The City Council is set to raise fines for unlawfully evicting rent-controlled tenants and operating vacation rentals.
The fine increases follow the council’s request last month to review fines
Week of September 23, 2019
ANNUAL WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT
For the week of September 23, the contractor will be testing the newly installed water main on Ocean Avenue between
The city of Santa Monica would like people to stop lying on official documents.
While existing rules have some penalties for falsifying some documents, the City doesn’t have a
By Peter Borresen
This week the Santa Monica City Council passed the first reading of a superb new law that, although technically not rent control, is exactly that - It
Airbnb hosts in Santa Monica will be prohibited from renting to more than two groups of guests at a time and allowing more than two people to stay in each
By Paul Scott
Last year, a group of 17 members of the Assembly Budget Committee inserted a rider in an otherwise unrelated bill (AB 1824) that changed the penalties in
Santa Monica’s homeless outreach teams may continue to operate for at least two years with more than $2 million in new funding.
The Homeless Multidisciplinary Street Team (HMST) focuses
Tuesday’s City Council meeting will be electrifying — no, really.
The council will discuss how to electrify Santa Monica’s buildings as the city pursues an 80% reduction in carbon
ANNUAL WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT
For the week of September 9, the contractor will continue installing new water main on Ocean Avenue between California Ave and Wilshire Blvd. They will
In an effort to improve City efforts to combat the homelessness crisis, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin has proposed the creation of a new advisory commission, composed entirely of people
Three items added to Tuesday's City Council agenda shortly before close of business Friday could reshape Santa Monica's housing regulations.
The council will hold a study
Local officials are trying to encourage more businesses to open on Pico Boulevard without accelerating displacement in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
City Hall is changing Pico Boulevard’s zoning to
