A lot of attention has been directed toward larger developments in Santa Monica recently. But, even the smaller developments have major problems. Such is the case with a new residential/commercial mixed-use development finally approved by the Planning Commission for 401 Broadway at Fourth Street.
CITY HALL — Bicyclists broke out in riotous applause Tuesday night when the City Council unanimously approved the Bike Action Plan, a 20-year vision that planners hope will encourage people to get out of cars and onto bikes.
DOWNTOWN — During the holiday season, big meals and shopping dominate the American psyche, filling up advertising pages with the new thing to buy and the delicious recipes to attempt on family and friends.
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.
On Thursday night the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education reviewed the district’s gift giving policy. The issue is how gifts and donations to the district should be placed into one pot and distributed among schools based on some sort of “need” formula that has yet to be de
SMO — On a clear day, when the sun shines brightly over Southern California and glints cool blue off the Pacific Ocean, an observer can likely find Lloyd Saunders at Santa Monica Airport.
SM BEACH — Officials with California State Parks are not going to allow City Hall to establish a dog beach in Santa Monica where canines could play in the surf and sand without a leash, city officials said.
CITY HALL — Planning commissioners approved a housing project set for the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway Wednesday night, a structure that embodies several ongoing conversations about the current state of development in Santa Monica, and what it will look like in a scant two years.
LOS ANGELES — A joint study released by researchers from USC and UCLA identified a huge potential for solar power infrastructure and jobs in the Southern California region, a void Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment is helping local residents and businesses fill.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education will hold the second of two meetings tonight to hear public discussion on the topic of districtwide fundraising, a controversial policy which would fundamentally alter the way parents provide supplemental money to their children’s schools.
CIVIC CENTER — Santa Monica residents can feel pretty certain that they will have access to three light rail stations by 2015 that will connect the city to Downtown Los Angeles through the Exposition Light Rail line.
CITY HALL — Members of the organization Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS) earlier this month gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the passage of a half-cent transaction and use tax that has been levied on the citizens of Santa Monica since March 2011.