A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered at Christine Emerson Reed Park on Tuesday afternoon to protest against the free needle distribution program in Downtown Santa Monica. Organized by the
A group of local, regional and state elected officials gathered in Santa Monica on Friday at the behest of local restaurants for a panel discussion on the homelessness crisis.
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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has arrested a suspect in connection with two violent assaults in the Venice Canal community. LAPD confirmed the arrest of 29-year-old Anthony Jones in
The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan. More people are becoming eligible for student loan cancellation as
In Tuesday’s relatively run-of-the-mill City Council meeting, Councilmembers voted to approve the proposed business license modernization and associated business license tax rate changes.
Stephanie Manglaras, Assistant City Treasurer was
You might think the home of Silicon Valley would rush to hire a cybersecurity chief, but you’d be wrong: California has left its top cybersecurity post vacant for nearly
Planned Parenthood clinics in California are bracing for an uptick in patients crossing the state line for abortions, after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a nearly total prohibition on the
California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money actually improved the situation, according to
Many landlords providing new low-income housing in California won’t be able to increase the rent on their tenants by more than 10% per year, under a rule imposed this
Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he'd like to see the US government "go back to its original design" — a system of checks and balances developed
Tomorrow’s City Council meeting will be largely made up of financial-related conversation as there will be a public hearing and potential adoption of the Santa Monica Housing Authority draft
Two former Santa Monica mayors are at odds over housing development and taxes after one filed paperwork to alter a real estate tax implemented by the other. Former mayor of
