By Lazlo Makay Santa Monica
I read your article, “Vivian Rothstein: Fighting for ‘what’s right’ in SM (SMDP, Feb. 16, page 1). I am pleased to know that someone
Next Wednesday evening, the Santa Monica Planning Commission will consider text amendment changes to the zoning ordinance, municipal code and Bayside District Specific Plan — which will make it easier for
The municipal elections are nine months off and politicos are already squaring off on the major issues.
A school funding charter amendment sponsored by the Community for Excellent Public Schools
Like a bad cold, some issues you just can’t shake.
Take the latest resurrection of the “Living Wage,” for example. Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union organizer Vivian Rothstein
Is it the full moon that makes our community leaders say outlandish things?
At a “Bring LA Home” community forum on homelessness organized by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
The supermarket strike has been very frustrating for all of us. I feel for the supermarket workers. They’ve been either locked out or on strike for going on four
The ever-optimistic Daily Press columnist Todd Flora waxed enthusiastically about the good things in Santa Monica in Tuesday’s paper. He touted the virtues and charms of the Third
I was recently challenged by the head of Santa Monica’s largest homeless services provider because I accused it of giving free handouts to vagrants with no questions asked.
John
“Mayor sets priorities for the year ahead” was the front page headline on Jan. 3 in the Santa Monica Daily Press.
“Oh, boy.” I thought, “This ought to be good.
Another salvo in the battle for worker’s rights and unionization was fired just before Christmas when activists took to the streets for yet another pro-union demonstration.
This time,
Councilmen Herb Katz and Michael Feinstein proposed a plan earlier this week wherein the city would buy or lease up to 22 properties from the Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School
School Superintendent John Deasy wants 15 percent of gifts and donations raised by individual schools to be shared by all the schools in the district.
Deasy proposes a 15-percent
