PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Community members clashed with Planning Department staff Tuesday night at a meeting meant to help define an elusive concept central to the future of development in Santa Monica — the “community benefit.
SMC — After more than 20 years of talk, City Hall and Santa Monica College are finally taking action. The SMC Board of Trustees on Tuesday entered into an agreement with city officials to build a $12.
CITY HALL — Community groups are waging a public relations war over a major overhaul of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, which will get its first official look by the Planning Commission Wednesday night.
California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 40215 describes your rights and procedures to follow when challenging a parking citation. When Santa Monica resident Harriet Epstein was ticketed last February, she contested it by providing facts she believed justified dismissal.
CIVIC CENTER — “Chain Reaction,” a mushroom cloud-shaped sculpture in Santa Monica’s Civic Center, will need a guardian angel with a lot of cash if it hopes to remain in place through the end of 2012.
VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK — School officials praised hard-working teachers, dedicated parents and a “unique” relationship with City Hall for the continued success of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District despite budgetary pressures from the state and other outside forces.
CIVIC CENTER — In Joe Trujillo’s office, everything goes by the book. The former Marine leads the Code Enforcement Division, City Hall’s newest branch which officials expect to breathe new life into the policing of the city municipal code.
CIVIC CENTER — The Chain Reaction sculpture has become the focal point of public attention once again after two decades as a relative wallflower as city staff recommends removing it from Santa Monica’s public art collection.
Protecting the environment is a major goal at City Hall. In recent years, sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth has driven everything from bagging groceries to traffic management.
CITY HALL — The Planning Commission stalled a development agreement for a new hotel Wednesday night amid concerns that the public had not yet had a chance to review information about a controversial living wage provision that became available just before the hearing.
CITY HALL — A dual measure before the City Council Tuesday to support legal protections for the environment and end corporate personhood got a split response from elected officials who enthusiastically supported a healthy environment but watered down the call to restrict rights to living beings.
CITY HALL — The City Council delighted environmental activists Tuesday when it embraced the idea of codifying the rights of people, natural communities and ecosystems to exist in and be protected by local law.
