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Douglas Day 2025 – Honoring LA Wildfire First Responders and Celebrating Aviation Innovation
The following is a submission from the Spirit of...
OPA Update 9/22/25: OPA Housing Committee Meeting Wednesday, 120 Year History of Big Deans, Happy Rosh Hashanah, & Things To Do This Week
OPA Housing Committee Meeting Wednesday (9/24) 6 - 7:30pm...
Kool Happenings : Cancel Culture’s New Fans
In Kurt Vonnegut's darkly prophetic novel, Mother Night, the Reverend...
What Does 2016 Hold for Santa Monica?
Inspired by our friends at Los Angeles Streetsblog, who recently previewed the upcoming big livable streets events for 2016, we thought we’d take a...
SMRR: The More Things Don’t Change, The More They Remain The Same
This piece originally ran on The Healthy City Local.
As a member of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) I attended last Sunday’s annual membership...
Long-Time SMRR Activist Judy Abdo Ousted from Steering Committee
Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, the single most influential political organization in town, ousted one of its original activists -- and a member of...
Gruber: Santa Monica and the Great L.A. Late 20th Century Transfiguration
For my last post I reread parts of Mike Davis’ City of Quartz to give me some perspective on what’s going on today in Santa Monica with anti-development...
Gruber: When It Comes to Housing Santa Monica’s Next Generation, Whose Side Are You On?
Editor's note: This post was originally posted on The Healthy City Local, the blog of long-time political observer and former Planning Commissioner, Frank Gruber. It is...
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OPA Update 9/22/25: OPA Housing Committee Meeting Wednesday, 120 Year History of Big Deans, Happy Rosh Hashanah, & Things To Do This Week
OPA Housing Committee Meeting Wednesday (9/24) 6 - 7:30pm...
Kool Happenings : Cancel Culture’s New Fans
In Kurt Vonnegut's darkly prophetic novel, Mother Night, the Reverend...
OPA Update 9/18/25: SaMo Dune Restoration Project Approved, Locals Night Returns, Thai Fest on the Pier, & Other Things To Do This Weekend
OPA published their newsletter yesterday after we published Santa...