Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. In a case brought under the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance, COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, and Home-Sharing Ordinance by the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker has signed a stipulated…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. Last week, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to promote economic recovery in the City’s Downtown, including the Third Street Promenade Area and Santa Monica…
The following is a press release from Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. Last week, months after appointing herself to serve on the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath succeeds the Honorable Wendy Greuel as the next Chair of…
The following is a release from the City of Santa Monica: Recently, the City discovered an unstable portion of the Santa Monica Bluffs located just above the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) between the California Incline and Moomat Ahiko Way. In…
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica Democratic Club The Santa Monica Democratic Club (SMDC) is pleased to announce that two members of its executive board who serve on the Los Angeles County Democratic Party Central Committee…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Many California cities are in the midst of updating their “housing elements,” a part of their General Plans. In the next year or so, many of these plans will be completed and certified,…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California. The official statement from the author of A.B. 73, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, is titled “Shifting Gears.” She has tried for several years to pass a bill allowing bike riders to treat stop signs as yield signs, and…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The grants are referred to as REAP 2.0 because they expand on an existing REAP grant program by looking for ways to integrate housing and climate goals. Two groups of Regional Early Action…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. City Manager David White announced that Deputy City Manager Anuj Gupta will step in as the City’s interim director of the Department of Transportation (DOT) beginning August 10,…
The following post was originally posted at Streetsblog California. In the final days leading up to the legislative recess, with a Friday deadline for bills to pass bills out of committees, the Senate Transportation and Judiciary Committees held long, concurrent…
As you could probably guess, this story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Santa Monica has long been one of the most bike-, walk-, and transit-friendly cities in Southern California, which is unfortunately a pretty low bar. Watch this 2016 Streetfilm for…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California state gas tax went up again on July 1, according to its annually scheduled increase (this year it equates to about four cents per gallon). In what is becoming an annual…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. In a housing discrimination case brought by the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office that involved a family member with disabilities, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Sepe-Wiesenfeld has…
Karen Bass takes the helm, while Metro tees up bringing policing in-house and widening the 405 Freeway. The K Line will soon operate from Expo to Redondo Beach, while the C Line will shrink a bit – running from Norwalk…
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) congratulates the Lincoln Middle School (LMS) nanovation team, known as Gallium-Aluminum Based Electricity (G.A.B.E.), for their outstanding achievement at the…
