Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles written by Michael Louis


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  • Open Letter to Santa Monica City Council Regarding Reselection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem on January 12, 2021

    Olga Zurawska and Michael Louis|Jan 13, 2021

    The main purpose of this letter is to urge the City Council and Councilmember McCowan to reconsider Mr. Cardona's position as stated in his January 6, 2021 response to Olga Zurawska's Demand to Cure and Correct. Mr. Cardona's position invites a dangerous precedent for democracy by normalizing Brown Act violations In his letter, Mr. Cardona claims that the very fact that Councilmember McCowan had publicly disclosed her serial meetings with the Council majority prior to the selection of Mayor and...

  • Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC) Accused of Human Rights Violations

    Michael Louis|Nov 24, 2017
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    (From a speech delivered Thursday evening, November 16, 2017 to Santa Monica's Housing Commission: I am part of a group of concerned citizens that for the past fifteen months have been advocating for the most vulnerable adults in Santa Monica, namely the ones experiencing homelessness. Our principal goal has been to raise awareness and introduce measures of accountability for an issue that the public is largely unaware of. The issue is: the routine discriminatory and dehumanizing treatment of...