SMCLC Files Complaint Against Deceptive Mailings

Tweet Linked to Pam O’Connor’s Campaign The Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is filing a complaint with the Santa Monica City Attorney and City Clerk today concerning two misleading and widely disseminated mailers to Santa Monica voters by a group calling itself “Santa Monicans for Quality Government.” The complaint will ask the City Attorney and the City... Read More

NO AND NO!

Tweet According to the lead paragraph of a story in the Daily Press (10/15), “The City Council on Tuesday got its first chance to formally weigh in on early-stage concepts for what is likely to become the most significant public space in Santa Monica — and the council’s most lasting legacy.” No and no. The subject of the story is the six-acre park that will be... Read More

Who’s Running the City?

Tweet The sad, sour truth is that this great old beach town and its mostly smart, funny, spirited, wildly diverse, progressive residents are ruled by a handful of people. We are not referring to the Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) City Council majority, which has reigned for 22 years, but to  the SMRR “steering committee,” which rules the rulers. In... Read More

Mayor, Council Disagree

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Tweet Photo credit Once again, Mayor Bobby Shriver and his  City Council colleagues  divided  sharply on fundamental issues. During a discussion of a proposed development agreement with Agensys, a biotech company,  at last Tuesday’s Council  meeting,  Shriver criticized both the staff report and company officials’ answers to several questions, and  subsequently... Read More

Susan Hartley in Council Race

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Tweet Community activist Susan Hartley, who lives in Sunset Park, announced Wednesday that she is running for one of the two-year terms on the Santa Monica City Council in the November election. A member of the board of Friends of Sunset Park, Hartley is a former vice-chair and member of the Airport Commission, a leader of both the campaign to prevent the City from destroying... Read More