Featured Event: Vote Local Tongva Park Tour & Happy Hour Thursday
Election season officially started today in Santa Monica as candidates – newcomers and incumbents alike – began pulling papers to run for City Council, School Board, and other local offices.
To celebrate, join us for our second...
State Assembly Rep. Weighs in on Santa Monica’s Local Races
State Assemblymember Richard Bloom may have been the first Santa Monica City Council member to make the leap to Sacramento, but he has not forgotten his roots. The representative of Assembly District 50, which...
City Council Member Wants Prop B-style Initiative for SaMo
Would requiring voter approval of any project above a certain height be right for Santa Monica? Councilmember Kevin McKeown thinks so.
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, McKeown, who is running for reelection this year, told...
Santa Monica City Council Refines Airport Ballot Measure
The war over the future of Santa Monica's airport continued this week when the City Council at its Tuesday meeting unanimously directed staff to draft a counter ballot initiative that, if approved by voters,...
City Council Scuttles Plans for Bergamot Transit Village
The City Council put to rest Tuesday night what has become one of the single-most divisive development projects Santa Monica has seen in decades when it voted 4-1 to rescind its approval of the...
Coming Up: Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade Turns 25, Park(ing) Day, and Our City...
Mark your calendars! Santa Monica's world-famous 3rd Street Promenade is turning 25 (and you can bet there will be some fanfare), Santa Monica gets ready to celebrate Park(ing) Day, and our City Council Candidate...
SMRR Steering Committee Backs Council Candidates, Skips Top Vote-Getters
The 11-person steering committee in charge of Santa Monicans for Renters' Right, the city's single-most influential political organization, announced the group's endorsements for City Council Sunday.
A week after the SMRR members made local history...
Election Season Starts in Santa Monica
The 2014 election season is only a day old in Santa Monica and already it is off to an exciting start. It's going to be a crazy election year, so make sure you are...
Coming Up: Santa Monica Braces for Long Drought, Election Day, and Santa Monica Talks
The Santa Monica City Council will consider raising water rates and implementing mandatory usage cuts on Tuesday as a response to California's ongoing drought; the bayside city will go to the polls next week...
Coming Up: Santa Monica Has Election Fever
Summer is over and election season is in full swing. Register to vote – or update your information – by October 20 if you plan on having your voice heard this election season.
It may...
Why Are You Voting Tomorrow?
Tomorrow, polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. for the primary election for L.A. County offices, state offices and Congressional offices. For those who haven’t already sent in their ballots by mail,...
Breaking News: City Council Rescinds Bergamot Transit Village Project
About seven years after negotiations began for a mixed commercial and residential project to replace the abandoned Papermate factory in Santa Monica's former industrial corridor, it's back to the drawing board.
The Santa Monica City...
Santa Monica’s Public Safety Workers Back O’Connor, McKeown, and Gruber for City Council
With the November 4 election less than two months away, Santa Monica's public safety workers announced Thursday who they will support in this year's City Council races.
The Santa Monica Police Officers' Association (SMPOA) and...
What About Traffic Safety? A Chat with Richard McKinnon
In an election season that has been dominated by discussion of development, traffic, and the relationship between the two, precious little time has been spent on the deadly cost of car-culture measured in the...
Events: Vote Local, City Council and Big Blue Bus Service Changes
Welcome to Monday. We have got a busy week ahead of us, including our first Vote Local event, a City Council meeting with at least two controversial items being discussed, and a major proposed...