The 2028 Olympics will open in Los Angeles in exactly three years, and the planning for the Games is racing alongside their politics.
The planning is going better, but the
Sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “unintended consequences” in a 1936 essay, exploring how people take actions they believe will have positive outcomes, but later learn they have negative impacts.
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A perfect storm of economic, fiscal and political trends is battering California’s already deficit-ridden state budget, leading public employee unions and other interest groups dependent on money from Sacramento
Last month the Santa Monica City Council fired six city officials without cause, tossing aside the councilmembers’ commitment to transparent governance when it got in the way of scoring political
By Erica Cuyugan, Santa Monica Public Library Director
In Santa Monica, we understand the importance of connection – whether it’s between community groups and neighbors or local businesses and customers.
Los Angeles is built on a shared promise. It is a mosaic of diverse communities bound together by creativity, innovation, and perseverance. We create great things… together.
But in the
When seven states got together in 1922 to effectively divide up Colorado River usage, their resulting compact declared: “Nothing in this compact shall be construed as affecting the obligations of
Santa Monica’s beauty and vibrancy have long made it a desirable place to live. But behind the palm trees and beachside charm is a City Council that has quietly
At its last meeting, the Santa Monica City Council voted 5–2 to approve an emergency zoning ordinance that will reshape our city’s single-family neighborhoods. The new rules allow
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Sunset Picnic
As the cruelty of the second Trump administration continues to come to bear, the recent executive order directing states to states to criminalize unhoused people and institutionalize those with mental
