Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the installation of 16 digital signs on or near the Promenade, each generating at least $500,000 annually for the city. The 30-year deal comes despite concerns from Downtown Santa Monica Inc. about impacts on residents and businesses.
Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a self-certification program allowing businesses to obtain building permits in as little as one day, bypassing weeks of city review. The program launches April 2026 for commercial renovations, including restaurants.
The Santa Monica City Council approved a digital display district for the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place, potentially generating up to $7 million annually while transforming downtown's visual landscape. The 6-0 vote establishes standards for up to 16 digital displays.
With no end in sight to the ongoing and ever expanding Eric Uller sexual abuse case, the City of Santa Monica has adopted a newly aggressive strategy that it says
The Santa Monica City Council will debate the future of Santa Monica Airport at a study session Tuesday night, reviewing three scenarios for transforming the 192-acre site into public parkland
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District officials heard students loud and clear this month, giving their full support towards their act of peaceful defiance.
After the Feb. 6 walkout by both
The mural inside City Hall will remain but officials have approved plans to eventually install new artwork in the lobby and expanded signage addressing the controversy around the Stanton Macdonald-Wright
A celebration of culture and community typically half a world away from Santa Monica residents took place this past week. In its first visit since 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic,
While the status of private security in Downtown Santa Monica remains in limbo following the surprising collapse of a deal with Covered 6 security, a separate contract for private security
Last week prominent City Hall critic and downtown business owner John Alle was hospitalized after a violent altercation with a homeless man in Palisades Park.
According to the Santa Monica
Santa Monica’s upcoming budget picture moves from barely in the black to slighly in the red over the next five year, call it an ash grey to watermelon transition by fiscal year 2027/28.
Santa Monica is moving forward with a plan to install digital signposts in high-traffic pedestrian areas around town that could feature interactive information, emergency notices and revenue-generating advertisements.
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