Editorial
Read the official voice of the Santa Monica Daily Press through our carefully considered Editorial section. Here you'll find our newspaper's institutional stance on critical local issues, from city policy and development decisions to community initiatives and civic matters. Our editorial board provides thoughtful analysis and clear positions on the most significant topics affecting Santa Monica residents. These unsigned editorials represent our publication's collective voice and leadership on important community issues, formed through rigorous research and discussion. Count on our Editorial section for well-reasoned perspectives that contribute to meaningful civic dialogue about Santa Monica's future.
Public Safety Reform for Santa Monica? Not If, But When and How
By Michael Feinstein Ignited by the now infamous death of African-American man George Floyd in Minne
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Editorial – A Summer Lost
Stay at home through August. Those were the chilling words delivered this week by Barbara Ferrer, LA
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Thumbs up or down for City Council’s budget deliberations
The Tuesday City Council meeting was what we in the business call a doozy, but after watching eight hours worth...
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Santa Monica is in the midst of an economic crisis and despite the headlines surrounding budget cuts
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Editorial – No more blood to give
The COVID-19 crisis sweeping our city and the world is an unprecedented challenge to our accepted wa
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How Early Voting Undermines Democracy
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. Santa Monica Daily Press, Monday, March 30. If you wai
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Noteworthy – AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
NICOLE RECOMMENDS: A TRIBUTE TO RAY CHARLES (With no fewer than 18 featured artists including Judit
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Snowden tells life story and why he leaked in new memoir
ERIC TUCKER Associated Press Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir, telling his life story in...
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What Santa Monica can learn about elections from Lowell, Mass
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. August 24, 2019 We like to think we are at the forefront of a lot of...
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Protecting Vulnerable Older Adults from Becoming Victims of Abuse
More than two million seniors are abused annually in the U.S. And for every case of elder abuse and neglect...
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