News about local politics in Santa Monica.
Summer is over and election season is in full swing. Register to vote – or update your information – by October 20 if you plan on having your voice heard this election season. It may be a mid-term election, but…
[Editor’s note: This is the second of two video interviews with the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor. You can see our interview with former State legislator Sheila Kuehl here. Videos are directed and edited by Saul Rubin.] Former Santa Monica…
[Editor’s note: This is the first of two video interviews with the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor. Check in tomorrow for our interview with former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver. Videos are directed and edited by Saul Rubin.] Veteran State legislator…
Join us today at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Branch Library in Downtown Santa Monica (601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica) for a chance to hear the 14 candidates running for three seats on the Santa Monica City Council talk…
With the November 4 election less than two months away, Santa Monica’s public safety workers announced Thursday who they will support in this year’s City Council races. The Santa Monica Police Officers’ Association (SMPOA) and the Santa Monica Fire Fighters,…
The Cross Campus building at 9th Street and Colorado Avenue is a refurbished industrial space, with the exposed ceiling beams and open floor plan of a small mid-century factory. While the building is a testament to Santa Monica’s past as…
Mark your calendars! Santa Monica’s world-famous 3rd Street Promenade is turning 25 (and you can bet there will be some fanfare), Santa Monica gets ready to celebrate Park(ing) Day, and our City Council Candidate forum is only a week away.…
We are excited for our upcoming City Council Candidate Forum with the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund! We are so excited, in fact, that we couldn’t wait to introduce you to the two people who will…
There are fewer than 50 days left before the November 4 election and only a month left to register to vote if you plan on letting your voice be heard in this election. With election season in high gear in Santa Monica,…
Incumbents Pam O’Connor and Kevin McKeown, along with former City Councilmember Michael Feinstein, will get the backing of the City employees’ unions this November. The Coalition of Santa Monica City Employees (CSMCE), which represents all the City’s non-safety workers, announced…
Santa Monica Next and Streetsblog Los Angeles is proud to announce that The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund will co-sponsor our City Council candidate forum next month. The Santa Monica branch of the nonpartisan political organization will join Next and Streetsblog Los Angeles…
On September 22, Streetsblog Los Angeles and Santa Monica Next will host a public forum for the candidates for City Council of the City of Santa Monica. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Monica public library, 601 Santa Monica…
The filing period officially ended Wednesday for anyone considering running for elected office in Santa Monica, which means we have semi-official lineups for the bayside city’s four races this November. This year promises to be an important one for local…
Two companion ballot initiatives proposed by Santa Monica City Hall that would raise as much as $10 million a year to fund low-cost housing production became the target of a lawsuit Monday. The lawsuit, filed by a group calling itself “No…
The 11-person steering committee in charge of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Right, the city’s single-most influential political organization, announced the group’s endorsements for City Council Sunday. A week after the SMRR members made local history by failing, for the first…
