For an entity that must rely on the good will of the public, parents and students, it seems that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is always shooting itself in the foot.
CITY HALL — Planning commissioners denied a request by city staff to move forward with the demolition and replacement of the public parking structure on Second Street at its meeting Wednesday.
CITY HALL — Neighbors of Santa Monica Place on Wednesday succeeded in shutting down, at least temporarily, an attempt by Macerich Co. to extend the number of hours people could purchase alcohol on the mall’s patios.
CITY HALL — As the state battles to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s March 9 budget deadline, cities like Santa Monica face a difficult choice — cut hundreds of millions of dollars worth of planned projects or risk getting the funding pulled out from under them mid-stream.
CITY HALL — Elected officials and staff from City Hall and the school district met last Friday to begin conceptualizing how to honor voters’ wishes to give half of Measure Y funding to Santa Monica and Malibu schools.
DOWNTOWN — Big Blue Bus officials will conduct a series of public meetings this week to gather input on proposed changes in service that involve eliminating some lesser-used lines and stops and extending service on others.
CITY HALL — Restaurants may see their rents rise on outdoor dining facilities in two years after the City Council voted to increase rent on city sidewalks to bring them in line with improved property values.
City Council recently reviewed plans for a new 8,300-square-foot branch library in Virginia Avenue Park adjacent to the existing Thelma Terry building.
CITY HALL — Santa Monicans, have no fear — your City Council members aren’t breaking your bank with unearned salaries. According to compensation information posted to the smgov.
WEST L.A. — City staff and notables celebrated the opening of the Santa Monica Water Treatment plant Thursday with an ambitious new goal — to make Santa Monica self-sufficient for water by 2020.
CITY HALL — The City Council gave the green light to a study that represents the first step in a process to determine the future of the Santa Monica Airport in 2015 after its agreement with the federal government expires.
The Daily Press was impressed by City Manager Rod Gould’s sobering report on the Santa Monica Police Department’s disastrous investigation of school board member Oscar de la Torre, who, if you don’t know by now, was caught on camera at a fist fight between two high school students.
