After Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled out a deficit-bridging budget plan in January, advocates pushing for more affordable housing and shelters hoped he might reconsider his intent to make deep cuts
This Tuesday’s City Council meeting features a potentially packed agenda, depending very much on whether any member of Council chooses to pull any Consent Calendar items, ‘cause there’s
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) board member and Chair of Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board, Ericka Lesley has officially declared her candidacy for a seat on City Council.
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Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park was joined by officials from the Bureau of Sanitation, Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Police Department and community leaders early on Tuesday morning to
A budget crunch in Sacramento has hamstrung state affordable housing programs, but lawmakers continue to propose new tenant protections according to a report presented to the Rent Control Board last
While the City of Santa Monica is well behind the times when it comes to allowing and regulating cannabis sales in town, officials are attempting to turn that bug into
Last spring, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan received a letter calling for him to be lynched because of a bill he introduced to change how ballot measures are presented to California voters.
As counter-protesters tore at barricades, threw fireworks, and beat and pepper sprayed pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA overnight Tuesday, no law enforcement officers took action to stop the violence or made
The future of social media interactions when it pertains to children receiving solicitations for drug sales and other dangers took another step towards potentially becoming California law.
This past week,
A controversial housing law that would have densified single-family, residential neighborhoods has been ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable for some cities including Santa Monica.
SB 9, or the California Housing Opportunity
A total of 33 speakers came forward to speak about the continuing war in Gaza during the Public Input on Non Agenda Items section in Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is
