COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE MAKES SCHEDULE CHANGES
The Committee for Racial Justice will NOT hold a workshop this Sunday, May 13th, as it has an opportunity to hold a program led by Crossroads, one of the best anti-racism training groups in the country, on Sunday, May 27. The Crossroads Anti-racism Organization & Training program will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. on the 27th at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica. It provides... Read More
SANTA MONICA SELLS OUT VILLAGE TO DEVELOPERS
Daily picketing by Village Trailer Park residents and friends started May 10, 2012. You and all your friends are invited to this protest every weekday 5:30-6:30 p.m. in front of Village Trailer Park at 2930 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica 90404. This time has been chosen because due to the City’s numerous earlier sell-outs to developers, thousands of cars pass by going East... Read More
LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN
Maurice Sendak was an absolute original. The author/illustrator of “Where the Wild Things Are” and other extraordinary books that turned children’s literature on its head by seeing and portraying children in all their colors, aspects and impulses, died Tuesday at 83. He relished mayhem, if he had a rule, it was “Let the wild rumpus begin.” When the City Council meeting... Read More
SM Parking Meters Really Nickel & Dime You Now
By Kevin Roderick, LA Observed And you thought the city of Los Angeles was getting overly anal about prying cash from minor parking violators. The city of Santa Monica sent out a press release today crowing about how techy and cool the new, smarter parking meters are in the city’s popular downtown. Drivers can pay by phone, get a text when time is running out, even find... Read More
TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Recently I have exchanged emails with the Finance Director/Tax Administrator on the subject of Federal and State mandated fees, surcharges and the like being included in the calculation of the Santa Monica User Utility Tax (UUT). This came about as a result of a question I had regarding the Public Purpose Surcharge on my So Cal Gas Co bill. Though the municipal code articulates... Read More
SMC BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS SOUGHT
Santa Monica College is seeking applications for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, which oversees the implementation of Measures U, S and AA, the 2002, 2004 and 2008 bond measures that fund capital improvement projects at the college. The application deadline is Friday, June 29, 2012. The vacancies are specifically for representatives of the local business communities of Santa... Read More
SCULPTORS’ “WASTEHOUSE” EXEMPLIFIES “ADAPTIVE RE-USE”
A commissioned art work for Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, “WasteHouse,” by Santa Monica sculptor Joan Robey and sculptor Tom Walker, who lives in Long Beach and teaches at Otis, will be on display briefly in LaVerne on its way to Canada at a reception Saturday, May 12, from 3 to 6 pm. The collaboration, a “house” built completely of discards and recycled... Read More
LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL
To: council@smgov.net, richard.bloom@smgov.net, robert.holbrook@smgov.net, bobby.shriver@smgov.net, kevin@mckeown.net, gleam.davis@smgov.net, terry.oday@smgov.net, pam.oconnor@smgov.net, rod.gould@smgov.net Sent: 5/7/2012 4:43:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time Subj: FOSP: May 8 – Council agenda item 4-A – Airport Phase II findings May 7, 2012 To: Mayor Bloom and Honorable... Read More
FILMS 4 CHANGE PRESENTS
“Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train” FRIDAY, May 11, 2012, 7:00 PM Home of Rachel and Jay, 601 9th Street, Santa Monica,,one block east of Lincoln, one block north of Montana, Southeast Corner, Easy Parking RSVP : RachelJay@earthlink.net or call 310-780-7363 (first 20) BEFORE FILM: Meet @ Izzy’s Deli, 15th @ Wilshire at 5:00 PM for dinner. FREE... Read More
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AIRPORT STUDY TUESDAY
The staff report covering the focus group themes that comprised Phase 2 of the Santa Monica Airport study the City commissioned last year will be presented Tuesday, May 8, to the City Council, formally ending Phase 2 of the “visioning process.” It should be an unusually lively evening. No nation embraced the airplane more enthusiastically thanAmerica. It was not just one more... Read More
