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Pico Residents To Demand Santa Monica Dump At-Large Voting

12/15/2015 6:16 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

December 15, 2015 -- In what could be the first step leading to a lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act, Pico Neighborhood residents have scheduled a news conference Tuesday to denounce Santa Monica's at-large elections system and demand the City switch to district voting.

Santa Monica Council Set to Pay more than $400,000 for Outside Anti-Corruption Review

12/15/2015 6:15 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

December 15, 2015 -- The City Council Tuesday night will consider an independent review of Santa Monica’s anti-corruption law that could cost taxpayers more than $400,000

Is Santa Monica being hypocritical on its sustainability position? [by Bill Bauer]

12/14/2015 2:13 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

There’s no doubt that sustainably and friendliness to the environment are big deals in Santa Monica.

Why Santa Monica should be a low-rise city

12/12/2015 4:20 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) has long advocated for a low-rise city — ...

Santa Monica Council OKs Five-Story Mixed-Use Development on Lincoln

12/11/2015 3:37 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

December 11, 2015 -- The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a five-story, 78,000-square-foot development proposed at the site of a former Norms Restaurant ...

City Hall pays well

12/10/2015 12:41 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Employee compensation costs Santa Monicans more per resident than almost any other city in the state.

Santa Monica ranks third on a list of the top 10 California cities with a population of at least 10,000 for employee cost per resident.

In Search of Solutions: ...the Affordable Housing Crisis in Santa Monica

12/09/2015 1:32 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Santa Monica Forward and the Housing Commission

Santa Monica Affordable Housing Development First to Connect to Fiber Optic

12/06/2015 8:38 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

December 3, 2015 -- In a pilot project, the City of Santa Monica has connected an affordable housing building to the City’s fiber optic network, an attempt at closing the “Digital Divide”...