CITYWIDE ¬ó Come September, landlords with rent-controlled units will be able to charge their tenants as much as $26 more a month. The Rent Control Board on Thursday set the annual rent increase, which takes effect Sept.
CITYWIDE ¬óThose who ride the Big Blue Bus Line 2 south of Pico Boulevard will no longer be able to do so come Aug. 26. The City Council on Tuesday voted to shorten the route and eliminate other underutilized and duplicated services to save approximately $275,000 annually at a time when the public b
PICO BOULEVARD ¬ó The Pico Youth & Family Center has six months to prove to the City Council that it has a handle on its finances and a clear mission to help those who are most at risk of joining a gang or landing behind bars.
SAMOHI ¬ó Santa Monica High School Principal Laurel Fretz said Thursday that she was planning to send phone and e-mail messages to parents informing them that school will be in session today, the last day of school.
CITY HALL — The state’s Department of Finance has taken aim at $57 million of former Redevelopment Agency funds slated for improvements at Santa Monica High School, putting the future of that major public investment at risk.
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas.
I like art. I frequently am confused by it, inspired by it, appalled at what passes for “good” and more often than not, I can’t afford the works I like.
WILSHIRE BLVD — Patricia Colton walks into Coffee Bean, orders a Swedish berry iced tea, sits down and starts writing in her spiral bound notebook. “I’ve been a writer my whole life,” Colton said.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has to get its spending under control if it wants to stay out of the red in the very near future, school officials told the Board of Education Thursday.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation will have to reorganize itself from the top down if it expects to raise enough money to pay for programs at all of the district’s schools.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ¬ó An analysis of the Santa Monica Police Department after the exit of its former chief shows an well-run organization with some structural and communications problems that have yet to be addressed.
SAMOHI —There were bake sales, button sales and even Viking horn beanie sales. But they couldn’t make up the $90,000 deficit that the Santa Monica High School band program amassed over the last three years.
