Columns My Write: I wouldn’t touch this poll with a 10-foot pole By Bill Bauer on October 27, 2013 Proposed design for the Fairmont Miramar Hotel project. (File image) The Huntley... Read more →
Columns My Write: Social Engineering Commission meets — and punts this one By Bill Bauer on October 20, 2013 The Social Engineering Commission — I mean Planning Commission — meeting last... Read more →
Columns My Write: Sorry, parking lot full By Bill Bauer on October 13, 2013 I was excited to hear that someone was going to renovate the classic, 1937-era Telephone... Read more →
Columns My Write: Minefields on the City Council agenda By Bill Bauer on October 6, 2013 Santa Monica City Hall (File photo) Three items on the City Council meeting agenda... Read more →
Columns My Write: SMO airport won’t fly By Bill Bauer on September 29, 2013 File photo You can never have too many citizen groups, so another organization has... Read more →
Columns 1 My Write: Planning policy predicated on myths By Bill Bauer on September 22, 2013 When in London, England my favorite area is East London — known as “Banglatown” for... Read more →
Columns 3 Column: Developers roll over residents in Bergamot plan By Bill Bauer on September 15, 2013 Last Tuesday, the City Council reviewed and approved the Bergamot Area Plan. We can... Read more →
Columns 4 Column: MANGO leaves a bad taste By Bill Bauer on September 8, 2013 Samohi students lock up their bikes. (File photo) City officials are reviewing... Read more →
Columns Column: Not another advisory group By Bill Bauer on September 1, 2013 Guess what, folks? City Hall bureaucrats are forming yet another “advisory group.”... Read more →
Columns Column: Is alcohol fueling Downtown’s growth? By Bill Bauer on August 25, 2013 Wednesday night, the Santa Monica Planning Commission approved “on consent” the... Read more →
Columns Column: Tidying up loose ends By Bill Bauer on August 11, 2013 On July 9 of last year, I wrote about the problems I had in the Civic Center Parking... Read more →
Columns 9 Column: Like it or not, change is coming By Bill Bauer on August 4, 2013 Downtown Santa Monica (File photo) A friend told me last weekend that the new, mostly... Read more →
Columns Column: Trainers muscling folks off sidewalks, out of parks By Bill Bauer on July 28, 2013 File photo A letter in the weekend Daily Press caught my eye: (”Shutup (in a Zen... Read more →
Columns 3 Column: The monster in our midst By Bill Bauer on July 21, 2013 The furor over how tall three proposed hotels should be is a paper tiger. While most... Read more →
Columns 4 Column: Real facts about the Miramar renovation By Bill Bauer on July 14, 2013 Fairmont Miramar Hotel (File photo) Robert M. Gurfield, in a Letter to the Editor... Read more →
