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Local Columnist to Run for City Council

Frank Gruber was a Planning Commissioner for four years in the 1990s before he began writing a…
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Blog: One Reason Santa Monica Is Better Governed Than L.A.

One look at the turnout figures for elections in Santa Monica and in L.A. and you get a good…
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2 More Council Candidates Get SMRR Backing

Following last week's membership-wide vote, the "secretive" steering committee for Santa…
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Blog: Who Knew: Commute Times Here are Shorter Than Average,…

Turns out that on the average, Santa Monicans who commute have shorter commutes than the…
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Housing is Complicated: Post #1

Santa Monica is reviewing its parameters for affordable housing. The subject of housing is…
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Blog: Track Records and Traffic Engineers

Is what Jeff Tumlin proposes good for developers or good for us? Do traffic engineers have…
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Blog: Happy City, USA

The latest Santa Monica residents survey shows a population with sophisticated knowledge of…
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A Generational Opportunity: Turn Santa Monica Airport into a…

Santa Monica City Council takes up the future of the airport Tuesday night. This post is about…
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Some Candidates Moved to Sign Transparency Pledge

Request for information from a political group with anonymous members has lead seven Santa…
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Ballot Finalized for Santa Monica City Council Election

See who's running for City Council Nov. 6.
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Blog: Density and Building Heights are Not the Same Thing

Tonight the Planning Department is hosting a "Town Hall" meeting on density and height in…
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Blog: Aside From Me and 10 Other Candidates, who Lost That…

What interest groups lost in the 2012 Santa Monica City Council election? Surprisingly, both…
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Blog: Village Trailer Park: Politics and Planning and…

Last week the City Council approved the Village Trailer Park redevelopment after six years of…
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'Secretive' Political Committee Could Influence Elections

A steering committee—whose members go unidentified—for Santa Monicans' for Renters Rights…
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They're Off! 2012 Local Elections Officially Open

City Council race could be crowded, with at least six residents filing on Santa Monica's…
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Blog: Apparently History Matters

The controversy over Jeffrey Tumlin's remarks that have led to calls for Santa Monica to fire…
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Blog: The “Real World”—First Post in an Intermittent Series

People say that Santa Monica is densely populated, more than its surroundings. But is that…
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Blog: More Real World: Facts about Housing in Santa Monica

There's a lot of rhetoric going on these days about building housing, particularly rental…
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Blog: About That City Council Election... Who Besides the…

What was the winning coalition that elected Tony Vazquez to the fourth seat on the Santa…
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Downtown Development: The Train has Left the Station and is…

Last Monday night Santa Monica had a big public meeting on development downtown. Here's my…
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Housing is Complicated, Post #2

A post that tries to figure out what some of the general trends are that affect the needs and…
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Blog: Fear, and Fear Itself — More on the Santa Monica…

Fear is a big factor in the debate about what to do with the Santa Monica Airport; but there's…
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City Council Candidates Show No Love for SMO

Most want it closed or severely limited; others worry about what would replace it. Two…
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Davis Duo Announces Bids for Council

Current City Councilwoman Gleam Davis will run along with Santa Monica-Malibu PTA leader Shari…
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Planning Commissioner Ted Winterer Joins Council Race

The Ocean Park resident says after suffering a narrow loss in the 2010 election, he's…
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Peace Activist to Run Again for City Council

Perennial candidate Jerry Peace Activist Rubin will campaign to save an anti-nuke sculpture as…
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SMRR Members Back Just 2 City Council Candiates

Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights members throws their support behind two candidates. The…
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Santa Monica City Council Voting Guide 2012

There are four seats currently up for grabs in the Santa Monica City Council race. Listen,…
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Winner Winterer Routs Incumbents for Most Votes

How did the incumbents fare? Voters favor familiar politicians and those endorsed by Santa…
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