Last Tuesday, two street beautification items were on City Council’s agenda. Everybody seems to support a plan to “green” Ocean Park Boulevard between Lincoln Boulevard and Neilson Way.
CITYWIDE — As the debate on billboards in Los Angeles drags on, activists are using Santa Monica as the shining star of municipal sign policy. Los Angeles stemmed a growing flood of visual clutter in 2002 when the City Council passed a billboard moratorium, banning the construction of new billboards
PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — The long-awaited project to aesthetically revitalize a barren stretch of 20th Street and Cloverfield Boulevard will have to wait a while more.
This past week, Q-Line asked: The passing of City Councilman Herb Katz recently forced his colleagues on the dais to search for a replacement. It will be difficult to replace the esteemed Katz, who dedicated much of his life to civil service.
CITY HALL — The search for the seventh member of the City Council has officially begun. Nearly three weeks after Councilmember and former Mayor Herb Katz died, his colleagues declared the late architect’s seat vacant, a step that is required to launch the process to appoint a replacement.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — For years City Hall has remained one of the steadiest financial backers of the school district, providing stability and a reliable revenue stream to an educational institution whose security can be influenced by the state’s fiscal volatility.
CITY HALL For the first time in nearly a decade, the City Council will be tasked with selecting a new member to join the dais. The 30-day clock to find a replacement for late Councilmember Herb Katz, who was re-elected to another four-year term in November, will begin ticking on Tuesday when the cou
CITY HALL It took more than 18 months, a time marked by the release of a critical report on special education and the surprising resignation of a controversial figure, but school officials finally got what they wanted.
DOWNTOWN, LA The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was buzzing with energy, not in anticipation of a religious service, but for what some would consider a divine discussion on how to financially tackle the area’s transportation shortfall.
The citizens of Santa Monica get to vote for four of seven City Council seats this election. Whoopee! All four incumbents are running. Bobby Shriver is going for a second four-year term.
DOWNTOWN Despite taking on the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year over a ban on jet aircraft, four City Council incumbents running for reelection did not earn the endorsement from an advocacy organization that’s been one of the airport’s largest critics.
DOWNTOWN The ongoing quality-of-life issues around Santa Monica Airport took center stage on Monday night when candidates for the City Council race sounded off on jet pollution and the possibility of shutting down the general aviation center in several years.
