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Category: Opinion

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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...

Ankimo (steamed monkfish liver) from Soko. Photos: Sam Catanzaro.

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...

Photo: Sam Catanzaro

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...

Photo: Sam Catanzaro

Opinion

Opinion: Recall Movement Seeks Signature Verification, but Will Bonin Strike Back With Litigation?

November 23, 2021 Nick Antonicello

By Nick Antonicello It is no small feat for a band of community volunteers seeking real political change to spend...

Opinion, Real Estate

Opinion: SB 9, 10: The Rebellion Begins

November 19, 2021 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist It was inevitable from the moment Gov. Gavin Newsom in mid-September signed this year’s two most...

Opinion, Real Estate

Sacto Dems Dump Prop. 13 Reforms

November 5, 2021 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, Columnist For more than 40 years, Democrats in Sacramento have talked fervently about reforming the 1978 Proposition...

Councilmember Mike Bonin (center) with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti (left) and Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. Photo: Facebook (@MikeBoninCD11).

Opinion

Opinion: Do Birds of a Feather Really Flock Together?

October 28, 2021 Nick Antonicello

Welcome to the “Mike & Mark” approach to failing Venice and rest of LA! By Nick Antonicello LA Councilman Mark...

“Why is it that the most residential streets are required to be cleaned and cars removed for that purpose while some of Venice’s most prevalent arteries are now hostage to this invasion of vehicles that in many cases have no insurance or liability and are now permanent housing that go uninspected and are somehow above the law?” writes Nick Opinion in an opinion piece. Photo: Nick Antonicello.

Opinion

Opinion: Mike Bonin is the Status Quo!

October 7, 2021 Nick Antonicello

By Nick Antonicello If one is seeking comedic satire, try digesting Councilman Mike Bonin’s TWITTER feed. The “status quo” as...