Santa Monica is known for being a progressive city, taking the lead on a host of issues, including environmental sustainability and social justice, protecting against the dangers of second-hand smoke
CITYWIDE— In a city like Santa Monica that has strict advertising laws, sustaining a bikeshare system without significant public funding could be a challenge.
With $2 million in time-sensitive grants,
CITY HALL — A citywide bikeshare system could be on the fast track with the first step — the vendor contract — completed as early as December.
The City Council Tuesday night approved
CITY HALL — Medical marijuana dispensaries may be coming to town.
But, not yet.
City Council members softened their stance on medical marijuana dispensaries in a 4-3 vote earlier this week,
The City Council this week has been debating whether or not to allow significantly greater heights and densities for Downtown and the neighborhood surrounding Bergamot Station.
1) Change the FAR
CITY HALL — Letters flew, calls were made and speeches written on possible heights for the Downtown Specific Plan, but for all the hype Tuesday night's City Council meeting
A trio of important meetings are coming up this week.
The City Council will review and make recommendations on the proposed Downtown Specific Plan (DSP) and related Program Environmental Impact
CITY HALL — Anyone who watched the June 25 City Council meeting or has since revisited either audio or video recordings of the event likely noticed something a little bit odd.
PICO BLVD — The Pico Youth & Family Center will stay open for another year on city funds as a drop-in and referral center under a proposal that will go before
There's more to a discussion item about Downtown Santa Monica development brought forth by Councilman Kevin McKeown (with support from Tony Vazquez and Ted Winterer) at last Tuesday&
CITY HALL — Proposed developments in Downtown will continue through the public process as usual despite vociferous community disapproval and lack of trust, a divided City Council decided Tuesday night.
Councilmembers
Editor:
It's upsetting to see our City Council pushing ahead commercial development while cutting the community out of the approval process. I refer to the outrageous violation of
