News and Events

• A DUSK-TO-DAWN EVENT ON THE SANTA MONICA BEACH AND PIER, SATURDAY, JULY 19 FROM 7 P.M. TO 7 A.M.

  Glow will fill the hours between dusk to dawn with compelling, enchanting and effervescent sights and sounds situated in spaces and times that expand possibilities for where, how and when the public experiences contemporary art. 

  With the historic Santa Monica Pier and adjacent world-famous Santa Monica Beach as their space, artists will be commissioned to create unique and inviting works of art that welcome the public to be both audience and actor for twelve celebratory hours. Inspired by the wildly successful Nuit Blanche in Paris, Glow takes its spirit from the fabled grunion that live in local waters and come ashore several times a year to spawn in the sand creating a momentary sensation of iridescence... More on GLOW

• LATEST SANTA MONICA AIRPORT INFORMATION

  NEW - On June 3, 2008, the FAA served the city with its opposition to the city’s Application for a Stay Pending Appeal.  The city’s Reply to the FAA’s Opposition was filed with the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 10, 2008.  As indicated below, the Court will make its ruling after consideration of the written arguments submitted by the parties, but there is no fixed schedule for the Court’s ruling on the stay request. 

  FAA Response to Stay Motion, June 3, 2008

  City's response to the FAA's Opposition to Stay Motion, June 9, 2008

  More on the Santa Monica Airport...

• TWILIGHT DANCE SERIES CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST!

The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series will present three premieres, a 30-year reunion and ten weeks of summer fun in its 24th season!  Every Thursday at 7 p.m., the Pier offers the best in eclectic and worldly rock, pop, jazz and blues will carry us through to August 28th’s closing concert, a full evening with Reggae pioneer Toots & the Maytals!  More information and lineup...

• The LUCE Strategy Framework is online at the Shape the Future 2025 project website, www.shapethefuture2025.net.  The LUCE Strategy Framework encompasses the community’s vision for the City’s future.  The Planning Commission held a series of public hearings and will present the Strategy Framework to Council in June.

  PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT:

  City Council Meeting - Tuesday, July 8, 6:45 p.m. City Council Chambers, Second Floor, Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California

  HOW TO COMMENT: The City of Santa Monica encourages public comment. You may comment at the City Council meetings, or by writing a letter. Written information will be given to the Planning Commission at the meeting.

  Address your letters to:
  Eileen Fogarty, Director
  Re: LUCE Strategy Framework
  Planning & Community Development Department
  1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Council Meeting Wrap Up

• Council Meeting Wrap Up - July 15, 2008