More than 50 civic, business and community leaders gathered for the inaugural Community Collective Builders Breakfast at 1212 Santa Monica on the Third Street Promenade, focusing on partnerships, downtown revitalization
The Santa Monica Democratic Club declined to endorse any candidate in the City Council race after two rounds of voting, with the top vote-getter falling short of the required
The Santa Monica City Council voted 5-1 early Wednesday to pursue upzoning of single-family neighborhoods near the Metro E Line's Expo/Bundy station rather than adopt
The Santa Monica City Council will consider placing two significant measures before voters this November when it meets Tuesday, July 14, at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall Council
Los Angeles County's departments of Mental Health and Public Health have joined counties statewide in transitioning from the Mental Health Services Act to the voter-approved Behavioral Health
California's 2026-27 state budget includes $5 million in one-time funding for the UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Law and Policy, Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will award nearly $3 million in the 2026-27 fiscal year to 43 local law enforcement agencies to combat alcohol-related crime, the
The city of Malibu will open its candidate nomination period July 13 for the 2026 General Municipal Election, when voters will fill two City Council seats.
The election is set
Assemblymember and Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez Zbur, D-Hollywood, welcomed new community college investments in California's 2026-27 state budget, including enhanced Proposition 98 Block Grant funding
Santa Monica politicians are hoping to play a game of musical chairs this year with two former members of the City Council filing paperwork to run for other local offices.
State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, praised FEMA's decision to extend housing assistance for survivors of last year's Los Angeles fires through July 2027.
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Brian Goldsmith has won the endorsement of Ellen Evans, a civil rights advocate and neighborhood leader who ran against him in the primary for California's 24th State Senate
