Santa Monica's bed tax, or Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) -- which is currently 15 percent for hotels and motels and 17 percent for homeshares -- is refunded when guests qualify as permanent residents ...

Santa Monica residents Tuesday evening will join 38 million neighbors in 17,000 communities for National Night Out, an annual event promoting police-community relationships. The free event -- which ...

It took one day, instead of eight, to tear down a portion of the Pier Bridge over Appian Way, allowing the roadway that provides access to the south side of the Pier parking lot to reopen Tuesday, ...

July 30, 2026 -- The City Council Tuesday night scrapped a ballot measure that would have allowed tenants to move a family member into their units without giving the landlord a reason why.

July 29, 2026 – Waymo will be barred from operating its charging and servicing lots on Broadway overnight after an LA County Superior Court judge on Monday granted the City's motion for a preliminary ...

In the latest incident, police officials credited quick work by SMPD detectives and forensic personnel for the arrest of a suspect less than three hours after the victim was found by officers in an ...

An item added to tonight's City Council agenda could delay a plan six months in the making to close Samoshel and relocate the Downtown shelter's residents to a local motel and a shelter outside the ...

A City-run diversion court that provides homeless individuals who commit misdemeanor crimes a path to treatment and housing has produced 29 graduates and dismissed 58 criminal cases in its first two ...

The sudden decline in the numbers comes after LAHSA took over the annual census from the City in 2024. That year, the number of homeless individuals counted dropped from 926 to 774, while the number ...

July 27, 2026 – Santa Monica Police arrested a suspect Saturday night in the killing of a woman inside an assisted care housing facility for homeless residents in the Pico Neighborhood.

Former Santa Monica mayor Denny Zane retired this month after nearly two decades heading Move LA, the non-profit behind countywide ballot measures that are generating nearly $4 billion a year from tax ...

July 24, 2026 -- Five Santa Monica College (SMC) students have been selected to receive the highly competitive Space Camp Scholarship awarded by the Proctor Foundation for Art and Science. Selected ...