CARS IN CANYON RANSACKED
Tweet George Wolfberg, president of the Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association, received two reports of crimes Wednesday night in the upper canyon. They involve vehicles, basically unlocked vehicles, which, as he says, “are always tempting. It is important to report these to LAPD, even if it appears nothing was taken, so our local officers are aware.” One report said, “Multiple... Read More
SMC TRAFFIC TROUBLES PERSIST
Tweet While residents on and near Pearl Street praise local law enforcement for traffic control assistance around SMC, other areas heavily affected by local school traffic are completely ignored, causing gridlock, frustration and headaches for neighboring residents. Among the worst traffic in Sunset Park is the two-block long stretch of Maple St. between 14th & 16th. In addition... Read More
TOO MUCH
Tweet We have lived in the Pico Neighborhood for over 30 years. The Bergamot Transit Village development is huge. The revised Papermate site pending development is still too large and will negatively impact all of the surrounding areas with the increased traffic and congestion. With this development project, in addition to all the other pending projects, the density of commercial... Read More
Work on Expo Light Rail to Santa Monica Starts
Tweet The Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles transportation officials readily admit that building the first phase of the Expo Line has been trying, costing hundreds of millions of dollars more than originally budgeted and suffering nagging delays. But city and county leaders hoped to leave those problems behind when they gathered in Santa Monica today to mark the start of construction... Read More
SANTA MONICA: TALKING HYPE, NOT TRUTH
Tweet L.A. Observed reports that “the San Diego book store Mysterious Galaxy is opening a second store on Artesia Boulevard in Redondo Beach” later this month. And …”Diesel, a book store, Malibu’s beloved indie bookstore, is coming back….their new location to be up and running by mid-October…” Santa Monica once had nearly a dozen independent book stores on and... Read More
PRESERVING OUR PALM TREES
Tweet To The Editor: As people have said how much they enjoyed the poetry about palm trees that I sent out over the summer as part of our effort to preserve palm tree streetscapes on several Santa Monica streets, here is more poetry from various authors about palm trees. • As the palm-tree standeth so straight and so tall, The more the hail beats, and the more the rains... Read More
THE LESSONS OF THE 2010 ELECTION
Tweet by Peggy Clifford Anyone from anywhere can come into Santa Monica and set up a fake committee called “Santa Monicans for Quality Government,” though he’s not a “Santa Monican” and, as far as we know, is the sole member of the group. And the aforesaid anyone from anywhere can collect money from developers, property managers and developers’... Read More
New Council Term Begins Under A Cloud
Tweet The five City Council members who won the recent election — four Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights’ (SMRR) members Gleam Davis, Terry O’Day, Pam O’Connor and Kevin McKeown, and independent Bob Holbrook — had a big edge going in. They were all incumbents (Davis and O’Day by appointment), and better known than the other candidates.... Read More
Winterer Narrows Holbrook Lead to 42
Tweet The County Registrar added 365 votes to Bob Holbrook’s tally and 366 to Ted Winterer’s on Monday, giving Winterer a net gain of one vote, leaving him 42 votes behind. Holbrook is seeking a sixth term on the Santa Monica City Council, Winterer a first term. Information regarding remaining votes to count is still unavailable to the public, but Winterer’s camp believes... Read More
“THE BEST CITY COUNCIL MONEY CAN BUY:” Part II
Tweet By Ty Wapato On November 2, Santa Monica got the best City Council money can buy. The disgrace is that it was big development money that bought it with dirty election tricks. This installment illuminates the connection between the recent election and the City Council decision to deny an appeal to reverse a Planning Commission decision allowing Trammel Crow to move forward... Read More
