A couple of weeks ago, a group of local apartment owners sued the City of Santa Monica's Rent Control Board alleging that prohibiting them from charging tenants for
Editor:
Kristie Middleton claims "Every analysis and study on California's drought finds animal agriculture to be the state's biggest water user."
Every analysis? Yet
Last year, facing a drought of historic proportions, Gov. Jerry Brown called on California residents and businesses to restrict our water usage. It was a directive that predictably generated national
Investing in new water conservation practices and technologies has resulted in significant water savings while maintaining public spaces in the City of Santa Monica. City Hall, parks, and other municipal
With recent reports of Los Angeles recording its driest four-year period in nearly 140 years, initiatives to strongly cut back on water usage in the region have been a high
In an effort to reduce water usage, City Hall is considering some changes to its street sweeping practices and parking may open up as a side effect.
Street sweeping trucks
City Hall has more than 17,700 water accounts, but if officials could simply cut the top hundred users in each category, that alone would nearly achieve the city goal
Call a plumber.
Water users who fail to cut their consumption over their 2013 totals will start seeing penalties on their bill in October, which covers their August and September
