OCEAN PARK — Santa Monica’s most influential political organization threw its weight behind Torie Osborn for the 50th Assembly District at its meeting Sunday despite calls from Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom to not endorse in the primary.
The developer of 710 Wilshire Blvd., also known as the “Alex Gorby Hotel Project,” will be before the City Council tomorrow night for approval of a Development Agreement (DA).
If you think that there’s already too much development going on in Santa Monica, be afraid. Be very afraid. With the dissolution of the redevelopment agencies (RDAs) across the state, Santa Monica’s politicians and bureaucrats are desperately looking for ways to continue their spending spree.
Planning Commission Chair Pro Tem Gerda Newbold laid down the law. After the commission forced developers of a proposed 285-room hotel at Seventh Street and Wilshire Boulevard into adopting wage/benefit levels for hotel workers a couple of weeks ago, she said, “It puts projects on notice that this w
There’s evidence that City Hall’s housing policy of placing low/mid-income family public housing projects primarily in the Pico neighborhood (east of Lincoln Boulevard and west of Centinela Avenue between Pico and Santa Monica boulevards) is a major factor in maintaining racially imbalanced schools
The big news around City Hall these days is the dissolution of municipal redevelopment agencies (RDAs) all over California — including Santa Monica’s.
Welcome to 2012! As you are aware, this is an election year. In addition to electing or re-electing (as the case may be) holders for national, state and county offices, Santa Monicans will elect people for City Council, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and Rent Control
As expected, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education voted 6-0 last Tuesday night to curtail the raising and spending of funds by school donors and PTA groups on their neighborhood schools.
DISTRICT HDQTRS — Arguably the most powerful force in Santa Monica politics announced its support for one of the most controversial topics before the school board — districtwide fundraising.
There was quite a lively and lengthy discussion about Santa Monica City Council election financing during last Tuesday’s council meeting. At issue was a proposed raise of the maximum allowable individual campaign contribution to City Council candidates to $400 from the current $250 and adding an ind
CITY HALL — Elected officials today are expected to consider raising financial contribution limits for City Council campaigns, a move which local activists believe will disenfranchise Santa Monicans in favor of wealthy, outside interests.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the groundbreaking Santa Monica Propositions Y and YY. It also provides the opportunity to recognize and honor the unique partnership that these measures represent between the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and the city of Santa Mon
