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May 30, 2025 -- After rising in each of the first four months of the year, Santa Monica rents decreased by -0.9 percent in ...
May 30, 2025 -- A Santa Monica landlord has agreed to pay $685,000 to settle three related tenant harassment and discrimination lawsuits and to no longer manage residential property in the city.
May 29, 2025 -- Santa Monica police this month cracked down on fare evaders at the 4th Street Expo light rail station Downtown resulting in four arrests, police officials said.
May 29, 2025 -- Santa Monica on Tuesday hired its fifth City manager in as many years after the City Council unanimously appointed and approved a contract with Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi. Chi, who ...
May 23, 2025 -- After a five-month search, the City Council announced Friday it has selected 45-year-old Irvine City Manager ...
May 28, 2025 -- A bill that makes it faster and easier to build taller residential buildings near transit stops by overriding local zoning restrictions is on its way to a full vote of the State Senate ...
Next Monday, June 2 at 7 p.m. in the Music Hall, the SMC Jazz Ensemble -- with Grammy Award-winning guest artist Bill Cunliffe -- will explore “La Gratitude,” a program featuring jazz ensemble ...
May 27, 2025 -- A total of 254 full-time positions became vacant in the City last year as officials look for ways to recruit and retain workers, including allowing many to work from home.
The survey was released two weeks after housing and parks advocates faced off over the future of the airport land ( "Airport ...
May 19, 2025 -- The City Council last Tuesday voted to oppose a State bill that would speed up the rebuilding of homes devastated by January's wildfires but could cripple Santa Monica's climate goals.
May 21, 2025 -- Santa Monica is the second least affordable city to buy a home, according to WalletHub, a personal finance company that sampled 300 cities of varying sizes nationwide. Only Santa ...