May 30, 2025 -- After rising in each of the first four months of the year, Santa Monica rents decreased by -0.9 percent in ...

May 30, 2025 -- A Santa Monica landlord has agreed to pay $685,000 to settle three related tenant harassment and discrimination lawsuits and to no longer manage residential property in the city.

May 29, 2025 -- Santa Monica on Tuesday hired its fifth City manager in as many years after the City Council unanimously appointed and approved a contract with Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi. Chi, who ...

May 29, 2025 -- Santa Monica police this month cracked down on fare evaders at the 4th Street Expo light rail station Downtown resulting in four arrests, police officials said.

May 23, 2025 -- After a five-month search, the City Council announced Friday it has selected 45-year-old Irvine City Manager ...

May 28, 2025 -- A bill that makes it faster and easier to build taller residential buildings near transit stops by overriding local zoning restrictions is on its way to a full vote of the State Senate ...

Next Monday, June 2 at 7 p.m. in the Music Hall, the SMC Jazz Ensemble -- with Grammy Award-winning guest artist Bill Cunliffe -- will explore “La Gratitude,” a program featuring jazz ensemble ...

The survey was released two weeks after housing and parks advocates faced off over the future of the airport land ( "Airport ...

May 27, 2025 -- A total of 254 full-time positions became vacant in the City last year as officials look for ways to recruit and retain workers, including allowing many to work from home.

May 19, 2025 -- The City Council last Tuesday voted to oppose a State bill that would speed up the rebuilding of homes devastated by January's wildfires but could cripple Santa Monica's climate goals.

May 21, 2025 -- Santa Monica is the second least affordable city to buy a home, according to WalletHub, a personal finance company that sampled 300 cities of varying sizes nationwide. Only Santa ...

May 27, 2025 -- Santa Monica is being overrun with cats and dogs, and earlier this month the City Council quietly took action to rein in the problem. In a decision approved on consent with no ...