• Council Candidate: Lana Negrete

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    All candidates were given an opportunity to provide written answers to a set of questions provided by SMDP and two sets of answers will be printed each day. Answers are also available online alongside additional information from each candidate.
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  • Council Candidate: Armen Melkonians

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    All candidates were given an opportunity to provide written answers to a set of questions provided by SMDP and two sets of answers will be printed each day. Answers are also available online alongside additional information from each candidate.
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  • James ‘Jimmy’ Cooley, who survived terrible burn accident as a child, dies at age 62

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    He moved away from Santa Monica as an adult but his sister said he was a “Santa Monica boy through and through” and she is still grateful for the support the community showed her family ...
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  • Food Bank’s Hunger Walk returns to raise $100,000

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Courtesy photo Westside Food Bank’s (WSFB) Annual 5K Hunger Walk is returning to Santa Monica in person this weekend for the first time in two years. The event’s goal is to raise over $ ...
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  • Revised plan for 13,000 new housing units heads to council

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    501 Broadway, 1325 6th St, 1318 Lincoln Blvd., 1323 5th St, 1338 5th St. Courtesy image Following a months-long saga, Santa Monica City Council is on track to approve and adopt a revised version ...
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  • Power outage in Wilmont neighborhood

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Santa Monica Fire Department responded to a transformer fire on the 1700 block of 14th Street at about 4:45 p.m. Power was knocked out in the surrounding area and Edison estimated repairs ...
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  • Yes on Prop. 28 hits Samohi

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Music: A group of music industry giants came to Santa Monica High School to advocate for Prop. 28 last week. Rapper and record producer Dr. Dre, music executive Jimmy Iovine, rapper Lil Baby ...
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  • Council Candidate: Whitney Bain

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    My plan to offer a 5% utility tax reduction is a reasonable one that would benefit every Santa Monica citizen with $20-$40 dollar reduction each month that they can spend on food, other utilities ...
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  • PCH projects will protect vulnerable highway

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) could be getting some much needed attention just north of Santa Monica with two Caltrans projects on the way that could shore up the delicate coastal thoroughfare.
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  • Public Safety Oversight Commission again draws police union ire

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    In November 2020, Santa Monica Police Officers Association (SMPOA) then-president Erika Aklufi wrote a letter requesting officers be added to the new commission.
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  • Council Candidate: Samantha Mota

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    to Santa Monica. Therefore, that money should be thoroughly and properly reassessed to see whether it should continue flowing to the service or reassigned to other needs. Why has Santa Monica ...
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  • Council Candidate: Jesse Zwick

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    As a result, Santa Monica suffers from an extreme jobs/ homes imbalance, which has caused soaring rents and gentrification, fueled homelessness, and currently forces over 80,000 people employed in ...
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  • Council Candidate: Ellis Raskin

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Landlords have the right to a fair return, and Santa Monica’s rent control law provides property owners the right to petition for a rent increase if they are not making a fair return.
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  • Council Candidate: Natalya Zernitskaya

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Why has Santa Monica become a hub of transit innovation including scooters, self driving cars, delivery drones and zero-emission vehicles and is this industry one that should be encouraged to grow ...
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  • Council Candidate: Caroline Torosis

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Caroline Torosis: Torosis is a Rent Control Board Commissioner and an attorney. Courtesy photo All candidates were given an opportunity to provide written answers to a set of questions provided by ...
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  • Outrage over illegal tree trimming unlikely to yield prosecution

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A spokesperson for the City of Santa Monica said that with lack of evidence there is little they can do to enforce the municipal code which states that “no person shall cut, trim, prune” a ...
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  • Quake study is a reminder be prepared

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Courtesy image This year’s upcoming Great Shakeout earthquake preparedness drills in Santa Monica will be informed by the fact that the Palos Verdes fault off the city’s coast is capable of ...
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  • New state laws will make waves in Santa Monica

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Authored by Santa Monica’s representative in the California State Senate, Sen. Ben Allen, the bill was co-sponsored by the City of Santa Monica as well as the City of West Hollywood. “
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  • Council Candidate: Troy Harris

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Why has Santa Monica become a hub of transit innovation including scooters, self driving cars, delivery drones and zero-emission vehicles and is this industry one that should be encouraged to grow ...
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  • Abortion rights rally and protest scheduled for Saturday

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Abortion rights will take center stage in Santa Monica this weekend. In response to the Unite for Life Festival, an event put on by the anti-abortion organization Live Action set to take place on ...
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