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Larry Elder Wins Fight to Be on September 14th Recall Ballot
Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder has won his fight to be on the September 14th recall ballot. The son of a restaurant owner, Elder has electrified Republicans with the possibility that...
City Clerk Approves Petition for Recall of L.A. Councilman Bonin
A petition for the recall of the controversial, Los Angeles Councilman Mike Bonin was approved for circulation, the City Clerk announced this week. Bonin, who represents many Westside neighborhoods,...
State Hate Crime Bill Moves Forward, Sponsored by Assemblymember Bloom
Legislation to address the growing epidemic of hate crimes has just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, AB 1126, authored by Assembly member Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), would...
City Okays Plan Prioritizing Housing for Historically Displaced Households
The Santa Monica City Council voted this week to establish a pilot program that will give priority on the city's affordable housing waitlist to the households who were displaced by the Civic...
ACLU Works on Reducing Cost of Traffic Tickets; Newsom Goofed and Won't Get Named as a Democrat on Recall Ballot; Amazon and Google Investigated for not Removing Phony Reviews and Other Stories: Monday Morning Memo
Courts & Rulings Judicial misconduct requires reversing murder conviction The Court of Appeal for this district on Friday reversed a conviction for second degree murder based on judicial misconduct...
DA Gascon's Solution to the Surge in Violent Crime: Therapy
June 30, 2021 - Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon held a press conference on Wednesday to explain to the public how he is going to address the surge in violent crime in Los Angeles, a surge...
Bonin Brags About Housing 19 Individuals From the Venice Boardwalk, Yes, Brags
There are an estimated 2,000 homeless people inhabiting the streets of Venice, California. News outlets reported 200 tents on the Ocean Front Boardwalk as of June 27. And on June 28, Los Angeles Counc...
Santa Monica Business Center Owner Lana Negrete appointed to City Council.
In a 4 to 2 vote, the Santa Monica City Council appointed Lana Negrete to take Kevin McKeown's seat on the 7 member Santa Monica City Council. The Council selected Negrete from 34 eligible candidates...
City Names Advisory Board of We Are Santa Monica Fund
The City of Santa Monica has announced the seven appointees to the newly-formed We Are Santa Monica Fund Board. They include business executives, a RAND analyst and a social services commissioner. The...
City Council Tweaks, Approves SM Housing Element Update
The Santa Monica City Council this week reviewed and provided input to the draft Housing Element update, which "prioritizes 100% affordable housing in city-owned land" and "addresses historic...
Montebello City Manager Rene Bobadilla Declines Santa Monica City Job Offer
When in the Course of Human Events, a guy who grew up in San Gabriel Valley applies for the top job in Santa Monica, and gets offered it along with $440,000 a year, health care for himself and his...
New City Manager René Bobadilla Appointed by Six Member Santa Monica City Council
Let's face it, being appointed Santa Monica City manager is kind of a $430,000 a year booby prize. The City's progressive residents demand contradictory things of its government. Embrace all and be...
Recall George Gascon Campaign Gets the Registrar's Go-Ahead to Start Collecting Signatures
May 21, 2021 Yesterday, the Los Angeles County Registrar approved the petitions for the recall of LA County District Attorney George Gascon. The Recall George Gascon Campaign may now legally begin the...
An Anti-Semite on the House Anti-Semitism Task Force: Ted Lieu
It is oxymoronic for anyone to believe he can simultaneously support HAMAS and consider himself a champion against antisemitism. These two positions are mutually exclusive. Yet, that is exactly the...
Santa Monica Decides to Keep Its Mask Mandate Until June 15, Even Though No One is Following It
Local residents and visitors – including those vaccinated – must continue to wear face coverings indoors and around crowds in Santa Monica, city officials declared this week. Interim City Manager...
Gun-Control California Schizophrenically Considers Removing Sentencing Enhancements for Use of a Firearm
The California Assembly's Public Safety Committee recently passed for additional consideration a bill that would gut the state's sentencing enhancements for the use of a gun during the commission of...
Yes, Police May Still Use Less Lethal Projectiles in Los Angeles Despite Headlines to the Contrary
On Monday, May 10, a federal judge modified an earlier injunction restricting the Los Angeles Police Department's use of less lethal 40-millimeter and 37-millimeter projectile launchers as a means of...
California Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order that will Release 76,000 Prisoners Early, Including Those Convicted of Violence
May 3, 2021 In what is probably not the smartest move by a state official facing a recall election during a year when violent crime is spiking across the region, California Governor Gavin Newsom signe...
It's Okay for the Santa Monica Pier to Catch on Fire, says the City Attorney, So Let the Illegal Vendors Supplied by Criminals Have Their Butane Fires on Their Unpermitted Cookstands
May 5, 2021 After public outcry regarding illegal food vendors on the Santa Monica Pier, apparently run by a criminal family gang, authorities cracked down on the activity. Police would now accompany...
Unarmed Crisis Response in Los Angeles: Mike Bonin and the LA City Council Claim to Want Your Opinion
Mike Bonin and the City of Los Angeles is sending out an online survey for residents and others who work in the city soliciting opinions on what types of calls armed police should answer and what...
Another "D" Grade for the Humane Society of the United States
April 30, 2021 - Yesterday, CharityWatch, an independent and well-regarded charity evaluator, announced that it had updated its rating of the Humane Society of the United States. And once again, HSUS...
California Loses a Seat in the House of Representatives: So Why Are We Zoning For 1.34 Million More Housing Units in Southern California?
Every eight years, California's Department of Housing and Community Development comes up with a magic number of additional residents moving to the state for which the area must plan. The way they arri...
Some Republicans Rush to Endorse Caitlyn Jenner for Governor of California After Recall of Gavin Newsom. Me, For One
About 15 years after California's last Republican Governor, elected in a recall, complained about all the "girly men" in Sacramento; the leading Republican candidate in California's next recall...
SM Council Votes to Use Federal Stimulus for Rent Abatement for City's Commercial Tenants
Commercial tenants in city-owned properties who have been financially impacted by the pandemic will soon be getting some rent relief from their landlord. At its Tuesday night's meeting, the Santa...
Motion to Ban Items That Can be 'Weaponized' at Protests Fails at City Council Meeting
In light of the recent demonstrations nationwide, where "violence erupted between demonstrators and counter-demonstrators and violence against law enforcement personnel," the Santa Monica City...
