After listening to about 100 speakers over four hours, the Santa Monica City Council picked a developer team to advance plans to revitalize the Bergamot Station Arts Center Tuesday night. The City Council voted 5-to-1 against staff’s recommendation that…
On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether to go ahead with plans for the Bergamot Station Arts Center revitalization project. Three developer teams — Bergamot Station LTD/Worthe, 26Street TOD Partners, LLC, and REthink/KOR — are competing for the right to invest tens…
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…
Putting an end to months of speculation, City Councilmember Bob Holbrook announced yesterday that he would not seek a seventh term on the Santa Monica City Council. Many close observers of local politics expected that Holbrook would step down this…
For the first time in its nearly 40 year history, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights — the city’s single-most influential political organization — failed to endorse a single candidate for City Council at the organization’s endorsement convention Sunday. About 450…
The 2014 election season is only a day old in Santa Monica and already it is off to an exciting start. It’s going to be a crazy election year, so make sure you are registered to vote at your…
