Council Takes Up Emergency Ordinance to Kick-start Housing Construction August 11, 2025 -- Despite local efforts to speed up housing development, building permits for only 181 units have been issued ...

Film Santa Monica, a division of SMTT, aims to streamline the film permitting process for Santa Monica with concierge ...

The City of Santa Monica is recruiting for a new Director of Housing and Human Services, seeking what it calls a visionary ...

Santa Monica City Council approves updates to RAND Corporation's development agreement for more diverse Civic Center uses.

SANTA MONICA - In a highly contentious move, the Santa Monica City Council voted Tuesday night to remove six of its appointees to the Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) Board, a decision critics have ...

On Tuesday, members of the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to enter into mediation with the family of Silas White, a Black businessman whose land was seized by the city almost 70 years ago ...

The transition from concrete construction to mass timber -- which is an engineered wood product -- would help the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions by an additional 26 percent by 2030 ("City ...

A Santa Monica business owner launched a grassroots program to address California's homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County, calling on city leaders to take action.

The Santa Monica city leaders urged their staff to explore how to implement a curfew along its beaches. During a City Council meeting earlier this week, Mayor Lana Negrete said the potential move ...

On Friday, July 25, the city of Santa Monica announced on its website that its City Attorney, Doug Sloan resigned on Thursday ...

Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi, who has served as Irvine’s sixth city manager since Dec. 2021, is planning to step down from his role to take the top administrative job in Santa Monica.

Maria Loya, a former city council candidate who is a plaintiff in the 2016 case against Santa Monica, said the city continues to use taxpayer dollars to fight it.