WASHINGTON, D.C. — Funding to rehabilitate the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration campus to help house homeless vets got one step closer to approval Tuesday when a bill to release the money sailed through the House of Representatives.
CITY HALL — Santa Monica city officials, long praised and decried for their staunch defense of renters’ rights, are looking to extend to all tenants protections guaranteed by a harassment ordinance for rent-controlled apartments, as well as mandate extra money for those forced to relocate from their
The local race for the California Assembly became a lot more interesting last week when Betsy Butler (D-53) from Marina del Rey officially announced her run in the newly redrawn 50th Assembly District.
CITY HALL — In another bow to the harsh economic realities that face Santa Monica, all nine employee bargaining units agreed to concessions that will save the general fund over $1 million in the next two years.
CITY HALL — In a private ceremony Monday, state, county and city officials enthusiastically broke ground on what will eventually be the final stop on the Exposition Light Rail Line at Fourth Street and Colorado Boulevard.
Last week, I wrote about City Councilman Bob Holbrook’s theory that "deep-pocketed" aviation interests may enter local politics and back pro-Santa Monica Airport candidates for City Council pledged to keep SMO open and even expand it as an aviation center.
CITYWIDE — Within the last two weeks, members of the Santa Monica community have received lengthy, anonymous phone calls from polling companies asking their opinions on politics and the Santa Monica Airport, but no one seems to know who is behind the effort.
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge nudged the Department of Veterans Affairs Thursday toward settlement talks with lawyers who accuse the agency of neglecting homeless vets on its sprawling west Los Angeles medical campus.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Wednesday that allows landlords to prohibit smoking in their apartments, but Santa Monica property owners say the measure doesn’t go far enough.
Someone has been conducting a telephone poll about local issues over the last few weeks. Nobody seems to know exactly who is behind the survey. Pollsters have been asking general questions like, “Where do you get local news?” Participants are asked to rate the job City Hall is doing and grade City C
CITYWIDE — If everything goes according to plan, Santa Monica will see an influx of at least four new hotels and one complete remodel in Downtown, and business officials say the city can use all the rooms it gets.
Santa Monica City Councilman Terry O’Day is moving on. The environmental activist who has led Santa Monica-based Environment Now since 2003 has accepted a job with eVgo to help develop California’s electric car charging infrastructure.
