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Making community college tuition-free

It is estimated that by 2020, two thirds of all jobs will require some form of higher education; however, with the rise in college tuition students coming from lower income

By Editor

/ 2 May 2015

Short-term rentals benefit Santa Monica

Editor's note: This letter was submitted to the City Council as part of the debate over regulating short-term rentals. The Short Term Rental Advocacy Center (STRAC), a coalition

By Editor

/ 30 Apr 2015

Living well in Santa Monica

Aristotle understood the role of the city 2,300 years ago: "While coming into being for the sake of living, it exists for the sake of living well,"

By Editor

/ 29 Apr 2015

Who speaks for all Santa Monica residents?

It's a clich√©, but it certainly fits Santa Monica: Ask five people what they think about something in this city and you'll get eight opinions. Our

By Editor

/ 29 Apr 2015

Wellbeing Project to weave science into government decisions

Today the City of Santa Monica is releasing the initial findings of a robust research project that aims to measure the wellbeing of Santa Monica's residents. The findings

By Editor

/ 28 Apr 2015

Office conversions won’t solve affordable housing dilemma

I read with interest the SMa.r.t. column, "Making affordable housing ... affordable." (April 26). Adaptive reuse as housing is an excellent tool to preserve existing, vacant office

By Editor

/ 28 Apr 2015

Let parents be effective school fundraisers

I read with interest Jeffery I. Goodman's article, "Same goal, different 'Vision' for SMMEF drive" (April 23, 2015). In it, School Board President Laurie

By Editor

/ 27 Apr 2015

Final weeks to enroll in Covered California health coverage, minimize tax penalty

You've beaten the deadline for filing your taxes and April 15 is behind you. Whew! But if you're one of the hundreds of thousands who decided

By Editor

/ 24 Apr 2015

Can Iran’s Lady Gaga generation lead the way?

After recently reading Jack Neworth's Laughing Matters column ("Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," April 10), as someone who was born and raised in Iran, I thought I

By Editor

/ 23 Apr 2015

Wake up, Santa Monica. Tonight, at Magicopolis on 4th Street, entertainer extraordinaire Frank Olivier, a juggler, fire eater, sword swallower, knife-thrower, stilt-walker, unicyclist, acrobat and magician (whew) makes his Santa

By Jack Neworth

/ 16 Apr 2015

Support early education centers

Editor: The Zoning Ordinance articulates technical rules for land use, but also reinforces the broad policy priorities of our city. It will be in place for the next several decades,

By Editor

/ 15 Apr 2015

We’re Santa Monicans, not psychiatric patients

Regarding Simone Gordon's condescending psychoanalysis of Santa Monica: As a self-appointed "leader" ("...we as the leaders of Santa Monica need to help our city'

By Editor

/ 11 Apr 2015