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
PICO BLVD — Twitter, the short-form social networking service, is opening an office on Pico Boulevard at Main Street.
City Hall issued the company a business license for 150 Pico
