There’s probably no better place to catch up on the gossip than at a big community gathering. The Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Saturday, May 8, was the perfect venue.
CITY HALL — Having gone mayor-less since the death of Ken Genser in January, Santa Monica will remain that way for at least two more weeks. The City Council on Tuesday failed to select a replacement mayor after neither nominee for the post — Mayor Pro Tem Pam O’Connor nor Bobby Shriver — received a
A couple of months ago, I asked 600 people to join me in forming the New Energy Caucus within Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, the tenants advocacy organization turned political party that controls Santa Monica’s City Council, Rent Control Board, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, a
CITY HALL — With lax enforcement and no annual reviews before the City Council, most developers who promised “community benefits” in exchange for permission to build bigger projects in Santa Monica have failed to live up to their commitments, according to a City Hall report.
SM CHAMBER — Despite seven years of work on City Hall’s general plan update and a summertime deadline to approve a final version of the document, some of the toughest decisions remain to be made.
BERGAMOT STATION — Less well-to-do cities would throw out the welcome mat for a company like Agensys, a biotech firm researching cancer treatments that is both a clean manufacturer and a provider of high-paying jobs.
OLYMPIC HS — The leading political party in Santa Monica is sharpening its stance in favor of residential development over commercial space as City Hall prepares for a final series of meetings to complete its general plan update.
MAIN STREET — The Twilight Dance Series isn’t the only local institution asking for a bailout. The organizers behind the Ocean Park Association’s Fourth of July Parade announced this week they too are short on sponsorship dollars and need individuals and businesses to contribute to help come up with
OCEAN AVE — Despite City Hall’s ban on offering private residences as short-term vacation rentals, a quick Internet search makes it clear that options abound for families that want to visit Santa Monica but would rather avoid the pricey hotels — and skip out on the taxes that make room rates even mo
CITYWIDE — There’s a stark choice facing proponents of tougher anti-smoking laws in Santa Monica. Should they urge the City Council to expand its existing bans on smoking in many public places to include private balconies and patios in apartment buildings? Or should they back the campaign of Rent Co
If you are a voter and want to keep your rent, utility tax and sales tax low and at the same time save the environment, have lots of happy, well-paid teachers, police and firemen, then you must vote to take money from corporate America.
Pico neighbors have been waiting since 1999 for City Hall to deliver on promises of landscaping for 20th Street and Cloverfield Boulevard between the I-10 Freeway and Pico Boulevard.
