CITY HALL — The Rent Control Board is sure that it wants to raise registration fees on rent-controlled apartments to close its yawning budget gap, but how much and who should
The Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau held its fourth annual Travel and Tourism Summit last week during which they released figures that showed tourists and the hotels they stay
When it comes to stupid decisions, politicians top the list.
Two weeks ago city officials recommended that the City Council impose a modest $100 annual fee plus 15 percent of
City Hall and the Elks Club are battling over burial plots at Woodlawn Cemetery that the club says rightfully belong to them. The city disagrees as legal proceedings continue.
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Editor:
Anna Sklar is not alone in her "frustration and anger with the present City Council's blithe advancement of development" in Santa Monica ("Recall now,
The City Council last week agreed to allow the redevelopment of Village Trailer Park, much to the dismay of tenants who have been fighting the park's closure for
CITYWIDE — Rents are the highest they've ever been for rent-controlled units in Santa Monica, making the city by the sea an increasingly inaccessible place for many people, according
Editor:
I was shocked, shocked to read that Community Corp of Santa Monica (CCSM) was opening yet another multi-family low-income housing project in the Pico Neighborhood ("Opening day,"
CITYWIDE— A minimum wage worker cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States, and Santa Monica is at one of the extremes, a national study examining housing affordability
LOS ANGELES — A coalition of nonprofits representing the poor and disabled filed suit against the Los Angeles Superior Court system over a proposed plan to cut costs that they say
Worthe Real Estate Group and M. David Paul Associates have announced a major, new Downtown development. It's a 22-story luxury hotel designed by Santa Monica's own
