The City is also spending more due to rising costs, deferred maintenance of its infrastructure and "ongoing legal liabilities" that include $230 million paid to settle child abuse allegations.

The Bergamot Station Arts Center, 4th/5th/Arizona and Downtown Parking Structure 1 are the last of five City owned sites designated as "surplus land" to build 1,880 affordable units.

The City's partnership with Frieze began in 2023 when the art fair moved Santa Monica Airport. The City's first acquisition ...

Santa Monica Beach ranked 18th among the "Best of the Best" U.S. Beaches, falling from the 7th spot it held last year, after ...

The current exemptions include meals that are "part of an event at a conference where the Councilmember is representing the City in their official capacity and all participants receive similar ...

February 26, 2025 -- A Santa Monica landlord and her son must pay a total of $450,000 to settle separate tenant harassment cases filed by the City and the defendants who lived in a rent-controlled ...

February 20, 2025 -- Three suspects with "extensive criminal histories" have been arrested for two stabbings, one of them ...

AB 1893 updates the builders remedy provision under the Housing Affordability Act (HAA) to include certain mixed-use projects that include at least 500 net new residential units, according to a memo ...

The item notes that West Hollywood and Culver City have individual contribution limits of $1,000, with Culver City's limit rising to $1,120 in last year's race due to the cost of living increase.

In a 6 to 1 vote, the Council directed City staff to explore raising the individual contribution cap for candidate-controlled campaigns from $410 to $1,500 and explore the caps in comparable cities.

February 25, 2025 -- The Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica donated $100,000 to the local Salvation Army last Wednesday to aid relief efforts for the wildfires that burned across the LA region last month.