City, FAA Head for Court
Tweet Earlier today, the City of Santa Monica filed declarations, a 40-page legal brief, and hundreds of pages of exhibits with the Federal Aviation Administration, opposing the federal agency’s legal assault on a new city ordinance banning large Jets from Santa Monica Airport. The City alleges that the airport has no runway safety areas (RSAs) to protect against overruns, and banning the big jets reduces the possibility of accidents. One of the declarations, from safety expert... Read More
Good Question
Tweet In a recent public meeting on the matter of extending light rail to Santa Monica, planners aired an idea of laying the track on the median that runs down the center of Olympic. If that occurred the coral trees would be chopped down. Do the residents involved in Treesavers know of this? Have they voiced an opinion? -Peter Tigler, Santa Monica SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Good Question", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2008/04/good-question/" }); Read More
Council to Review District’s Performance
Tweet One of the most serious questions facing this community is on the City Council meeting agenda Tuesday night: “13-H – Request by Mayor Herb Katz to review and discuss whether the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District has met the conditions placed by City Council on June 12, 2007, regarding the $529,779 increase to the base payment of the Master Facility Use Agreement.” In fact, the District has just released the report (see “District Flunks” below).... Read More
Whither the Weather 4/5 – 4/11
Tweet By Ava Tramer Beaches Partly cloudy Highs: 69-70; Lows: 49-54 Inland Mostly sunny Highs: 68-76; Lows: 44-48 Deserts Warm with some clouds Highs: 76-85; Lows: 56-59 And Santa Monica… Think of the next week as a mini speeded-up version of the winter-to-spring transition. We’ll start out cool and partly cloudy this weekend. Then things will heat up by a few degrees, and the skies will be mostly sunny. And by the middle and end of next week, we’ll hit 70 degrees and... Read More
District Flunks
Tweet For some years, the stories circulated around Santa Monica – Children with special needs in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District schools were not getting the scholastic programs and services they needed, and were being mistreated by District teachers and officials and bullied by other children. In addition, parents of students with special needs who attempted to intervene on behalf of their children existed in what one parent called “a climate of fear,”... Read More
Treesavers, City to Talk
Tweet The Treesavers, an ever-enlarging residents’ group that has blocked the City’s plans to remove 54 ficus trees from Second and Fourth Streets in downtown Santa Monica for nearly six months has finally been granted an audience with City officials. Since it organized, the group has marched, sat in, rallied, addressed the City Council, gone to court and won a restraining order, blocking The trees’ removal. Treesavers have also repeatedly asked Coty Council members... Read More
Letter to the Community
Tweet The City of Santa Monica, specifically the City Manager’s Office, spent thousands and thousands of taxpayer dollars to mail to virtually every resident and business their one-sided spin on the Second and Fourth Streets Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Project, mostly the Ficus tree removal aspect of the plan. The problem is by not joining with Treesavers months ago to reach a business and environmentally friendly win-win solution the City is sending out many... Read More
Another LUCE Workshop Wed.
Tweet The City has scheduled another community workshop on the revision of the land use and circulation elements of the General Plan. To be held in the Lincoln Middle School cafeteria, 1501 California Avenue, on Wednesday, April 2, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., the workshop will focus on “integrating the plan” and “explore housing, economic issues, and integrating the LUCE with otherCcity policies.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Another LUCE Workshop Wed.", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2008/04/another-luce-workshop-wed/"... Read More
Chamber Board Vs. SMCLC Measure
Tweet According to a story in the Santa Monica Daily Press, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday to oppose a proposed ballot initiative that would limit commercial development to 75,000 square feet annually. The measure, the “Residents Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT),” was written by and is backed by Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC), and has been endorsed by the neighborhood groups. The Daily Press quoted... Read More
