Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at about 7:32 a.m., Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) Officers responded to an apartment building in the 1400 block of Lincoln Blvd regarding a female victim who reported to her friend she was being held against her will. The reporting person, who was calling from Los Angeles, told Santa Monica's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) call-taker that her friend texted her asking for police assistance because her boyfriend had assaulted her, made threats to kill her...
In an effort to "evaluate all available areas of the city for housing potential," the City Council has approved an interim zoning ordinance (IZO) banning non-residential developments in Santa Monica and single-family dwellings in the commercial districts for the next 45 days. Councilmembers said the ban is a "general pause" to allow staff to identify potential housing sites in Santa Monica, as part of the Housing Element Update. The Council will review the IZO for possible extension in April....
Dear Rusty: One of the big pieces of the Social Security puzzle that everyone seems to miss is the protection of other retirement funds. If I did not take SS, I would have to dip into my retirement savings to fund the early part of my retirement. I took SS at my full retirement age rather than wait, so I am preserving my retirement account that has historically been getting 8-9% interest over the last 30 years. Social Security will never give me anything close to those returns. Signed: Smart...
March 17, 2021 A bill to turn currently felonious robbery assaults into misdemeanors was heard for the second time in the California Senate yesterday. The proposal, SB 82, was authored by Senator Nancy Kinner of the East Bay area and will also provide means for individuals currently incarcerated to have their sentences retroactively reduced and those already out to have their sentences vacated. The law creates a third degree of petty theft, petty theft in the first degree. "Petty theft in the...
SANTA MONICA, CA-Santa Monica College (SMC) will offer a flexible array of course offerings for the Fall 2021 semester, which begins Aug. 30. While most of the 2,900-plus classes will be online, a significant number of in-person offerings will also be made available. This coincides with Los Angeles County moving into the red tier today-the loosening of restrictions for various sectors includes allowing institutes of higher education like SMC to provide lecture classes at a reduced room...
This is NO Joke! We are terrified!! Over 300 MEN claiming to be 'women' are sentenced to state prison and headed to the 2 California women's prisons!! They claim to be trans but they are not TRANZ!! They are in manipulation simply to come to women's prisons!! IF you are or know anyone involved in the state legislature or civil rights lawyers, please dispatch them to help the women in California women's prisons!! Here at CIW, we have community showers!! No place for a man!! We have toilets in...
Update, 3:30 pm March 18: "God is so good. Literally just received a text that Sharelle has been found-- safe and alive. I do not have any additional details right now but the heaviness that was on her family is lifted. On behalf of the Hatcher family, we appreciate your swift response and willingness to just help." Hanniyah Sharpe The Santa Monica Police have asked for your assistance in finding a missing person, Sherelle Hatcher. She was reported missing on March 16th, 2021. Sherelle was last...