Following the pleas of struggling art gallery owners in the Bergamot Art District, the City Council voted unanimously to create an “economic support program” (Council Agenda, Item 16D) to help businesses in the short- and medium-term. Many of these businesses…
It’s been nearly eight years since Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya v. City of Santa Monica in the matter of California Voting Rights was first filed and the case has now winded its way full circle back to the…
At its meeting last week, the Santa Monica Democratic Club passed a resolution (link) that urged SMMUSD to immediately seek grants to afford to upgrade the HVAC units and air filters used in SMMUSD classrooms. Over the summer, the district…
This Saturday, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will hold its second hearing on maps that were submitted as part of a plan to create seven local elections for the district’s school board instead of the district-wide elections the district…
Santa Monica College (SMC) continues its ongoing Black History Series, launched in 2016, with a selection of free events that include informative talks, discussions, and author readings, and a workshop for students interested in applying to HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges…
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It must be bewildering to be a housing advocate, community advocate or planner in Santa Monica. In 2022, the state sanctioned the city for a housing element that didn’t produce enough housing…the so-called-builder’s remedy. In 2023, news broke that city…
A debate has broken out over the quality of clean air in Santa Monica’s public school classrooms. A group of Santa Monica parents and clean air advocates claim that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is backtracking on promises to…
People for Bikes, a national advocacy organization for bicyclists, released its list of the best new bike infrastructure in the country. Santa Monica’s newly installed 17th Street Bike Lanes ranked #16 on the list and the city celebrated in its…
Unhoused: A History of Housing in Santa Monica is an interactive art exhibit that opens this Friday and runs through the end of the year. According to the museum’s website, the exhibit “emphasizes that, “emphasizes that housing is not merely…
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Santa Monica City Council approved a series of changes to the city’s renter laws to protect renters from “drastic rent increases, unjust evictions and harassment,” per a press release from the city. Census data estimates that…
Last night, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously passed a motion (Agenda, Item 5I) to approve a five-year contract to Good Guard Security, a private security firm to place officers on the Big Blue Bus in response to small increases…
Earlier this year, the Santa Monica Lookout was reported that traffic violence in the City of Santa Monica has continued to rise as there is more activity on the roads as the world continues to reawaken from the COVID-19 shutdowns.…
Below are brief news bits from last week’s Metro committee meetings in advance of this week’s Metro Board of Directors Meeting, Open Streets Grants On Wednesday, the Metro Planning and Programming Committee voted to approve $5 million in Open Streets…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. On Sun., Jan. 28, from 1 – 3 p.m. the Santa Monica Conservancy and Annenberg Community Beach House will host a free, all ages event to celebrate the silent film star and…
