Community Voices: How Measure LV increases housing costs
The following is a response from downtown community member Babak Mozaffari in an online forum about how Santa Monica's measure LV will increase housing costs. It is reprinted with the permission of the author.
You are right...
Santa Monica Airport: Going Environmental
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. It has been modified for timeliness and style.
When it comes to the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), what a difference a few years, a lot of...
LUVE’s Labour’s Lost
Residocracy wants to reduce traffic—the time price of accessing Santa Monica—by limiting the number of people who live here. That’s like trying to reduce the cost of the box seats behind home plate by...
Gruber : That Boot Dropped at SMO
This article appeared last week at The Healthy City Local.
Last week I asked whether the other shoe, namely an FAA boot, was about to drop with respect to the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), i.e., would...
No LUVE in Santa Monica: The Problem with Real Estate Referenda
The following post was authored and submitted by Bryan Schonfeld, a Ph.D student in Politics at Princeton University.
Last week, the United Kingdom voted, via referendum, to leave the European Union, harming its economy and much...
Review: The Expo Phase II Bike Path Is Going to Be Great…
…if they every finish it.
Advocates for a bicycle path to run parallel to the recently-opened Phase II o the Expo Light Rail Line have long-contended that the Exposition Construction Authority viewed the fully-funded separated...
Why We’re Not Taking a Position on Measure V, the College Bond
(As we prepare for our pre-election party on Thursday, we're going to take a closer look at the other two ballot propositions on the ballot next Tuesday. - DN)
There's an old saying, "don't let...
A Happy City in an Unhappy World
With election day nearly a week behind us the dust is beginning to settle and a clearer picture of the political landscape at the national, state, and local levels is emerging.
One thing is resoundingly...
SMRR to members: go away
At the Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) convention on Sunday a friend asked me if it was more fun attending the convention now as a regular member than as a candidate, referring to...
A Review of “Save the Pier”: A Play Recounting the Fight to Stop the...
The following is a review of “Save the Pier,” a one-hour play recounting the grassroots fight in the early 1970s to stop the demolition of the Santa Monica Pier.
Let me be blunt – I...
Beginning the End at SMO
With the latest developments concerning the future of Santa Monica Airport (SMO), I’m willing to say that we’re at the beginning of the end. One way or another, the future of the airport will...
Gruber: There’s a Disconnect Between Local Politics, National Politics, and Development Politics
(This article originally appeared on The Healthy City Local.)
I spend too much time on Facebook, but I have learned a few things there. One is that there’s a disconnect between local politics and the...
Riel Politics: the Firing of Elizabeth Riel, A Chronology
This post original appeared in The Healthy City Local.
I didn’t plan it, but on a de facto basis I’ve taken a month-long, late summer vacation from the life and times of Santa Monica. I...
Santa Monica’s Long Municipal Nightmare
This piece originally appeared in The Healthy City Local.
For a liberal like me, it’s hard not to be cranky after Donald Trump’s TKO (i.e., Electoral College) defeat of Hillary Clinton. True, my mood was elevated...
Community Voices : Rev. Jim Conn Explains CLUE’S No on LV
By Rev. Jim Conn, Retired United Methodist Minister and Former Mayor of Santa Monica
The Santa Monica Committee of CLUE, Clergy and Laity United for Economic-Justice, opposes Measure LV on the Santa Monica ballot in November.
We urge...
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