CITY HALL — A diminished City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to push forward with the second phase of a visioning process examining the future of Santa Monica Airport despite calls by neighbors to go back to the drawing board.
The Daily Press is pleased with the House of Representatives for finally realizing that money needs to be spent on rehabbing the West Los Angeles VA campus, particularly Building 209, which has been identified as a future home for chronically homeless veterans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Funding to rehabilitate the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration campus to help house homeless vets got one step closer to approval Tuesday when a bill to release the money sailed through the House of Representatives.
CITY HALL — In another bow to the harsh economic realities that face Santa Monica, all nine employee bargaining units agreed to concessions that will save the general fund over $1 million in the next two years.
CITY HALL — In a private ceremony Monday, state, county and city officials enthusiastically broke ground on what will eventually be the final stop on the Exposition Light Rail Line at Fourth Street and Colorado Boulevard.
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge nudged the Department of Veterans Affairs Thursday toward settlement talks with lawyers who accuse the agency of neglecting homeless vets on its sprawling west Los Angeles medical campus.
CITY HALL — “I want to see this happen, and happen soon.” These are not words that often pass the lips of City Council members, who seem to relish excruciatingly slow public process and discussion, but the council was excited to move forward with the Bicycle Action Plan, a 300-page document that spe
CITY HALL — City Council members heard the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday night that will allow $33 million in what officials refer to as “ransom payments” to the state to keep the doors of the city’s Redevelopment Agency open.
As I expected, the development agreement and environmental impact report for the Colorado Creative Studios project at 2834 Colorado Ave. (corner of Stewart Street) was approved by the City Council on Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON, DC — Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer joined Rep. Henry Waxman in firing off a letter to President Obama on Friday expressing their opposition to any plan to sell parts of the West Los Angeles VA property to help drawdown the national debt.
A racial bullying incident at Santa Monica High School in May became a major regional news story last week. The racially-tinged event was finally reported to the Santa Monica Police Department, which has opened an investigation.
CITY HALL — After four years of glacial progress through public process, Saint John’s Health Center on Tuesday won its freedom from the expectation that it build a multi-million dollar parking garage.
