The following post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. (Note: I haven’t written here about Santa Monica politics since my last blog last summer on the Downtown Community Plan, but I was invited to give a 20-minute talk to the…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. The United States District Court, Central District of California has dismissed in its entirety a case challenging the Consent Decree between the City of Santa Monica and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the…
After a brief delay, plans to shorten the runway at Santa Monica Airport will move forward, according to city officials. A letter by Santa Monica Airport Director Stelios Makrides sent to media Tuesday confirmed that a temporary court order preventing…
A Republican congressmember from Louisiana is not happy with the deal struck between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the city of Santa Monica that would allow the municipality to close Santa Monica airport at the end of 2028. In…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. Get ready for the 11th Annual Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk on Saturday, March 18 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The ArtWalk offers a fun-filled day of artistic exploration, including 60 artist studios…
Via the city of Santa Monica. At its meeting on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Santa Monica City Council approved a contract to begin the design phase of work to shorten the runway at Santa Monica Airport to 3,500 feet.…
Via The Healthy City Local “Belts and suspenders.” That’s a phrase that we lawyers use to describe how we write contracts and other documents repeating the same concepts multiple times. (“Repeating” and “multiple times”—you see, belts and suspenders.) Sometimes the belts…
Via the City of Santa Monica The City of Santa Monica entered into a standstill agreement with JetSuiteX Wednesday to suspend its commercial flight operations scheduled to begin February 6 from Santa Monica Airport. This agreement was reached in light of…
Via The Healthy City Local Procrastination can pay. For the past two weeks the top item on my to-do list has read, “Blog on SMO—read dox.” “Dox,” meaning the pleadings and briefs that have been piling up in multiple pending…
See Updated Story Via the City of Santa Monica. On Saturday, January 28, 2017, Santa Monica City Council announced an agreement with the U.S. federal government on the closure of Santa Monica Airport. The agreement ends a longstanding legal battle…
Activists opposed to the Santa Monica Airport will hold a rally on Saturday, February 4 to protest JetSuiteX’s plans for running commercial flights out the nearly century-old airfield. The protest will take place in the parking lot of the Ocean Park…
The following story is a press release from the city : City Files Unlawful Detainer Lawsuits Against Atlantic Aviation and American Flyers SANTA MONICA, Calif. — This morning, the City of Santa Monica filed Unlawful Detainer (UDs) actions in Superior…
With the latest developments concerning the future of Santa Monica Airport (SMO), I’m willing to say that we’re at the beginning of the end. One way or another, the future of the airport will be sealed within two or maybe…
This week, take a walk around Santa Monica Airport with LA Walks to learn about current issues facing the airport, hang out at Stewart Park while enjoying free live music, head to the Promenade for a picnic, and check out…
This week, the City Council will consider what to do with the no-growth L.U.V.E. initiative, planning begins on Santa Monica’s newest park, and Santa Monica Spoke hosts “Dinner & Bikes + Cupcakes.” City Council Looks at No-Growth Ballot Measure The…
