Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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A Santa Monica man who orchestrated an online romance scam that conned four women, including "Black-ish" actress Jenifer Lewis, into investing in his sham companies was sentenced on Tuesday to 8 years in prison. Antonio Mariot Wilson, also known as "Dr. Tony Mariot" and "Brice Carrington," 58, was also ordered to pay $272,000 in restitution by a federal judge in Los Angeles, who described Wilson's behavior as "vicious," according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office. The judge also...
Santa Monica grocery and drug store workers will receive a temporary $5 hourly pay increase for 120 days as the City Council approved on Tuesday night a "hero pay" ordinance for essential workers in the city. The ordinance, modeled after the recently-passed Los Angeles County measure, mandates the pay raise for publicly-traded grocery store or retail drug companies and retail companies that have at least 300 employees nationwide and more than 10 employees per store site. The 'hero pay" mandate...
The City of Santa Monica has joined forced with local businesses to provide new online resources to local residents looking for employment and to assist with the local economic recovery. The city's website has added a "new job listing" and employment resource page, which will be updated bi-weekly, to highlight local job opportunities and to encourage employers to hire local residents, city officials. "The City of Santa Monica is committed to supporting a strong and sustainable economic recovery...
They pay for every dance, selling each romance.....A male escort who has clients across the United States was sentenced to 21 months in prison yesterday by a federal judge in Florida. His crime was not prostitution related. It was for filing a false corporate tax return in 2018, said officials from the Justice Department's Tax Division. Jami Kopacz, of Fort Lauderdale, was also ordered by District Court Judge Roy K. Altman to pay $278,325 in back taxes to the IRS on the unreported income from...
Santa Monica and other wealthy communities in the Westside have some of the highest Covid-19 inoculation rates in Los Angeles County even though their residents were less affected by the coronavirus, according to new data released by the Public Health Department this week. On the other hand, lower-income communities in the Eastside, which were devastated by the pandemic, have seen fewer vaccines for their residents, health officials said. More than 21% of the residents of Santa Monica have been...
The family of a man who died from Covid-19 in a Santa Monica hospital has filed a police report stating his personal belongings were stolen from his intensive care room. "Instead of writing the eulogy, I was canceling credit cards," said Lila Yomtoob, daughter of 84-year-old Abraham Yomtoob, who passed away on Jan. 15 at Providence St. Johns in Santa Monica. Abraham Yomtoob spent the final weeks of his life with pain and isolation in the ICU, his daughter Lila told the local TV stations. "I...
Most cities in California have struggled to come up with solutions to curb homelessness in their municipalities and it was no different for the Santa Monica City Council last night. At its annual study session on homelessness, the City Council discussed and rehashed at great length current programs for the homeless instead of focusing on new initiatives. "I don't know if we know how to solve this (homelessness) but we have to do something about it," said Councilmember Phil Brock, urging his...
A 32-year-old, convicted felon from Santa Monica was indicted last Friday on gun-related charges after he allegedly shot into his neighbor's backyard during a family gathering, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Jason Scott Walsh was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm without a serial number, said ATF officials. He been in federal custody since Feb. 8. Walsh is...
Santa Monica is taking a tougher stance against landlords who have ignored the eviction moratorium and aggressively tried to force out long-term tenants during the pandemic. The SM City Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against Youseph Golshirazian, Hanokh Golshirazian, and SoCal Investment Company, LLC – owners and managers of a multi-residential property at 153 San Vicente Boulevard – for violations of the city's Tenant Harassment Ordinance and the eviction moratorium, which expires Mar...
The Santa Monica-Malibu School District has announced that it is "committed to in-person instruction as our priority for the fall" as the Center for Disease Control just released its guidance for reopening schools during this pandemic. In an email to parents, Superintendent Dr. Ben Drati said the local school district is planning for 2021-22 school year "with the expectation that our students will back in campus learning in-person to the greatest extend possible. We say this with the...
The Third Street Promenade, the three-block, open-air retail and entertainment district, may be getting a facelift this year. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Santa Monica City Council discussed revitalization plans for the Promenade which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the state's Stay at Home orders. City officials said the Promenade is a vital economic engine for Santa Monica and major contributor to community-serving programs, generating 15% of sales tax revenues citywide. B...
Santa Monica has just signaled it will not tolerate rent gouging during a state of emergency. Last Friday, the SM City Attorney's Office announced it filed a criminal complaint charging the owners of an apartment building at 1433 Euclid Street with "unlawfully raising a tenant's rent by more than the allowed 10 percent during a declared emergency," caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The landlords, WS Communities, LLC and 1433 Euclid Street, LLC, have been charged with three counts of price...
With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to batter the US economy, the Santa Monica City Council received this week an update on the city's finances and its projected budget deficits over the coming years. City staff told the Council the current budget remains balanced through "prudent departmental spending" and by leveraging $14.6 million of the $20 million Shutdown Reserve fund, created during the June 2020 budget process after revenues declined more than anticipated due to the extended winter...
A28-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for breaking into a Santa Monica woman's apartment, slashing her repeatedly and attempting to rape her two years ago. Rashad Devon Harris, of Los Angeles, was recently found guilty on six counts in connection with the violent home invasion that occurred in 2018. He was sentenced to life in State Prison on January 6. According to Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD), on February 23, 2018, at 3:20 a.m., officers responded calls from residents...
Though Santa Monica is prime destination for tourists, celebrities and international jet set, it is not as safe as its neighbors, according to MoneyGeek's safest cities study. Out of more than 30 California cities included on the 989-town list, Santa Monica placed 808, well below Culver City at 492, Redondo Beach at 419, Rancho Palos Verdes at 520 and Beverly Hills at 608. Every year, MoneyGeek, a personal finance company, calculates the safest small cities and towns in the nation – those w...
