CITY HALL — Seeking to avoid the nickname "Wal-Mart by the sea," coined by members of the public, City Council voted down some contracts that would outsource city jobs
CITYWIDE — Bad news for bench lovers.
Big Blue Bus will not bring back the old aluminum bus stop benches, largely because they encourage loitering.
A $7 million project to replace
SMO — As we inch closer to the November election, the Santa Monica Airport is feeling less like an airport and more like a battleground.
Activists on both sides of the
CITY HALL — The balloted candidates for City Council have been whittled down to 14 from the 18 who pulled the necessary paperwork.
Candidates were required to collect signatures from 100
MY WRITE — It appears that the political dust is settling now that the powerful Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR) Steering Committee has picked two council candidates to endorse.
SMO - City Council wasn't ready to pull the trigger on recommendations that would have extended aviation leases at the Santa Monica Airport and raised all leases to
CITY HALL — It could be another full ballot this November.
Fifteen City Council candidates returned paperwork to City Hall in time for Wednesday night's deadline. The signatures collected
CITYWIDE - Several candidates for City Council are already stacking dollars for their campaign run this year.
Seven candidates have filed campaign finance disclosure statements, allowing them to raise cash
CITYWIDE — The Steering Committee of the city's largest political party announced its support of two City Council candidates over the weekend but support of a third may be
CITYWIDE — Infiltrators, start your engines.
The city's newest political party will endorse City Council candidates through an online vote by its members, according to the group's
Editor's note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city's expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda
