Last Thursday, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved an Emergency Parcel Tax Feasibility Committee recommendation and voted to place a parcel tax measure on a special election ballot.
What an exciting idea! Food truck operators selling tasty treats on a vacant lot in the heart of Santa Monica. The daytime “Gourmet Food Truck Corner” set up shop last Monday at 14th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that I wished our “green” City Council would initiate and pass a strong ordinance that would phase out old wood-burning fireplaces, outlaw them in new construction and/or require a stiff annual operating permit.
The Good<p> For the third year, the "Helping the Homeless” Sammy goes to West Coast Care. Since arriving here in Oct. 2006, WCC has helped more than 750 people to transition off of the streets by reconnecting them with family and friends in their home towns or getting them into treatment programs an
My first Holiday wish would be for our elected officials to get real. A couple of weeks ago, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved $707,000 for Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to remodel his office.
Houston, Texas-based mega-developer Hines purchased the old Paper Mate pen company property in August, 2007 and announced plans to build “300,000 square feet of entertainment related offices, post production facilities and studio space” on the 7.
If anyone wants to see what Santa Monica will be like in the future, just look at the four floor, 37,377-square-foot, mixed-use project proposed for 2919-2923 Wilshire Blvd.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has been sailing stormy fiscal waters for over a decade. Chronic misspending by the Board of Education has been partially responsible for ballooning budgets and now, with the economic downturn, escalating deficits.
There’s a whole lot of new development on the horizon. The City Council will review and comment on the revised Land Use and Circulation Element tomorrow night.
You can rewrite history all you want, but nothing changes the facts. The latest attempt at fabricating tall tales is declaring the Santa Monica Pier “The Official End of Route 66.
Santa Monica City Councilman Kevin McKeown penned an impassioned commentary on the pending Expo Light Rail (Phase 2) extension from Culver City into Santa Monica in this publication (Your Column Here, “Councilman stands firm on Expo,” Nov.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Equity Fund is the latest flap to hit our schools. The scheme was drafted by former Superintendent John Deasy to help close the achievement gap between rich and poorer schools and to equalize the academic playing field for all.
