City Hall's website — smgov.net — has been named a finalist by the Center for Digital Government in their annual Best of the Web competition, placing it among the
City officials recently launched a new Facebook page providing public service announcements, information on local events and updates to city policies.
Though Santa Monica already manages more than 50 individual
CITY HALL — Cities like Santa Monica do not just form, they are planned and in the city by the sea, much of that planning is happening right now.
City officials
CIVIC CENTER — On a day meant to celebrate freedom from an overreaching government, a group of activists gathered in Santa Monica not just to recognize their rights, but to protect
CITY HALL — A proposal to study the environmental impacts of Downtown development will only look at building heights 135 feet and below, a ceiling that could spell trouble for those
CITYWIDE — The Supreme Court handed gay rights advocates twin victories Wednesday morning, striking down a California ban on same-sex marriage and a provision of federal law that denied homosexual couples
CITY HALL — Cops and firefighters could be asked increase contributions to their pension accounts by a factor of three in an attempt to rein in escalating costs that are weighing
MALIBU — Mayor Lou La Monte declared the city of Malibu in "excellent" condition last week in his 2013 State of the City address, largely crediting city officials for
CITY HALL — Life in Santa Monica could get more expensive for residents, visitors and businesses as City Hall works to close a potential $13.2 million budget gap that looms
CITY HALL — City Hall wants to strengthen connections with the community and empower up-and-coming civic leaders through a newly-proposed Citizen Academy, a crash course in the nuts and bolts of
MALIBU — The curtain is set to close May 31 on the Malibu Courthouse, a site that has played host to cases involving high-profile names such as Robert Downey Jr., Zsa
