News from Santa Monica.
At last week’s City Council meeting, businesses and restaurants on the Promenade got a double dose of good news. First, the city reported that vacancy is down to less than one in six buildings, well down from the 40% number…
The following announcement comes from the Big Blue Bus. Image:Skycaptain2/Flickr The city of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will host a free community event to celebrate the grand opening of Little Blue Dog Run, its new off-leash dog run, on Saturday,…
Santa Monica is well known for having one of the biggest and baddest Walk/Bike/Scoot/Bus to school days in the country with its uniquely branded Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! Week held in early October. One facet of the event…
The following article first appeared on The Healthy City Local. It is hard to break bad habits. One habit that is hard to break in Santa Monica is fearmongering about development. The latest instance comes from supporters of the “Safer…
Much of the media focus on last Tuesday’s City Council meeting focused on the wild back-and-forth over the alleged anti-semitic comments made by Councilmember Oscar de la Torre. But the City Council also had a vote (Agenda, Item 14a) on…
The following letter was submitted to the City Council as public comment before tonight’s meeting. The writer is a member of the SMMUSD Board of Directors Re: Item 16-B Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, I am writing to support the City…
Image: Instagram/Vote4Oscar Tonight, the City Council will hear an item in “Councilmember Discussion Items” introduced by Oscar de la Torre that will likely cause extended public comment about the scandal that has been raging over anti-semitic remarks allegedly made by…
After a mammoth 14 year public process that was marred by an aggressive campaign (that sometimes broke the law) funded by the rival Huntley, the public process for the new Miramar Hotel ended with approval of its plan by the…
With many mail-in ballots already in voters’ hands, it’s time for the SGV Connect election special. This week we talk with a pair of experts about two ballot measures that L.A. County voters will decide this fall. First, Damien interviews…
Last Monday evening, the night before the City Council meeting, the incumbent Safer Santa Monica Slate was hosted by Northeast Neighbors, one of Santa Monica’s officially recognized Neighborhood Associations for a virtual meet and greet on zoom. Northeast Neighbors is…
If you’re not part of a political group or involved with your neighborhood association (or even if you are in your neighborhood association but happen to live in Ocean Park), you probably have not had a chance to directly ask…
At this week’s City Council meeting, the Council held a “study session” with the city staff on how best to spend the money that could become available should Measure K and Measure PSK be passed by voters later this year.…
The Santa Monica Airport Conversion planning and outreach announced earlier today that it will be extending the time for people to take and complete its most recent survey. You can access the survey via the project engagement website at www.SMACproject.com or directly…
Santa Monica Next, like many media outlets, has long-assumed that Santa Monica will host the beach volleyball tournament in the 2028 Olympics. However, the city’s plans for 2028 seem uncertain as the Council balked at a proposal (City Council Agenda,…
In a follow-up to yesterday’s story, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District released a statement on the error made by the L.A. County Clerk on the mail-in ballots sent to all voters in Santa Monica and Malibu. The County Clerk’s…
