Letters
Join the community conversation through our Letters to the Editor section, where Santa Monica residents share their views on local issues. From neighborhood concerns and policy debates to praise for community initiatives, this forum showcases diverse voices from our readership. Our curated selection of letters represents thoughtful perspectives on matters affecting daily life in Santa Monica. Engage with fellow residents' viewpoints and add your voice to ongoing discussions about our city's future. Whether responding to recent coverage or raising new issues, the Letters section provides a platform for civil discourse and community dialogue through Santa Monica Daily Press.
Letter: Who’s behind this?
Editor: Last week a series of full-page ads in the Daily Press attacked Mayor Bloom, by name, for Big Blue...
Read moreLetter: Development, not pot, the priority
Editor: The only moratorium the City Council should be contemplating is the one that will stop the over-building of monstrous...
Read moreLetter: Secret panel creates confusion
Editor: Thanks for Ashley Archibald's excellent summation of the Farmers' Market debacle involving baker Jack Bezian, which should be required...
Read moreLetter: Scale it down
Editor: Thanks to Ron Goldman for his comments about overdevelopment in Santa Monica ("Developers taking over," Letters to the Editor,...
Read moreLetter: Think it over
Editor: I thank and applaud Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Santa Monica) for appealing the decision to close the main Santa Monica...
Read moreLetter: Calling for help
Editor: I have never felt more compelled to ask for your help. This election is absolutely critical: we must restore...
Read moreLetter: He’s walking here
Editor: I walk to work each morning from Euclid Street to 18th Street along Broadway. This morning I saw an...
Read moreLetter: Stop in the name of safety
Editor: As one who has lived on the corner of 17th Street and Ashland Avenue for the past decade and...
Read moreLetter: Better off
Editor: I read recently that we should not be asking ourselves, "Are we better off now than four years ago?"...
Read moreLetter: Developers taking over
Editor: This is not an easy letter to write as I respect the Planning and Community Development Department and their...
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