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  • 09/03/2025 7:56 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    In the letter, Chi notes the City Charter gives the City Manager sole authority over "personnel related situations" and that he has the Council's backing to develop "new law enforcement programs."

    Read More: https://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2025/September-2025/09_03_2025_City_Manager_Offers_Insight_into_Law_Enforcement_Decisions.html

  • 09/03/2025 7:54 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    In an unusual move, Santa Monica's most prominent slow-growth group on Tuesday joined an effort to retain Police Chief Ramon Batista after his surprise resignation last month.

    The Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, which for 20 years has kept its focus on development, joined five neighborhood groups that have asked the City Council and City Manager to reject the popular chief's resignation submitted on August 22.

    Read More: https://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2025/September-2025/09_03_2025_Community_Groups_Call_for_Retaining_Police_Chief.html

  • 09/03/2025 7:45 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The following letter was sent over the weekend to Northeast Neighbors Board Member Tricia Crane in response to a request by five Santa Monica neighborhood groups that the City Council and City Manager reject the resignation of Police Chief Ramon Batista.

    Read his letter at: https://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/letters/Letters-2025/09_03_2025_Letter_From_City_Manager_to_Neighborhood_Groups.html

  • 09/03/2025 7:15 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The city of Los Angeles is expected to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines after settling multiple lawsuits against the owners of illegal short-term rentals and party houses in the Hollywood area who were accused of wreaking havoc for neighboring residents.

    Read More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/l-a-cracks-down-on-hollywood-party-houses-and-illegal-short-term-rentals-violators-to-pay-hefty-fines/ar-AA1LKI0N?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68b84c4bb3f74a0195eccc7e2b1d935f&ei=49

  • 09/03/2025 7:12 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The Los Angeles region is at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funding for some homelessness services because of a Trump Administration order that aims to end support for Housing First policies, county authorities said.

    Read More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/la-county-braces-for-potential-federal-funding-cuts-to-housing-and-homelessness-services/ar-AA1LKqLi?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=68b84c4bb3f74a0195eccc7e2b1d935f&ei=20

  • 09/02/2025 9:21 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The Sept. 13 event will showcase a new demonstration garden located next to the Miles Memorial Playhouse at Christine Emerson Reed Park. The garden serves as a model for implementing low-water systems for pollinator-friendly plantings and edible crops.

    Read More: https://smdp.com/lifestyle/city-partners-with-sustainable-works-for-landscape-expo/

  • 08/29/2025 9:08 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    by Arthur Jeon

    It's obvious he was fired despite all the niceties mouthed.

    Read the entire letter: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2025/08/26/opinion/firing-of-santa-monica-police-chief-batista/9238.html

  • 08/29/2025 9:02 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Rents -- which dipped -0.2 percent nationwide and -0.1 percent locally this month -- are not expected to pick up again this year after the official arrival of the rental market's slow season, the site's researchers predict.

    Read More: https://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2025/August-2025/08_29_2025_Santa_Monica_Rents_Remain_Flat.html

  • 08/27/2025 9:04 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The pilot program offers three options for developers to meet affordable housing requirements: constructing units off-site with $150,000 per unit in gap financing, rehabilitating existing uninhabitable units, or paying in-lieu fees of $43.91 per square foot for apartments and $51.30 per square foot for condominiums.

    Read More: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp_backissues/082725.pdf%0A

  • 08/27/2025 8:57 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    On Tuesday, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who authored SB 79, announced "a surge of major endorsements" for the bill, which allows new residential buildings of up to seven stories near major transit stops.

    Endorsing the bill since Saturday were the California Democratic Party, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, climate investor Tom Steyer, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles Homelessness Service Providers.

    Read More: https://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2025/August-2025/08_27_2028_War_Over_Transit_Oriented_Housing_Bill_Heats_Up.html

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