| OPA Membership Drive: If you enjoy this newsletter and all the events and community work OPA is leading, please help our efforts by becoming a member or making a donation. Most memberships are $20/year but there is also a $10/year option. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OR DONATE. OPA T-Shirts: We still have a few of our new AWOL (Always West of Lincoln). Cost is $20 for OPA members, $30 for non-members or $10 for new members signing up this month. Reply to this email or click here to email Sean for more info. OPA Housing Committee Meeting Tuesday 3/4 6pm: Come to the Library Ale House to discuss housing priorities for 2025 and the indirect impacts of the wildfires on our neighborhood. Click here to email Robbie Leer with any questions. Most Loved Santa Monica Businesses Voting Now Open: Visit smdp.com/vote to vote and highlight the businesses that deserve to be recognized by the entire community. Compost Giveaway at City Yards (2500 Michigan Ave) on Saturday March 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.! They are also giving away a FREE food scrap kitchen OR freezer pail to help you recycle your food waste. One per household and while supplies last. Please bring gloves and containers if you’re picking up compost. Santa Monica residents ONLY. Big homeowner rate hike from State Farm shot down by California regulator: California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara recently rejected State Farm’s request for “emergency” rate increases, setting up what could be a highly consequential showdown with the state’s biggest insurer. More details here. How the City of Santa Monica Responded to the Recent Wildfire Emergency: City Manager David White published this summary. “When a city is faced with an imminent emergency, often the first action it takes is to activate an Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, to centralize response and recovery operations. Amid the recent Palisades Fire, Santa Monica teams were called to serve and started a coordinated city response immediately upon learning of the brushfire in the Palisades. While Santa Monica was fortunate to avoid fires within our city limits and did not experience physical damage, city teams played a vital role in the fire response. “First Look at the Shore Hotel’s New Bar & Restaurant: The hotel at 1515 Ocean Ave. is launching a new restaurant and this SMDP write-up does a deep dive on it. LA Eater Profiles The Lobster & Chef Armstrong: The “Veteran LA Chef Govind Armstong finds mental wellbeing in family and community. After working with some of LA’s most notable chefs and striking out on his own, Armstrong finds balance from his colleagues, staff, and family.” More details here. Things To Do This Week: SaMo Dem Club Monthly Meeting (Wednesday 6:30pm): Guest speakers include Mayor Lana Negrete and former Santa Monica Mayor and current Board of Equalization Member Tony Vazquez. RSVP here. Cannabis Equity Community Workshop (Thursday): Participate in the second community workshop on cannabis equity. Come see “Sugarcane” the Oscar-nominated documentary made by indigenous survivors of government-run, re-education camps: Thursday 6:30pm @ Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., or join by Zoom by emailing queercollectivesm@gmail.com Uplifting Black Legacy (Thursday 7pm @ Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH): Uplifting Black Legacy is an evening celebrating the lineage of performance and storytelling through the prism of how this specific labor has sparked experimentation and a lasting impact in the arts and culture field. More details here. OPA & City Meetings: Airport Commission Meeting (Monday 7pm): More details & agenda here. Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment (Monday 7pm): More details here. City Council Meeting (Tuesday 5:30 pm): Meetings are hybrid and can be viewed on this YouTube channel. Click here for agenda. OPA Connects Meeting (Wednesday 12pm): Here is the Zoom link (note that there is a new link for 2025). |
OPA Update 2/24/25: Most Loved Santa Monica Businesses Voting Now Open, OPA Housing Committee Meeting Tuesday, & Things To Do This Week
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