When The Ratkovich Co. submitted an application to build 1,061 residential units on unused land in Alhambra in May 2017, Brian Saenger, the company’s president and chief executive, said he had no idea of the difficulties that would lie ahead.
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After serving the city of Berkeley since May 2019, deputy city manager David White will join Santa Monica’s executive team as its next city manager beginning Oct. 11.
Prior to joining Berkeley, White served as city manager for Fairfield for five years, according to a city of Santa Monica press release. White’s employment contract will be considered by the Santa Monica City Council on July 27, the press release added.
“Santa Monica is a wonderful community and I am eager to engage and work closely with the City Council, staff, residents, and businesses implementing City Council’s top priorities achieving a clean and safe Santa Monica, addressing homelessness, and ensuring an equitable and inclusive economic recovery,” White said in the press release.
The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will review an independent report that found problems with how the Santa Monica Police Department responded to May 31 protests and civil unrest sparked by a Minneapolis officer's murder of George Floyd.
By City News Service
May 8, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will review an independent report that found problems with how the Santa Monica Police Department responded to May 31 protests and civil unrest sparked by a Minneapolis officer s murder of George Floyd.
The report, which was conducted by OIR Group at the request of the City Council, began in October 2020 and was released on Tuesday. The team reviewed emails, texts, audio recordings, body-camera footage and other footage, as well as interviewed participants and observers of the events, held two public listening sessions and targeted listening sessions with the Board of Directors of Downtown Santa Monica and people involved in the Black Agenda for Santa Monica project.