After three-plus years serving as Santa Monica’s City Manager, David White will be stepping down from the role in February, the city announced Tuesday.
White began his role as
We know how legislatures work: lawmakers introduce bills, debate on them and vote yes or no. Right? Not exactly. Of the 2,403 bills that died in the recent two-year
The California Assembly will limit the number of bills each member can introduce from 50 each two-year session to 35, according to house rules that will be adopted at the
The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of Congress
No matter what candidates locals will be casting their votes for in November, the process itself is an underrated uniting force, prompting the Santa Monica City Clerk’s Office to
In a move that almost snuck under the radar last month, the City Council voted 4-3 to support an effort by an affordable housing developer to purchase another large property
California lawmakers today weeded out hundreds of pricey proposals, including notable ones on crime and technology.
As they culled about one-third of 830 bills, legislative committees killed one that aimed
It’s axiomatic that institutions, whether governmental, academic, philanthropic or corporate, rarely reform themselves.
Universally, if systemic change occurs, it tends to come from outside the existing structure for one
California — a state whose officials love to tout it as the world’s fifth largest economy — is a year late in producing a report on its own financial health for
A crop of smart and talented youth were able to get more insight into their professional ambitions this past week. On April 24, Santa Monica High School hosted the Samohi
Nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday while also pledging increased
A good, albeit brief, definition of liberal government is one that employs its powers of taxation, appropriation and regulation to improve the lives of its constituents. By that definition, California
