good fortune of keeping its financial head well above water, unlike many other municipalities in California and throughout the United
