CITY HALL — With a vacant seat on the City Council for the second time in a year, speculation is mounting over how the body will act to select a seventh member.
SAMOHI — Friends and colleagues remembered Mayor Ken Genser on Sunday for his quick wit, steadfast friendship, love of a good meal and for the passion he showed serving Santa Monica as a City Councilman for the past 21 years.
DOWNTOWN — There’s no denying that 2009 has been a trying year for many. A struggling economy that resulted in numerous job losses, housing foreclosures and cuts to social services have created an unsettling sense of uncertainty heading into a new decade.
I received an e-mail last weekend from North of Montana neighborhood activist Doris Sosin who was out of town on vacation. She was asking for support for a request from Susan Hartley.
DOWNTOWN — While still in the infancy stages, a hotel project in development-weary Santa Monica could face an uphill battle of opposition from residents.
Previously, I wrote about the development agreement for a new Downtown hotel that was before the Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 10. The agreement requested by developer Maxser & Co.
The appointment of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights co-chair Gleam Davis to the late Herb Katz’ City Council seat is still garnering a lot of angst from disappointed Ted Winterer fans.
This past week, Q-line asked: The City Council last Tuesday appointed Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights Co-Chair Gleam Davis to fulfill the remainder of the late Herb Katz’ term.
Despite the fact that I applied for the vacant City Council seat appointed last Tuesday, I didn’t expect to get it. But I didn’t expect it to be a scam either.
As predicted here three weeks ago, Gleam Davis was picked to replace the late Herb Katz on the City Council last Tuesday. She’s a co-chair of the powerful Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights organization.
CITY HALL — It took more than a half dozen rounds of voting and a failed attempt to call a special election, but in the end a one-time candidate and political party leader was appointed to serve the next two years of late Councilmember Herb Katz’ term.
CITY HALL — There should be no shortage of candidates for the City Council to consider next week as it looks to replace its late colleague Herb Katz, who died last month after a long battle with cancer.
