December 20, 2025
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RAND Looks at Performance-Based Incentives for Public Sector:

Public services such as education, transportation or healthcare are vitally important to all Americans. In these days of tight budgets, legislators at all levels of government are looking for ways of cutting ineffective or inefficient […]

A grounds worker uses a leaf blower to propel fallen leaves.

Santa Monica Leaf Blower Ban Enforcement Begins This Week:

Beginning Oct 28, enforcement of Santa Monica’s recently updated motorized leaf blower restrictions will be taken over by the City’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE). Originally banned in the early 1990s, motorized leaf […]

City Council Same-Sex Benefits Extended:

Equal rights supporters lauded the first chance for an Equal Benefits ordinance in Santa Monica for same sex and heterosexual domestic partners to apply to City contractors. This ordinance would cover an overlooked section in […]

Small jets sit on the runway at Santa Monica Airport (SMO).

Santa Monica Argues Jet Ban in D.C. Appeals Court:

City staff argued last week in Washington D.C. to uphold a halted-ban on faster jets at the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), which has been contested by the Federal Flight Administration. After months of preparation and […]

Lindsay Lohan’s Dad Attacked in Santa Monica:

As Lindsay Lohan appeared in a Beverly Hills courtroom today to be ordered back into drug rehab, word was spreading about Michael Lohan, her father, being the victim of an assault in Santa Monica the […]

Candidates Disclose Campaign Donors:

The information for this story was obtained from the campaign disclosure statements that were filed on October 21 for the filing period that ended on October 16. The City of Santa Monica and California’s Political […]

Subway restaurant logo.

Montana Ave. Gets Subway (Food):

Montana Avenue will welcome Subway as an affordable dining option despite disputed parking concerns and specific permit conditions habitual to new shops coming to Santa Monica. The “fast food” establishment will replace Patty’s Pizza, which […]