SACRAMENTO — Attorneys for Democratic candidates and committees trying to recover from an alleged embezzlement scheme appealed Friday to California’s political watchdog agency to relax financial reporting rules temporarily and waive some contribution limits.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Wednesday that allows landlords to prohibit smoking in their apartments, but Santa Monica property owners say the measure doesn’t go far enough.
COUNTYWIDE — Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina has proposed a redistricting plan to create a second Latino seat on the board, which would significantly change Zev Yaroslavksy’s Westside district and lump Santa Monica and Malibu together with beach cities to the south.
SACRAMENTO — The Citizens Redistricting Commission released final versions of state and federal congressional districts Friday, laying waste to the careful planning done by the legislature 10 years ago that resulted in only one congressional district flipping parties in the last decade.
SACRAMENTO — Reading through Assemblywoman Julia Brownley’s (D-Santa Monica) legislative to-do list is an undertaking. The 22 bills and resolutions that comprise just her 2011 load focus heavily on education reform, an area Brownley was very familiar with in her time on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unifi
SACRAMENTO — By the end of the week, the political landscape of California may be substantially different than it was at the beginning. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a 14-member group comprised of five Democrats, five Republicans and four “decline-to-state” voters, will release a
CITY HALL — Applicants for subsidized housing programs in Santa Monica need to look alive, or risk losing a spot on a list they’ve been waiting on for half a decade.
CITYWIDE — Santa Monica landlords are cheering on a bill being considered by the California State Assembly that would allow them to restrict smoking in rentals, a measure which puts renters’ rights groups in the uncomfortable position of defending a deadly habit.
SACRAMENTO — A quarter of all state parks would close because of budget cuts approved by the state Legislature — from redwood groves along the North Coast to historic mining sites in the Sierra foothills and the Salton Sea in Southern California — under plans announced Friday by Gov.
SACRAMENTO — The state Senate has approved a bill that would let landlords ban smoking on their properties, including inside rental units. Sen. Alex Padilla says there is no prohibition on landlords prohibiting smoking, but his bill specifically makes it clear they have that power under California l
CITYWIDE — Today marks the official start-date of Santa Monica’s one-use bag ban, although enforcement will not begin until Sept. 1. After that date, a 10-cent fee will be placed on each bag used.
10TH STREET — The City Attorney’s Office reached a $20,000 settlement last week with U.S. Bank after tenants of a Santa Monica rental property accused the corporation of harassment.
