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Slowdown: Excessive Cuts to Transportation Department Will Threaten Safety and Economic Recovery

Letter from the Mayor: Looking Back at the Last Six Months

Santa Monica Assemblymember’s Ellis Act Reforms Advance in Sacramento

Op/Ed: Santa Monica City Leaders Must Also Pay for Parking

Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped on Santa Monica Bluffs

Walk or Bike For St. Vincent Meals on Wheels – This Sunday in Santa Monica

Community Voices: A Message from Santa Monica’s Interim Chief of Police

Community Voices: YIMBYism and the Cruel Irony of Metropolitan History

Community Voices: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Weighs in on the Florida Shooting

Community Voices: Santa Monica’s Coastal Planning Takes a Big Step Forward

Bird Scooters: Public Nuisance or The Future of Transit?

Community Voices: Mayor Ted Winterer Reflects on 2017 So Far