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April 28, 2025 -- The steep budget cuts LA County Supervisors made to homeless services over the past month will have little or no impact on the City, City officials said.
SB 607 is among a number of bills sponsored by Wiener to make it easier and faster to build housing, although it has more far-reaching implications. “For California to succeed as a state, we need to ...
April 25, 2025 -- Santa Monica police next Friday will hold a DUI checkpoint after penalties for driving under the influence were enhanced under new State laws that took effect this year. The ...
The City Manager will oversee an annual budget of $765 million and an executive team that includes an Assistant City Manager, a Deputy City Manager and eleven department directors.
Last year, the median Maximum Allowable Rent (MAR) rose by $58 to $1,853 for a rent control studio, by $86 to $2,295 for a ...
The Senate Housing Committee voted 4 to 3 to reject SB 677, a bill sponsored by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) to streamline a housing law he sponsored allowing duplexes to be built on single-family ...
I was unable to attend this year’s annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) conference held in Pasadena last month. I was happy to read about the conference when The Lookout recently ran Mr.
February 22-- The City Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday night that would discourage the homeless from monopolizing chairs and benches on the Third Street Promenade. Under the proposed ...