Santa Monica City Council is willing to stick its neck — and, if necessary, its checkbook — out
Emily Sawicki SMDP Staff Writer Santa Monica City Hall is back open to the public, with the City Cle
CLARA HARTER SMDP Staff Writer When presented with a study session on a potential vaccine mandate fo
At 2:30 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 9, an agitated and divided City Council narrowly voted to author
Cashless fare payments will become permanent if proposals are approved. Big Blue Bus — Santa Moni
After bracing for a financial drought at the outset of the pandemic, the City is now experiencing a
CLARA HARTER SMDP Staff Writer The City’s Racial Equity Committee is entering its second year of e
Emily Sawicki SMDP Staff Writer When Santa Monica’s city staff was culled amid drastic budget cuts
The pathway out of homelessness requires navigating a complex web of resources and City Council woul
Santa Monica’s 24 different commissions, committees, and boards can create a bit of a civics soup,
CLARA HARTER SMDP Staff Writer As the year draws to a close, so too does the unfair labor practice d
After five hours of heated City Council consideration, the Shore Hotel was granted almost everything
