By Marc L. Verville, Former Audit Subcommittee Chair, Sunset Park, Santa Monica This note is to strongly urge you to select Staff Option #1, Approve a six-month extension (two consecutive 90-day periods). As staff notes, […]

By CHARLES ANDREWS THE RESURRECTION OF CURIOUS CITY NEXT FRIDAY! Expect miracles, wisdom of the ages to lead us all from this dark place! … right. Maybe a better bet is Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony on […]

The process of restoring the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is definitely moving forward. As you can imagine, there are a complex series of steps to complete a multi-million dollar project of this scale. RPG (Revitalization […]

By Alan Levenson, Sunset Park In The Argonaut (Oct. 2), City officials — with the apparent support of the Great Park Coalition — reaffirmed their “unwavering commitment” to close Santa Monica Airport on Dec. 31, […]

Santa Monica operates under a council–manager system where an elected council establishes policies but delegates day-to-day operations to a professional city manager. While meant to ensure stability, this setup has resulted in staff-driven outcomes, weak […]

By CHARLES ANDREWS YOU’VE EITHER STUMBLED IN HERE Or you meant to. Either way, great to see you. Let’s talk music and see who’s playing this week. You may have read the NOTEWORTHY column over […]

Residents of Santa Monica rarely question how their local government works. Debate usually focuses on housing, homelessness, or budgets—not on the machinery producing those outcomes. But the City Council–City Manager system creates a power imbalance: […]

By CHARLES ANDREWS HOWDY! (I grew up in New Mexico, I get to say that.) Welcome back to NOTEWORTHY, my attempt to make sure you don’t miss some great live show that you would have […]

By CHARLES ANDREWS WELCOME, Y’ALL! (I grew up in the West, I get to say that. Plus, Southern-born, so full credentials.) –  to NOTEWORTHY, my attempt to make sure you don’t miss some great live […]

Santa Monica has always possessed a talent for self-presentation. The city markets itself as a peculiar kind of coastal utopia—a place where palm trees grow in neat rows, bicycle paths unfurl like moral imperatives, and […]