CITY HALL — Every second and fourth Tuesday, the City Council sits down with a stack of staff reports to debate and decide the issues facing Santa Monica.
Seated directly opposite
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — The man who allegedly threw nails into the driveways of two flight schools and an aviation business at Santa Monica Airport has been charged with a misdemeanor count
CITY HALL — The City Council did an about-face on a controversial smoking ban Tuesday night over unanswered questions regarding medical marijuana and a perceived lack of outreach to condominium owners.
CITY HALL — A controversial decision to ban smoking for new tenants and condominium owners in Santa Monica looks likely to be reversed today with two of its former supporters signaling
Those who choose to smoke tobacco are killing themselves slowly. And that’s OK. Tobacco is still legal to purchase and consume if you are over the age of 18.
Some say that it’s impolite to discuss politics and religion. (I’m not sure who originally coined that expression but I’m guessing it wasn’t someone from the religious right.
SMO — If a neighbor plays music too loudly, a simple request or call to the police can solve the problem. If that neighbor is an airport, the ability to improve one’s quality of life gets trickier.
CITYWIDE — Candidates, start your engines. Campaign season is upon us. While the presidential candidates have been duking it out publicly for months, Monday is the first day for Santa Monica’s political hopefuls to pull papers for the local elections, and candidates are already lining up for their
CITYWIDE — A new law passed by the City Council this week to ban smoking in apartments and condominiums for all new tenants in Santa Monica could include medical marijuana patients, according to the City Attorney’s Office.
CITY HALL – In a drastic turn, the City Council approved a law Tuesday night that would prohibit smoking for new tenants in multi-unit housing and force existing residents to designate their apartments and condominiums smoking or lose the right to light up in their homes at all.
CITY HALL ¬ó A controversial program to reduce traffic from Santa Monica Airport by paying flight schools to take their students to other airports has stalled in mid-flight.
