News from Santa Monica.
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.…
The Santa Monica City Council will consider a change to election rules at next week’s meetings that would charge candidates for City Council, SMC Board and Rent Control Board a fee to offset the costs of printing and mailing candidate…
District staff and dsk Architects will present a new campus plan for the Franklin Elementary School campus at Thursday’s meeting of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Directors meeting (agenda). The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and…
Starting with the first Friday in February, Santa Monica Next will be publishing a weekly e-news letter that will feature all of our headlines and news coverage from the past week. The newsletter will be free to subscribers, so don’t…
It’s not too late to sign up to volunteer for the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count in Santa Monica, which will be on Wednesday, January 24, from 8 p.m. and 12 a.m. Register here or at theywillcountyou.org/santa_monica. The Santa…
Unite Here! Local 11 and the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows that would end a contentious six month strike that had captured regional and even national attention. Fairmont Miramar becomes the second hotel in Santa Monica to reach an agreement…
Over the holiday break, the City of Santa Monica replaced intersections with two-way stop signs with ones with four way stop signs at nine high priority intersections throughout Santa Monica. The action follows the installation of two four-way stops at…
By a 6-0 vote, the City Council voted to study placing a measure on the November 2024 ballot that would tax paid parking to pay for transportation safety and parking modernization improvements. The motion, authored by Councilmembers Gleam Davis, Caroline…
Last night, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously for a public outreach process and consultant team to lead that process for how the land that the Santa Monica Airport now rests assuming it is closed on January 1, 2029.…
Tonight, the City Council will consider a request to extend the security contract for A. G. Coast, Corp. dba California Panther for another five years. City conducted a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) in October 2023, and received 19 different…
At tomorrow’s City Council meeting, a motion by Councilmembers Gleam Davis, Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick directs city staff to “evaluate the potential” to place a ballot measure on the November 2024 ballot that would tax paid parking structures (ie…
At Tuesday’s meeting, the City Council voted unanimously and quickly to create an “Request For Proposals Process” so that anyone can bring forward a proposal to take over the rehabilitation and management of the Santa Monica Civic Center (the Civic.)…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. To read our past coverage of the city’s attempt to devise an outreach plan, click here. The City Council at its meeting on Tuesday, will consider an important…
At last night’s meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a motion that allows the City Manager to enter into negotiations to bring Cirque de Soleil back to the Santa Monica Pier next fall. (Meeting Agenda, Item 5f.) Before the discussion,…
