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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa Monica police are seeking the public's help finding a 93-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen in the Downtown ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 23, 2026 -- A 16-year-old male from Las Vegas has turned himself in to police for the fatal shooting that took place near the Pier shortly after midnight Sunday, police officials said Thursday.

Fifteen potential candidates pulled papers to run for three open City Council seats during the first week of the nominating period that kicked off Monday. The candidates included incumbents Caroline ...

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 ...