Category: Opinion

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A Solution for Drivers and Mountain Lions Alike

January 21, 2022 Staff Report

The recent story, Local Mountain Lions Show First Reproductive Effects of Inbreeding, highlights a study that found mountain lions in...

Opinion, Real Estate

Opinion: Housing Battle Heats up in Signature Season

January 21, 2022 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist Even before a proposed homeowner-inspired measure aiming to restore full zoning powers to local governments hit...

Opinion

Column: Let’s talk About the Soil

January 12, 2022 Staff Report

Everyone knows that we are undergoing a climate change not seen on the earth before. We all understand what is...

Opinion, Real Estate

Opinion: Attorney General Spurs on Big 2022 Housing Battle

January 7, 2022 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist There will be plenty of political battles next year, starting with likely reelection challenges to Gov....

Opinion

Should California Have a Formal Right to Shelter?

January 3, 2022 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist On a de facto basis, Californians have had a right to shelter for many years. But...

Opinion

Seismic Water Resiliency

December 16, 2021 Staff Report

This is the 2nd part of two-part article (see smmirror.com/2021/12/sma-r-t-column-its-not-your-fault/ for the first part) Last week we wrote about the...

Dining, Food & Drink, Opinion

One of LA’s Best Omakase Counters is Tucked Away in a Santa Monica Hotel Lobby

December 8, 2021 Sam Catanzaro

Sushi Chef Masa Shimakawa’s Soko restaurant offers an extraordinary culinary experience By Sam Catanzaro Tucked into the lobby of a...

Opinion, Real Estate

State’s Housing Solution Starts Happening

December 3, 2021 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist It’s happening. Despite the best efforts of California’s highly ideological, developer-financed state legislators, the solution to...