Editor's Note: Every year, city departments set goals and objectives. In August, City Hall released information about how each of the 15 departments progressed toward these goals during
MY WRITE —Last Tuesday night, three items on the City Council's consent calendar created quite a stir at what was expected to be a rather mundane council meeting.
CENTINELA AVE — City Hall is going after a landlord they say harassed tenants through sham inspections executed under the guise of checking smoke detectors.
City attorney's filed a
CITY HALL — Many residents want better enforcement of permit parking and a simpler petitioning process for neighbors interested in adding permit parking to their blocks.
City Council weighed in on
CITY HALL — Seeking to avoid the nickname "Wal-Mart by the sea," coined by members of the public, City Council voted down some contracts that would outsource city
CITYWIDE — Bad news for bench lovers.
Big Blue Bus will not bring back the old aluminum bus stop benches, largely because they encourage loitering.
A $7 million project to replace
BERGAMOT STATION — Development of the Bergamot Arts Center will move to the City Council with the qualified blessing of the Santa Monica Arts Commission.
The Commission held a special meeting
THE ARCHIVES - Much like the incoming Expo Light Rail is in 2014, the newly constructed roads were the subtext to many news stories 100 years ago.
The Pico-to-the-
When I see a City of Santa Monica truck, its logo a swirl of ocean, I feel proud and reassured knowing my taxpayer dollars are invested in the public sector,
MY WRITE — Next month, the City Council will review plans for the redevelopment of the Bergamot Station Arts Center.
At issue is to whether the present, "funky but hip&
SMO — As we inch closer to the November election, the Santa Monica Airport is feeling less like an airport and more like a battleground.
Activists on both sides of the
