Santa Monica will spend more on homelessness, raise parking rates and cut some childcare programs in the next two years.
City Council reviewed Tuesday a proposed budget that offsets additional
The City of Santa Monica recently launched Take the Friendly Road, an initiative focused on connecting the community to educational resources and infrastructure projects that improve street safety and help
The bulk of new spending in the City of Santa Monica’s proposed budget will go toward improving transportation and fighting climate change.
The biennial budget City Manager Rick Cole
TED WINTERER LOVES SANTA MONICA
I’m pretty sure of that. Kevin McKeown does too, and Gleam Davis. Sue Himmelrich, Rick Cole, yup. Greg Morena, lived here most of his
City Hall will cut about 29 jobs and save $17 million in spending by mid-2021 to prepare for coming financial shortfalls as it pays down its $448 million unfunded pension
By CHARLES ANDREWS
I USED TO BE FAIRLY NORMAL
Then I started writing this column, seven years ago.
Now I never know what to think, or what anyone else in
A City of Santa Monica transit manager was arrested Monday afternoon on charges of possessing child pornography.
Los Angeles Police Department officers arrested Transit Operations Superintendent Larry Jamieson, who has
City Manager Rick Cole thinks the future success of the Third Street Promenade will come from a recommitment to the founding concept of the downtown: pedestrian access in a culture
City Manager Rick Cole is requesting a new, fulltime staff member dedicated to working on the city’s growing homeless problem.
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, manager Cole will
Santa Monica is about to shell out $45 million toward tackling its biggest threat to long-term fiscal sustainability: its long-term unfunded pension obligations for staff members under CalPERS. The money
While the Santa Monica’s fiscal outlook looks strong for the next two years, a dramatic rise in pension costs threatens the City’s ongoing stability, according to a nearly
