Recent news reports disclosing that City Hall’s newest homeless ordinances aren’t having much of an impact on homeless-related problems aren’t a surprise. Regulations to limit the
I have some ideas how Santa Monica can save money next fiscal year, make ends meet and serve the needs of residents for a change.
City Hall could save big
T he dust has finally settled around the aborted Community for Excellent Public Schools funding ballot initiative. It would have created a city charter amendment requiring Santa Monica to allocate
S omething wonderful is happening at Santa Monica High School. It’s “Circle of Friends,” a club that creates friendships among students who are disabled and those who are not.
T his fall’s municipal elections should provide a varied roster of candidates for office, important issues to vote on and plenty of pulse-pounding excitement. Sources tell me that
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There are three proposals from the Planning Department that, if approved by the City Council, will dramatically change the face of the community.
Two of the proposals would
The Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights organization is celebrating its silver anniversary Saturday evening. Congratulations are in order for a job well done.
SMRR began as a movement to protect
By Deborah Klein
I’m truly happy to see that the city of Santa Monica painted the curbs yellow on those silly medians installed along Wilshire Boulevard. Now the tire
After reading the April Fool’s parodies in the local news yesterday, I wondered why writers resorted to fiction when recent actions by City Hall stand on their own as
When it comes to new development, everybody — from those who live near the proposed projects to the neighborhood associations — want it their way Take the Lantana project between Olympic and
Maybe it’s time for a new section in City Hall’s building and zoning code — one that rewards an applicant’s “social activism” when determining a variance or project’
The latest disaster to hit the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is school superintendent John Deasy’s “Robin Hood” tax scheme, wherein a percentage of all educational gifts and
