The City Manager will oversee an annual budget of $765 million and an executive team that includes an Assistant City Manager, a Deputy City Manager and eleven department directors.

Last year, the median Maximum Allowable Rent (MAR) rose by $58 to $1,853 for a rent control studio, by $86 to $2,295 for a ...

The Senate Housing Committee voted 4 to 3 to reject SB 677, a bill sponsored by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) to streamline a housing law he sponsored allowing duplexes to be built on single-family ...

Santa Monica, which is known for its slow-moving planning and building process, moved at full speed in coordination with ...

April 21, 2025 -- Santa Monica will celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday with free bus rides, educational events and special ...

April 22, 2025 -- The Santa Monica College Planetarium next month will will eplore radio astronoomy and look back at the history of the Hubble Space Telescope that has been circling Earth for 35 years ...

To access Santa Monica Guide, travelers can visit santamonica.com and click the chat box in the bottom-left corner of the site. "This opens a chat window with the AI tool, which gives tailored ...

A man and a woman were stabbed on the beach south of the Pier in the early morning hours Saturday, and one of the two suspects has been arrested for attempted murder, according to police. Santa Monica ...

Conducted between April 14 and 16, the text message poll of some 110 residents found that about 80 percent support a new Federal task force launched to investigate potential “fraud, waste, abuse and ...

April 17, 2025 -- The City Council on Tuesday is expected to ratify a proclamation extending Santa Monica's local homelessness emergency for a third year. The action comes more than two years after ...

April 16, 2025 -- Santa Monica police have identified the owner of the dog that killed a toy poodle near Main Street on Friday but did not release the man's name. The City Attorney will evaluate ...