Even as the recent 15-day watering ban in LA county ended earlier than scheduled last week, water – specifically lack of water – remains a top concern for many city officials. However,
You're not going to find many plastic bags, paper napkins or one-use water bottles in students' lunch boxes at Edison and Will Rogers elementary schools.
The Santa
A recent SMa.r.t. column on sustainability compared the City of Santa Monica's residential and commercial sectors' progress towards the City's sustainability goals. Initially,
In 2013, Santa Monica was named the nation's fifth-most sustainable city according to a prominent national organization dedicated to sustainable development and living. As one of the densest
Water will flow to showers on Santa Monica beaches throughout the summer despite an announcement by state officials last week that showers on state beaches would be turned off.
In
Santa Monica has had the distinction of being recognized as one of the most "progressive" cities in the nation. It began in 1979 when residents coalesced around a
Do you use water? If not, disregard this article.
If you do, and you get a water bill from City Hall, then you should start seeing your water use allowance.
Updates could be coming to City Hall's Green Building Ordinance and numerous changes to City Hall's water usage routines are already in place.
California is in
City employees are scrambling to evaluate the impact of recent state water rationing mandates in the hopes of avoiding financial penalties but it appears the City's fate rests