As Santa Monica homeowners for the last quarter century, my family and I have watched as our beautiful, funky beach community has become increasingly out of reach for working families,
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1740, a new law gives Santa Monica a defined path to a certified Local Coastal Program after more than 50 years without one.
More than 130 people gathered in Santa Monica on Constitution Day to honor Gloria Steinem. The event raised more than $80,000 toward recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment as
Close the doors and batten the hatches, because El Niño isn’t the only tempest on the horizon. Senate Bill 79 (SB 79) and its threat of upzoned neighborhoods is
"The Peach: A Memoir of Trauma, Survival, and Forgiveness" by Melissa H. Cronin will be released Oct. 15 by Mnemosyne Books, a new imprint of Saint Julian Press.
As a longtime resident and your City Councilman, I'm writing to urge you to
support Measure ES on the upcoming November 3rd ballot. Measure ES is the only
Aggravated assaults and robberies in Santa Monica roughly doubled over the past decade, but the increase was overwhelmingly a downtown problem, and most other crimes have held steady across the
Santa Monica's retail sales have fallen by about one-third from pre-pandemic levels and are still declining, while its storefront and office vacancy rates remain among the
Santa Monica's homeless population has held relatively steady for a decade but it remains heavily concentrated downtown, where it has more impact on businesses and visitors, according to
Santa Monica has overhauled the way it approves housing, but the reforms have not yet produced more construction, and a typical project still takes more than six years to go
"The Cigarette Surfboard" is back online starting Oct. 1, along with all of the recorded question-and-answer sessions, after what its filmmakers called a resounding success at
