Skip To Main Content
Charles Andrews on Muck Rack

Charles Andrews

Verified
Santa Monica
As seen in: Santa Monica Daily Press, Substack, Flipboard, CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Santa Monica Mirror, Sentinel-Tribune, Fintech Finance News, International Security Journal, Daily Legal News
Covers:  Local and national politics, local characters, music and arts.
Doesn't Cover: Nothing is out of bounds.
SMDP columnist activist music lover

Get in touch with Charles

Contact Charles, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Charles Andrews’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Been staring at the evening news and poring through newspapers since 5th Grade. Always aced the weekly current events tests. Knew the names of every cabinet secretary -- of course. Majored in Journalism and PoliSci at UNM, also activism. Lost vision in right eye (thrown rock) covering an anti-VietNam march for the university newspaper, 2 days after Kent State. Wrote for the Albuquerque Journal and NM Independent, moved,, LA Weekly, now two weekly columns in the Santa Monica Daily Press. CURIOUS…

Articles

SM.a.r.t Column: A City That Knows Its Limits

|
By Charles Andrews Verified
| Santa Monica Mirror Verified
For thirty years, California planners have sold density as the fix for the state’s housing shortage. In many cities, that sale reflects reality: compact development shortens commutes, supports transit, and takes pressure off infrastructure before a street must be dug up again. Santa Monica is not one of those cities. Not anymore. The city has been asked the wrong question for a decade. The question has been how many new housing units Santa Monica can approve.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Noteworthy 8/5-19/26: POETRY SUN, THEN MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!

|
By Charles Andrews Verified
| Santa Monica Mirror Verified
Charles Andrews FIRST, A REMINDER, OR TWO NOTEWORTHY is now published every two weeks, not weekly. So mark your calendars and score your tickets accordingly. Also, if you look to this link, you will find my Substack MUSIC, POLITICS, LIFE. I would love it if you would subscribe – free – and then you will receive the columns in your email, automatically, easy peasy.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Coming soon

|
By Charles Andrews Verified
| Substack
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (696) Issue with article?
See all 1,237 licensed articles (1,259 Total)