Santa Monica News
Editorial: Our Thoughts on the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
It’s been more than 10 years since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was open for business. And even in its last years of operation, the venue didn’t seem to attract much more than a string of cat shows. Nothing against cats, but this is a venue that its biggest fans constantly remind us once hosted the Academy Awards (a really long time ago). Currently, the NIMBY no-growth group Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is leading a charge to save the Civic Auditorium and is spreading misinformation and conspiracies about city staff somehow trying to scuttle the property. This is a group, mind you, that thinks Santa Monica should be a finished product and is against building anything new outside of perhaps a garden tool shed.
Santa Monica Awards 56 Grants to Local Artists & Arts Organizations
The City of Santa Monica awarded 56 grants to local artists and arts organizations in the 2023-2024 funding cycle, an increase of 12 percent recipients from the last grants cycle, as part of its ongoing strategic investment to enhance community access to the arts and help Santa Monica-based artists and arts organizations flourish. The funding advances the recently adopted City Council Priority of Cultivating Economic Recovery and Expanding Community and Cultural Offerings by investing in community and cultural amenities and programs for all community members.
Santa Monica City Attorney Obtains Judgment & Injunction Against Landlord in Tenant Harassment & Eviction Case
In a case brought under the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance, COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, and Home-Sharing Ordinance by the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker has signed a stipulated judgment and injunction against the Defendant-landlord SoCal Investment Company, LLC.
Santa Monica Council Discusses Downtown Revitalization and Safety
“Promoting our economic recovery is of the highest importance,” said Councilmember Caroline Torosis as she and her colleagues heard the first reading of an interim zoning ordinance (IZO) intended to revitalize the Third Street Promenade and Downtown Santa Monica. The proposed IZO would do a number of things in an effort to bring life back to the struggling downtown. They include:
Editorial: Our Thoughts on the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
It’s been more than 10 years since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was open for business. And even in its last years of operation, the venue didn’t seem to attract much more than a string of cat shows. Nothing against cats, but this is a venue that its biggest fans constantly remind us once hosted the Academy Awards (a really long time ago). Currently, the NIMBY no-growth group Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is leading a charge to save the Civic Auditorium and is spreading misinformation and conspiracies about city staff somehow trying to scuttle the property. This is a group, mind you, that thinks Santa Monica should be a finished product and is against building anything new outside of perhaps a garden tool shed.
Santa Monica Awards 56 Grants to Local Artists & Arts Organizations
The City of Santa Monica awarded 56 grants to local artists and arts organizations in the 2023-2024 funding cycle, an increase of 12 percent recipients from the last grants cycle, as part of its ongoing strategic investment to enhance community access to the arts and help Santa Monica-based artists and arts organizations flourish. The funding advances the recently adopted City Council Priority of Cultivating Economic Recovery and Expanding Community and Cultural Offerings by investing in community and cultural amenities and programs for all community members.
Santa Monica City Attorney Obtains Judgment & Injunction Against Landlord in Tenant Harassment & Eviction Case
In a case brought under the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance, COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, and Home-Sharing Ordinance by the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker has signed a stipulated judgment and injunction against the Defendant-landlord SoCal Investment Company, LLC.
Santa Monica Council Discusses Downtown Revitalization and Safety
“Promoting our economic recovery is of the highest importance,” said Councilmember Caroline Torosis as she and her colleagues heard the first reading of an interim zoning ordinance (IZO) intended to revitalize the Third Street Promenade and Downtown Santa Monica. The proposed IZO would do a number of things in an effort to bring life back to the struggling downtown. They include:
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