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&
Friends,
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
Dear residents against the Hines project,
How do you solve a problem that is already unbearable by rallying to do — nothing?
I offer my opinion here out of concern for
Dr. Haifang Wen grew up in a rural area of Shandong province, in eastern China. In his youth there were not many paved highways in the Chinese countryside.
"Lots
This month marks the 10th anniversary of Campaign for Communities, which created a coalition of Latino, African American, low-income and environmental organizations working to educate, register and turn out voters
I recently watched the movie "Red Tails" about the Tuskegee Airmen's triumph over racism, poor equipment, and initial underutilization during the air war over the European
In some parts of Santa Monica, the preferred obscenity is "Oh, fig!"
We are cursed with aging ficus trees that City Hall refuses to remove.
Note that a
Your article titled "Council considers new major bike route," (Feb. 10, page 1) is partial and does not represent the full story on the proposed MANGo project. To
Every few days, we learn yet one more way in which government's expanded surveillance powers intrude upon our privacy and civil liberties.
Recently, it was the revelation that
Your Jan. 9 article regarding estimates of rental units that may need upgrades has generated several letters to the editor that express unfair criticism of the Rent Control Agency based
As a former City Council member and mayor, and a community activist in Santa Monica for more than 30 years, I have seen my share of local development controversies. There
