The ideas included selling City properties, including the Fairview Branch library, and exploring a record $460 million bond to stop relying on depleted reserves to keep the General Fund in the black ( ...

March 6, 2025 -- Santa Monica officials are exploring an unprecedented $460 million bond measure to pay for capital projects traditionally funded by ongoing City revenues.

March 4, 2025 -- Santa Monica College (SMC) will hold an online exhibition this month showcasing a wide variety of ...

Santa Monica rents rose for the second straight month in February, a trend that could be fueled in part by the wildfires that ...

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

March 7, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday will consider drafting an ordinance to ban the use of price-fixing software that may have been used to jack up rent prices in the LA area after the recent ...

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.

In addition to the two new committees, there are several open seats on other city boards, commissions and committees, including the Human Services Commission, Disabilities Commission and Architecture ...

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.

March 5, 2025 -- The City Council last week voted to begin enforcing home-sharing and vacation rentals laws suspended during the Palisades Fire to help fire victims find housing. Under the resolution ...

March 7, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College (SMC) Board last month appointed a local businessman with a long history of civic involvement to fill the seat vacated after Barry Snell was elected to the ...