CITY HALL — There once stood a stack of more than two dozen applications from residents who were interested in replacing late Councilman Herb Katz after he died in January from cancer, making up a larger pool of candidates than in the election just a few months prior.
Thursday, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved a 33-person committee (everyone who applied) to examine the feasibility of an emergency temporary parcel tax to offset reductions in state funding and explore another school construction bond measure.
This past week, Q-line asked: City Officials are considering raising parking rates at Downtown structures from $7 a day to $9 and the monthly rate from $82.
CITY HALL — There could be more anti-smoking laws on the way in Santa Monica. The City Attorney’s Office recently released a report detailing laws passed by other California cities that require landlords to designate units in apartments and condominiums as smoking or non-smoking, listing variations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama appointed Ruth Goldway chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission last week. The former Santa Monica mayor, who succeeded Republican Dan Blair, said she has a lot of goals for her time in office.
CITY HALL — Just more than half a year into his second term on the Rent Control Board, Joel Koury, who commanded the most votes in the November election, resigned from his post last week citing the desire to spend more time with his young family.
This past week, Q-line asked: The ACLU filed a suit last week claiming City Hall violated constitutional rights by arresting a group of six plaintiffs for breaking a local law against camping when there is a lack of sufficent shelter beds to accomodate the homeless.
The 2010 Los Angeles Marathon Committee would like next year’s event to run though Santa Monica. According to their Web site, the race will be held on a Sunday “sometime in March.
This past week, Q-line asked: Santa Monica’s rent control law, first passed by voters April 10, 1979, has been in effect for three decades and it continues to be a hot button issue in this city by the sea.
DOWNTOWN — The anxiety and suspense was growing in the Retail Clerks Hall, a nervous yet excited crowd awaiting the results of a charter amendment that had been defeated just the year before.
I didn’t attend the Wilshire Montana (Wilmont) Neighborhood Coalition’s annual meeting June 20 because I was volunteering at the Juneteenth celebration in Virginia Park.
This is a book for all who live and do business in the city of Santa Monica. Have you ever wondered just what does the city think it is? Frank J. Gruber has collected some of the articles in his column written for the “Lookout News” between the years of 2000-2004.
