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 to the editor
LAX Response In her recent Letter to the Editor “Proposal to Reroute LAX Jet Traffic over Santa Monica” – Eve...
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Letter to the Editor – Fix the Promenade
My family, with our young kids, walked 3rd street at 9 p.m. quite recently. Most stores are dead. The usual...
Read moreLetter to the Editor – Contentious Election
Election years can get contentious, and this year is no exception. Reading a recent op-ed raising the issue of race...
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Letter to the Editor – SMMUSD problems
Last Friday, SMDP readers were treated to an epic exercise in journalistic dissonance. The following two headlines ran side by...
Read moreFOLLOW THE (BIG) MONEY
Editor: In Monday’s Daily Press, Emily Sawicki reports (“Four more 12-story projects en route due to Housing Element snafu”) that...
Read moreThe Pandemic through the eyes of a Teenager
As a teenager who has experienced much of my high school career being plagued by the tragic COVID-19 pandemic, I...
Read moreGreen construction
I want to congratulate the Santa Monica City Council for adopting a Zero Emissions Building Code on all new construction...
Read morePolitics and PTAs
Parent Teacher Associations are meant to be apolitical, but there are paid adverts by the “Santa Monica Malibu PTAs council” ...
Read moreA response to the SMPOA
This letter is in response to the Santa Monica Police Officers Association’s (SMPOA) most recent public editorial, “Police Reform Commission...
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