CITYWIDE — A member of Santa Monica’s taxi franchise system with numerous violations of its agreement with City Hall is looking to sell its business to an outside firm, preferably before it loses the most valuable part of its portfolio — the franchise itself.
DOWNTOWN — Barry Silver purchased his Toyota Prius in November 2005 because he wanted to reduce his impact on the environment. An added bonus was that he could park for free at meters in Santa Monica thanks to a law passed by the City Council to entice people to purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles
CITY HALL — City Hall will have no part in surf instruction on Santa Monica’s beaches this year after city officials recommended against contracting with a local firm that came in second in a formal bidding process, despite the fact that the first-place candidate dropped out.
CITYWIDE — The Metropolitan Water District announced a 10 percent rate increase Tuesday, but that won’t have any impact on Santa Monicans, according to city officials.
CITY HALL — Boot camps may be getting the boot out of public parks and beaches. City officials will explore options to regulate commercial exercise groups on public property citing a steady stream of resident complaints and the toll such groups and their equipment take on the parks.
CITY HALL — Decision makers and the community need more information, and earlier, if they’re going to get appropriate concessions out of developers bent on building projects that exceed normal zoning rules, the City Council said Tuesday.
CITY HALL – Those who give fitness classes on the beach or in public parks have been put on notice. The City Council gave staff the go ahead to explore restricting fitness classes in public open spaces, uses which city officials say force other people out of the parks and beaches and can cause damag
CITY HALL — Timing is everything, particularly when you’re racing against the clock. The Landmarks Commission chose to put off filing an application to landmark the damaged “Chain Reaction” statue on the Civic Center lawn for one month out of concern that doing so would actually hurt the chances of
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday there was never any indication that her former campaign treasurer was mismanaging her re-election account before the treasurer’s arrest last year in a widespread embezzlement case.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks City Hall’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
Santa Monicans, their neighbors and countless other people around the world spent their weekend celebrating Passover and Easter. As they did so, some may think back to two December holidays, Christmas and Chanukah, and the much-loved community displays of the nativity scenes and menorah in Palisades
The City of Angels might soon be joining a growing web of California jurisdictions banning single-use, plastic carry-out bags. The Los Angeles City Council had earlier expressed support for some sort of plastic bag ban, but controversy over whether a fee should be placed on paper bags — or whether t
