CITY HALL — The power to select a mayor from among Santa Monica’s seven City Council members could end up in the hands of the voters, if a proposal by Councilman Bobby Shriver gains traction.
CITY HALL — Members of the City Council could soon have to comply with an additional financial disclosure requirement, if the panel accepts a proposal being put forward by Councilman Kevin McKeown.
DOWNTOWN — You could say Santa Monica had a little bit of everything in 2010. From the bizarre — like the revelation back in March that celebrated local sushi restaurant The Hump was illegally selling whale meat — to the heartwarming — like the successful grassroots effort to save the financially ch
It’s time to bestow the Annual Sammies — figurative awards to deserving local folks who blew it big time, fell on their face or grabbed the golden ring.
DOWNTOWN — He’s no longer mayor of Santa Monica, but come January, Councilman Bobby Shriver will have a different reason to feel special: He’s about to become the only Kennedy in political office.
There’s a new scandal at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. In October of 2008, the district initiated an investigation following a complaint that a teacher sexually harassed a 13-year-old female student in a ninth grade math class — a violation of SMMUSD policy 5145.
Once again Councilman Kevin McKeown, one of the most popular elected officials in the city for his commitment to community, was snubbed by his colleagues on the dais, the majority selecting Councilman Richard Bloom as mayor for two years (Council members Gleam Davis and Bobby Shriver voted for McKeo
CITY HALL — Richard Bloom will serve as Santa Monica’s mayor for the next two years after being selected for the role by his colleagues on the City Council Tuesday night.
All of the votes cast in the Nov. 2 election have finally been counted and five-term City Councilman Bob Holbrook won re-election by 56 votes. Holbrook nudged out Ted Winterer for the third of three full-term seats.
CITY HALL — The City Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to a land swap involving Santa Monica College and the Expo Metro Line Construction Authority that paves the way for the creation of a “buffer zone” to shield Pico Neighborhood residents from some of the impact from a rail maintenance yard pl
CITY HALL — After an election that saw Santa Monica’s City Council incumbents sweep their way back into office, don’t expect any policy shifts in 2011.
The Daily Press can sympathize with City Council members who had to make the difficult decision of awarding five franchises to taxi companies, abolishing Santa Monica’s open-market system that created an overabundance of cabs that clogged Downtown streets, increasing our community’s carbon footprint
