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Plastic bag ban takes effect
CITYWIDE — Today marks the official start-date of Santa Monica’s one-use bag ban, although enforcement will not begin until Sept....
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Renters to receive $20K from U.S. Bank
10TH STREET — The City Attorney’s Office reached a $20,000 settlement last week with U.S. Bank after tenants of a...
Read moreHolbrook keeps narrow lead over Winterer in council race
CITY HALL Challenger Ted Winterer continued to trail in the only still-undecided race for a City Council seat on Tuesday,...
Read moreMeasure Y supporters shell out for campaign
CAMPAIGN ROUNDUP DOWNTOWN — Supporters of Measure Y, the proposed half percent sales tax increase, have donated $229, 541 to...
Read moreVoters could decide new fees for clean water projects
SACRAMENTO — Los Angeles County residents may be asked whether to approve new fees that would support clean-water projects under...
Read moreO’Day, Patel early leaders in election fundraising
CITY HALL — A handful of Santa Monica City Council and school board candidates opened up big fundraising leads during...
Read moreHoffman ‘not that interested’ in council
CITY HALL — Ever since Mayor Ken Genser’s memorial service last month, Patricia Hoffman, a longtime political ally and friend...
Read moreSeeing it through to the end
SACRAMENTO — A number of bills authored by local state legislators were signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this...
Read moreBrownley calls for repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
SACRAMENTO — There are more than 18,000 same-sex couples who are legally married in California yet don’t have access to...
Read moreNewsom makes campaign stop in Santa Monica
SAMOHI — He’s been making the rounds in cities across the central and northern part of the state, talking about...
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