CITYWIDE — The leaders of Santa Monica's foremost political party, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR), announced this weekend that they would support former City Councilman Tony Vazquez
OnWednesday, Aug. 1, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Educationwill consider placing a $385 million school construction/improvement bond on the November ballot.
The measure wouldcost the average
CITY HALL — The City Council did an about-face on a controversial smoking ban Tuesday night over unanswered questions regarding medical marijuana and a perceived lack of outreach to condominium owners.
CITY HALL — A controversial decision to ban smoking for new tenants and condominium owners in Santa Monica looks likely to be reversed today with two of its former supporters signaling
JAMS — Santa Monica's foremost political organization threw its weight unanimously behind candidates vying for educational posts and the Rent Control Board at its convention Sunday, but struggled to
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Deliberation over a $385 million school bond measure that could appear on the November ballot revealed deep divisions within the Board of Education and community as each struggled to balance much-needed school repairs with a desperate shortage in funding.
Some say that it’s impolite to discuss politics and religion. (I’m not sure who originally coined that expression but I’m guessing it wasn’t someone from the religious right.
CITYWIDE — Candidates, start your engines. Campaign season is upon us. While the presidential candidates have been duking it out publicly for months, Monday is the first day for Santa Monica’s political hopefuls to pull papers for the local elections, and candidates are already lining up for their
CITY HALL – In a drastic turn, the City Council approved a law Tuesday night that would prohibit smoking for new tenants in multi-unit housing and force existing residents to designate their apartments and condominiums smoking or lose the right to light up in their homes at all.
Like political soap opera?How about the palace coup at the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition meeting (Wilmont) last week? Wilmont’s board of directorssupports therenovation and expansion of the Fairmont-Miramar Hotel because itwould include on-site employee parking, eliminate the need for hund
CITYWIDE ¬óThose who ride the Big Blue Bus Line 2 south of Pico Boulevard will no longer be able to do so come Aug. 26. The City Council on Tuesday voted to shorten the route and eliminate other underutilized and duplicated services to save approximately $275,000 annually at a time when the public b
