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I am a taxpayer and native of the City of Santa Monica. I am requesting the termination of Terry White, Chief Deputy of the Criminal Division of the City of Santa Monica’s City Attorney’s office. Mr. White has refused to uphold the law, creating a blatant dereliction of duty.
Curious City
LET’S HAVE SOME FUN, FIRST …before I start my litany of what’s going wrong in our fragile, under-assault but still-idyllic FOR NOW little kingdom by the sea. Kingdom by the sea? Oh, aren’t we elitist? Isn’t Santa Monica special? No, we’re not, but yes, it is. But I won’t go into that now. I promised some fun. I think this is fun. I’ve seen before where some group would try to bring New Yawk pizza to LA by plane and deliver it hot and of course, have to charge like $200 a pie.
New Police Chief Cynthia Renaud sworn in
Surrounded by prominent Santa Monica community members and police officers from throughout California and as far as the east coast, Cynthia Renaud was sworn in as the Santa Monica Police Department’s newest police chief Wednesday at the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club. She will be Santa Monica’s 17th police chief.
University of California nurses, medical workers join strike
Tens of thousands of University of California nurses, pharmacists and radiologists joined a three-day strike Tuesday in support of university service workers who are demanding higher wages. Workers dressed in bright green T-shirts banged drums as they picketed for a second day outside the university system’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. The 29,000 medical workers heeded a call by custodians, cafeteria workers and gardeners for a sympathy strike and plan to join them again on Wednesday.
Korean National Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison for Role in Scheme that Avoided Paying Excise Taxes on Millions of Cigarettes
A Korean national who was living in the United States as an illegal alien has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the United States by evading millions of dollars in federal excise taxes due on 143 million cigarettes.
Ellis Act Legislation Passes Out of Second Policy Committee
Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s (D-Santa Monica) bill to protect California tenants from eviction passed out of its second Assembly Committee today on a 7-3 vote. The measure, AB 2364, closes loopholes in the Ellis Act that have allowed some landlords to displace tenants and raise the price of rent control units. Though misuse of the Ellis Act has existed for decades, the current housing crisis has exacerbated the problem.
Rent Control tenants will see 2.9 percent increase in September
Landlords may raise the rent in controlled units 2.9 percent Sept. 1st, according to a city report on the annual general adjustment allowed under the City Charter. Elected leaders will consider whether to place a dollar cap to limit the increase for tenants paying some of the highest rents in the city at a June 14 public hearing.
Council approves rate increase
Business owners and residents will see costs go up on their March water bill after the City Council approved a 5 percent rate increase for 2018 at their Jan. 9 meeting. The money will help pay for a Sustainable Water Master Plan update and other facility upgrades and studies needed for the city to reach its goal of water self-sufficiency by 2020. With the increase, the average bi-monthly residential bill rises from $91.64 to $96.27, according to staff estimates.
March We Must, Saturday
The week before I declared, “I am now, for no particular reason or event, determined to be unrelentingly optimistic.” It ain’t easy when you put your intentions out there for many to read, remember, look up and throw back at you, and then Agent Orange makes it so hard to make good on them. Come on, that’s only 63 words in, I’m not losing you already because you’re so sick of hearing about Herr Hair, am I? Always remember, that’s a crucial part of his strategy.
California governor considers one-tunnel water plan
Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is proposing scaling back his troubled plans to redo California’s water system, releasing a new plan that would build only one tunnel to ship water from Northern California instead of two, and put Southern and central California water agencies directly in charge of designing and building it.
Wave of lawsuits filed to block net-neutrality repeal
The expected wave of litigation against the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net-neutrality rules has begun. A group of attorneys general for 21 states and the District of Columbia sued Tuesday to block the rules. So did Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, public-interest group Free Press and New America’s Open Technology Institute. Others may file suit as well, and a major tech-industry lobbying group has said it will support litigation.
School Board begins the year with conflict of interest hearing
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will have its first board meeting of the year this Thursday, Jan. 18. Highlighted on the agenda’s docket include Early Learning Pathway, the ongoing Vasquez conflict of interest investigation, as well as financial audits: The Board will receive one of two annual updates on its Early Learning Pathway program that prepares students for academic success at a very early age.
Santa Monica Daily Press
Deputy Sheriff, three cohorts arrested in drug trafficking scheme after agreeing to provide security for narcotics shipments A Los Angeles County deputy sheriff who allegedly agreed on two occasions to oversee the delivery of narcotics and other contraband in exchange for cash payments was arrested Tuesday morning, along with three other men, on federal narcotics charges.
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