DOWNTOWN The ongoing quality-of-life issues around Santa Monica Airport took center stage on Monday night when candidates for the City Council race sounded off on jet pollution and the possibility of shutting down the general aviation center in several years.
CITYWIDE Curing traffic ills in one of the nation’s most congested regions could be a matter of hitting drivers where it hurts — the wallet. Creating toll lanes on existing freeways, imposing a local tax on gasoline and adopting curbside parking fees in commercial districts are just some of the sugg
DOWNTOWN Nov. 4 isn’t the only election day. As the vote-by-mail population begins casting their ballots with a little under a month before the historic day, political campaigns are treating the next few weeks as the general election itself, kicking get-out-the-vote activities into high gear.
DOWNTOWN State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) is opposed to Measure T, an initiative on the November ballot that would put a cap on commercial development in an effort to relieve traffic congestion.
DOWNTOWN One of the most active educational advocacy groups has come out in opposition to a controversial ballot measure that would restrict commercial development, a decision that might have cost it some of its longest-serving members.
Nobody’s been more critical of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and it’s governing Board of Education (BOE) than me. And, for good reason.
DOWNTOWN A $295 million bond measure for Santa Monica College and an update to the Utility Users Tax continue to rack up support from the education community.
I’ve been a Santa Monica renter for over 30 years, and have served on our City Council this past 10. Protecting renters and residents, and preserving and creating affordable housing, are among my top priorities.
The Los Angeles City Council has issued a moratorium banning new fast food restaurants in South Central Los Angeles for a year. This ban covers a 32-square-mile area with 500,000 low-income, racially-mixed minority group residents.
CITY HAll When Ken Genser was first elected to the City Council, John Blakely was in kindergarten. Today, the two men are among 13 candidates vying for four open seats on the City Council.
In addition to state bond measures 1A, 3, 10 and 12 (that’ll add billions of dollars to California’s budget deficit) and tax increase measures from both the city of Santa Monica and Santa Monica College, there’s also Los Angeles County Measure R on November’s ballot for local voters to ponder.
