KEN EDWARDS CENTER ¬ó The Housing Commission Thursday expressed support to eliminate a discount on affordable housing fees awarded to developers who choose to build in some residential and commercial areas.
CITY HALL ¬ó A man who claimed to be brutally beaten by police at Yankee Doodles was awarded $99,000 in a settlement approved recently by the City Council.
CITY HALL — Eight hours of emotional public testimony and half again as many devoted to official deliberations. That’s how long the Planning Commission spent on a proposal to develop one of the last trailer parks in Santa Monica into a 500-unit mixed-use complex, a plan which will displace over 50
CITYWIDE — Some communities suffer from a lack of information. Santa Monica may have too much. Two community organizations and one outside lobbying group each released statistics in recent months attempting to put hard numbers to one of the Westside’s most controversial questions: How many people
OCEAN AVENUE — The slow unwind of Santa Monica’s Redevelopment Agency may take another casualty — Chez Jay. The historic business, already facing the possibility of losing its spot on the edge of the planned Palisades Garden Walk park, could find itself with a new owner if the state Department of
Like political soap opera?How about the palace coup at the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition meeting (Wilmont) last week? Wilmont’s board of directorssupports therenovation and expansion of the Fairmont-Miramar Hotel because itwould include on-site employee parking, eliminate the need for hund
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CITYWIDE ¬ó Homeowners could soon be asked if they are willing to pay on average $54 a year to fund projects intended to protect the Santa Monica Bay and other water bodies.
MALIBU ¬ó The activist group Preserve Malibu is formulating a ballot measure that would give residents the right to approve or deny commercial developments that exceed 25,000 square feet.
CITYWIDE ¬óThose who ride the Big Blue Bus Line 2 south of Pico Boulevard will no longer be able to do so come Aug. 26. The City Council on Tuesday voted to shorten the route and eliminate other underutilized and duplicated services to save approximately $275,000 annually at a time when the public b
PICO BOULEVARD ¬ó The Pico Youth & Family Center has six months to prove to the City Council that it has a handle on its finances and a clear mission to help those who are most at risk of joining a gang or landing behind bars.
DOWNTOWN ¬ó Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-53) and Mayor Richard Bloom have inched closer to qualifying for a runoff election this November to determine who will represent Santa Monica in the new 50th Assembly District.
