By Daily Press staff
Phone lines were down throughout the city Monday night after an apparent water leak wiped out Verizon’s system at its Santa Monica location.
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Some believe proposed laws are unconstitutional
Hundreds of homeless people protested on the steps of City Hall just before elected officials inside were expected to vote on two laws that
By Julia Reeves Santa Monica
Regarding the diatribe of Michael Beattie as it appears in the opinion section of the Sept. 23 edition of the Santa Monica Daily Press, I
By Guest Commentary By Robert M. Myers
As the kick-off policy initiative of her reelection campaign, Councilmember Pam O’Connor wants to make criminals out of private citizens who
THE DOORWAYS OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. In the latest effort to be all things to all people, the city council has proposed an ordinance to allow the homeless to
Today the City Council will consider adding section 4.08.097 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code which will prohibit sitting or lying in doorways in the downtown area (3rd
Enforcing new laws a question of priorities
The city council tonight will consider passing two laws designed to move the homeless population out of the downtown area.
Tough restrictions could
High profile figures have lobbied council members to vote against ordinances designed to place limitations on the city’s homeless population.
Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow Push Coalition; author
Mayor calls proposed laws ‘thinly veiled’
If a pair of ordinances designed to curb public feedings and trespassing downtown is enacted by the city council tonight, a series of legal
By Michael Beattie
As I am sitting here and writing this column, I am watching images play on the television screen in remembrance of 9/11. My memories of that
Sunday, the Santa Monica Coalition to Protect the Living Wage is kicking off their campaign “to protect Santa Monica’s living wage law” at City Hall.
The coalition is the
By Matthew Brensilver Santa Monica
Recently, I have noticed a proliferation of voices calling for a change in Santa Monica’s homeless policies. Many of the opinions have framed the
