CITY HALL — The City Council did an about-face on a controversial smoking ban Tuesday night over unanswered questions regarding medical marijuana and a perceived lack of outreach to condominium owners.
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Last Monday evening it took me half an hour to drive from Lincoln Boulevard to Centinela Avenue on Pico Boulevard.
The Santa Monica Freeway was my first choice but
CITY HALL — City officials turn
ed over $12.6 million to the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to comply with a new state law governing the death of redevelopment agencies that
CITYWIDE — In March, City Council gave activists trying to save the "Chain Reaction" statue an ultimatum.
They could either raise the $220,000 to $420,000 needed to
PHOENIX — The parent company of one of metro Phoenix's major mall operators is phasing out pet stores in favor of animal adoption centers.
The SantaMonica, Calif.-based Macerich,
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
CITY HALL — A controversial decision to ban smoking for new tenants and condominium owners in Santa Monica looks likely to be reversed today with two of its former supporters signaling
I've often wondered why all the new developments in Santa Monica are so distasteful and disliked by the citizenry. Maybe all these so-called benefits, fees and monetary payments
JAMS — Santa Monica's foremost political organization threw its weight unanimously behind candidates vying for educational posts and the Rent Control Board at its convention Sunday, but struggled to
MALIBU ¬ó The City Council will vote Monday whether to pay $113,000 for a biofiltration project on Broad Beach. The project is the first of what is expected to be more than $500,000 in unbudgeted expenditures on storm drain improvements the council agreed to in April to settle a costly lawsuit with
DOWNTOWN ¬ó Santa Monicans gathered at the Ken Edwards Center to lodge their complaints against a proposed closure of the Fifth Street post office, but left feeling that the so-called proposal was more of a done deal.
