Santa Monica renters could gain the right to legal representation against attempted evictions under a new proposal from two City Council members.
Councilmembers Sue Himmelrich and Kevin McKeown have asked
Airbnb hosts in Santa Monica will be prohibited from renting to more than two groups of guests at a time and allowing more than two people to stay in each
A lone “no” vote torpedoed an effort to expand a preferential parking zone near Santa Monica’s border with Venice that divided opinion among residents.
Two-thirds of residents in the
TED WINTERER LOVES SANTA MONICA
I’m pretty sure of that. Kevin McKeown does too, and Gleam Davis. Sue Himmelrich, Rick Cole, yup. Greg Morena, lived here most of his
NOBODY’S LISTENING?
You never get to ask questions about the direction your beloved city is going, or offer suggestions or speak your mind to open minds?
Oh — silly you,
By CHARLES ANDREWS
KEEP HOPE ALIVE
I often — too often, these days — come back for strength to that signature quote from Rev. Jesse Jackson, from decades ago, and he still
By CHARLES ANDREWS
THE OTHER SHOE
Has finally dropped. Is it a game changer? Or just an adjustment, a gnat to be flicked away by our entrenched corruption cabal here,
By CHARLES ANDREWS
OF COURSE I DIDN’T GO
To the “City Council Retreat” last weekend.
It’s not that I’m shirking civic responsibility. And I don’t judge
ROCKER GONE SOFT?
I mean, LA Opera’s “Hansel & Gretel” for pete’s sake, the children’s tale, now a holiday staple? And all that other classical stuff?
Well,
THE TROUBLE WITH POLITICS
— is people.
And the trouble with government is that politics determines which people run our governments. National, state, county, city.
Politics is corrupt because many people
