CITY HALL — Santa Monica bicyclists, rejoice — the wait is almost over. The past week and a half has seen two workshops largely focused on pushing forward the “no new trips” agenda embodied in the general plan’s land use and circulation element, or LUCE, with great attention paid to prioritizing bik
THIRD STREET — Tenants are living in fear of eviction as the City Attorney’s Office and Rent Control Board fight to preserve rental units at the Embassy Hotel and Apartments on Third Street.
Doormen at some of Santa Monica’s ritziest hotels will continue to pressure cab drivers into paying them bribes or “cookies” in exchange for more lucrative fares until hotel managers and City Hall start enforcing the law which makes the long-standing practice illegal.
CITY HALL — The City Attorney’s Office brokered a settlement agreement between two private companies caught in the wake of a developer’s default on its commitment to build 52 affordable housing units in Downtown Santa Monica.
CITY HALL — A private developer will be allowed to seek tax exempt bonds through the state to finance three controversial senior housing projects in Santa Monica, the City Council affirmed Tuesday.
OCEAN PARK BLVD — If a nine month pilot project to reconfigure a busy city road became permanent, but nobody knew, would traffic be just as bad? The answer for Sunset Park residents is a resounding yes.
(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.
You would’ve thought it was the Fourth of July the way fireworks were flying at a meeting held at the Main Library last Tuesday evening. The controversy surrounded a modification to the Saint John’s Health Center’s 1998 development agreement (DA) with City Hall.
April Fools’ Day is actually only a quasi holiday. I mean nobody gets off work. Nobody gets off work on St. Patrick’s Day, either, although many take the next day off due to hangovers.
It’s frustrating and disappointing that Saint John’s Hospital believes it can meet its parking obligation by abandoning a reasonable plan to build a subterranean parking garage and instead continue to lease spaces at nearby lots and rely on valet parking to serve its patients and their families, as
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District staff and parents celebrated the healing of wounds and strides taken in educating students with special needs at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday night.
Once again trees are causing a stir in Santa Monica as City Hall moved forward Tuesday with plans to remodel Reed Park by removing 45 juniper trees that lined Wilshire Boulevard adjacent to the park’s heavily-used tennis courts.
