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City Council sets priorities ahead of budget process - Santa Monica Daily Press

City Council sets priorities ahead of budget process Mar. 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Santa Monica City Council has set the community priorities that will guide the city’s budget process through 2023 during a meeting Saturday that featured hours of debate on the most significant problems facing the city. “As you know well, this week marks the one-year anniversary of our lives in the pandemic. And what I want you to hear from me today is that while we are looking back on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic and all of the emotions that brings up within the community, we also are in a moment where we will begin to see, quite soon, the very earliest stages of our community recovery,” Interim City Manager Lane Dilg said Saturday while she outlined the recent restructuring of city services and finances.

Santa Monica's Shared Mobility program to be expanded - Santa Monica Daily Press

Santa Monica’s Shared Mobility program to be expanded Mar. 12, 2021 at 6:00 am Transit: While car trips declined, bus usage and bike ridership remained strong during the pandemic. File photos Santa Monica’s Shared Mobility program will soon be expanded to include four operators after a 5-2 vote by City Council this week. Staff recommended that Council shift the city’s mobility program from its current permitting model to a contracting model in order to mitigate affordability concerns and market volatility that has disrupted service for some customers since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Councilmembers decided to extend the city’s current pilot program to June 30, 2021, approve a second permit-based Shared Mobility Pilot Program and asked staff to issue a Request for Applications seeking for up to four shared mobility operators in Santa Monica from July 1, 2021, through March 30, 2023.

City Council readies for homelessness, affordable housing discussions

City Council readies for homelessness, affordable housing discussions Feb. 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Santa Monica City Council is set to meet Tuesday to discuss homelessness and affordable housing, two topics that have been heavily discussed by residents in recent weeks. The City of Santa Monica typically would have completed the Point-In-Time homeless count by now, but the ongoing pandemic has forced city officials and others in the Westside to pivot and determine how they can better focus emergency response on the regional homelessness crisis that has been exacerbated by COVID-19. Local property owners have complained multiple times in the last month about the growing number of individuals who camp out in public elevators and garages.

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