Vice Mayor Lana Negrete Announces Cancer Diagnosis
In a public video posted to social media, Santa Monica Vice-Mayor Lana Negrete revelealed a serious cancer diagnosis that will require chemotherapy to battle.
In the video, Negrete shows courage and resolve and vows...
The City Is Having a Discussion about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. They Want You...
The City of Santa Monica will host a community solutions summit on Saturday, March 2, as the next phase in the process to create a citywide equity plan. All are invited to attend the...
CalBike: Tell the Legislature Hands Off Active Transportation Funding
Last year, transit agencies and advocates warned that the state budget was heading towards a fiscal disaster and as the state budget cut hundreds of millions of dollars from transit operations. Advocates for safe...
SMMUSD Moves on State Funding to Better School Filter System
Last week on February 16, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District finalized and submitted an application to the California Energy Commission's CALSHAPE program for a $1.61 million grant to install MERV-13 filters (temporarily) and...
New York Group Looks at Impact, of Delivery Apps on Street Safety. Ponders Whether...
This article first appeared in Streetsblog NYC. It has been lightly edited for clarity for a Santa Monica audience.
Deliver us from chaos!
The city should make the "destructive" delivery apps pay for the right to...
Partnership with Frieze Los Angeles continues to expand Santa Monica’s municipal Art Bank collection
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica:
The city will acquire a new artwork for its municipal Art Bank collection this month, thanks to a continued partnership with international art...
Council Moves Forward with Plan to Change City Hall Entrance Hallway Art, Changes to...
Santa Monicans hoping to see a simple resolution to the controversy surrounding the Stanton Macdonald-Wright mural in the City Hall lobby may be disappointed by the recommendations made for the lobby at Tuesday's meeting...
Council Tells Staff to Create “Band-Aid” Solutions for Struggling Bergamot Businesses
Following the pleas of struggling art gallery owners in the Bergamot Art District, the City Council voted unanimously to create an “economic support program” (Council Agenda, Item 16D) to help businesses in the short-...
The Voting Rights’ Case Against the City Takes Another Turn, Remanded Back to Original...
It’s been nearly eight years since Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya v. City of Santa Monica in the matter of California Voting Rights was first filed and the case has now winded its...
Whistleblower Call to SMRR Tenant Hotline Secures $10M Relocation Benefits for Elderly, Delivers City...
…well, $428,248.06 to be exact. That’s the cost for building permits, not previously obtained by management at Westminster Towers, yet required by the City’s Building and Safety Department.
The 17-story building on 7th Street is...
Dem. Club Takes Middle Ground in Debate on Air Filters
At its meeting last week, the Santa Monica Democratic Club passed a resolution (link) that urged SMMUSD to immediately seek grants to afford to upgrade the HVAC units and air filters used in SMMUSD...
SMMUSD Holds Second Hearing on “Absurd” Potential Redistricting Maps
This Saturday, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will hold its second hearing on maps that were submitted as part of a plan to create seven local elections for the district’s school board instead...
Santa Monica Designated “Prohousing Community” by State
It must be bewildering to be a housing advocate, community advocate or planner in Santa Monica.
In 2022, the state sanctioned the city for a housing element that didn’t produce enough housing…the so-called-builder's remedy. In...
Debate Breaks Out Over Air Quality in SMMUSD Classrooms
A debate has broken out over the quality of clean air in Santa Monica’s public school classrooms. A group of Santa Monica parents and clean air advocates claim that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School...
Santa Monica Celebrates Honors Given to 17th Street Protected Bikeway
People for Bikes, a national advocacy organization for bicyclists, released its list of the best new bike infrastructure in the country. Santa Monica’s newly installed 17th Street Bike Lanes ranked #16 on the list...
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