Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words

Articles from the August 29, 2021 edition


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  • Is Santa Monica City Government Deliberately Neglecting Unsafe Conditions in Parking Garage 3 to Garner Support for Its Demolition?

    Observer Staff|Aug 29, 2021

    August 25, 2021 - In an email addressed to the Santa Monica City Council and the Downtown Santa Monica Inc business improvement district, Promenade property owner John Alle described a Monday afternoon series of incidents at Parking Garage 3. Alle has been documenting stories of vagrants camping out in areas of the garage, distributing their trash and human waste, and harassment of the public for over a year now. Even after a horrific attempt to rape a woman and murder her boyfriend by running...

  • Paying Social Security Now Will Not Increase Your Social Security Payment Later

    Rusty Gleer, Association of Mature American Citizens|Aug 29, 2021

    Ask Rusty – Will Paying Social Security Tax Now Increase My Benefits later? Dear Rusty: I started drawing my benefits at age 62 due to being laid off from my job at age 60. I have continued working part time and been paying Social Security and Medicare taxes ever since. I am now 66. I have been told that even though I continue to pay these taxes, it will not help increase my monthly social security benefit. Is that true? Signed: Working Beneficiary Dear Working Beneficiary: Paying into Social S...

  • Gascon Will Not Face a No-Confidence Vote in Santa Monica

    Corva Corvax, Observer Staff|Aug 29, 2021

    A resolution that would have requested Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon to follow state law regarding sentencing and bail was pulled by its author, Santa Monica Councilmember Phil Brock, who says he was unable to get support from other council members. The resolution took issue with three policy directives of Gascon's since he took office: forbidding requests for cash bail, dismissing misdemeanors without conditions, and elimination of nearly all sentencing enhancements. Now Br...