March 12, 2026
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City Manager, Superintendent Decry State of Schools:

Santa Monica City Manager Rod Gould cited a 2008 RAND study and the interconnectedness between quality schools and property values in a speech during the “State of Our Schools” presentation at the Santa Monica library […]

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 […]