Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights political leaders have called the shots In Santa Monica for more than three decades. The organization’s core beliefs center around affordable housing, tenants rights, social services and sustainability to name a few.
DOWNTOWN — Something runs underneath Santa Monica. Something dark. Something that reaches into City Hall, into schools, into hospitals, into office buildings.
In these very serious times, it seems that it’s appropriate to get rid of some of the silly or outdated laws that are still on the books. I’m talking about things like it being illegal in Oklahoma to tease dogs by making ugly faces, Michigan’s law that forbids a wife from having her hair cut without
DOWNTOWN — Prosecutors have declined to charge school board member Oscar de la Torre with a crime after reviewing evidence that the Santa Monica Police Department said proved he committed felony child endangerment in connection with a fist fight between two high school students.
Q: I have been in a dating relationship for years and my significant other has become increasingly violent towards me. He gets aggressive and has on more than one occasion grabbed me and shook me.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica voters will have the chance this November to substantially bolster protections for renters, following a series of unanimous votes by the City Council on Thursday that authorized a ballot measure for this fall’s election.
News came two weeks ago that the “black boxes” in Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks, which constantly monitor and record every usage aspect of throttle and brake position, vehicle speed, engine temp and much, much more, are showing overwhelmingly that the vehicles involved in “unintended acceleration
CITY HALL — The concept for a state-of-the art movie theater on Fourth Street is headed to the City Council for initial approval, following a unanimous sign-off on AMC Entertainment’s plans for the project by the Planning Commission Wednesday night.
CIVIC CENTER — Billed as possibly the last opportunity to create new open space for the public, City Hall is asking residents this Saturday to weigh in on two new parks planned for the Civic Center.
At the same moment that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was being chided by the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee for having clerked for the suddenly demonic “activist judge,” Thurgood Marshall, Marshall himself, in the person of actor Laurence Fishburne, was enthralling audiences in a
Dear New Shrink, I often come up with new ideas at work which I enjoy sharing with my team. However, several times now I have shared ideas with no immediate feedback.
I like being the center of attention, just not on purpose. As such, parties have long played a complicated role in my life. Eating cake is a tremendous way to pass the time, but I prefer that the name written on it be someone’s other than mine.