Dear NOMA Friends and Neighbors - Last week, the Board of NOMA made a momentous decision: we are not applying for City grant funding this year due to the unnecessarily restrictive new rules imposed by the current City Council. Below is the letter we sent to City Manager Oliver Chi
Two weeks from tonight! Mayor Caroline Torosis will be at our next NOMA meeting. When: Thursday, April 2 from 7pm to 8:30pm PST via Zoom Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81526517066
Join us this evening to hear State Assemblymember Rick Zbur talk about upcoming statewide legislation that impacts our community. He will explain AB 1740, the bill he recently authored, which affects the Coastal Commission and development in Santa Monica. We will also be joined by Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Chair
State Assemblymember Rick Zbur will join NOMA to talk about upcoming statewide legislation that impacts our community. Zbur will explain AB 1740, the bill he recently authored, which affects the Coastal Commission and development in Santa Monica. We will also be joined by Santa Monica Planning Commissioner Chair Josh Hamilton,
As part of our mission to improve safety in our neighborhood, NOMA has arranged for a special promotion with SMPA (Santa Monica Protective Assoc.), the private security team dedicated to our neighborhood. IF YOU'RE A PAID NOMA MEMBER AND NEW TO SMPA: Join SMPA and your dues payment
Hello fellow NOMA members, At our next meeting on March 5th we will be updating our bylaws for the first time in a decade! Please take time to review the changes and come (via Zoom) ready to vote. The suggested updates can be found here. You can reply to this
Jan 27,2026 Dear Mayor Torosis and Councilmembers, NOMA SUPPORTS (Agenda Item 16 – H) adjusting the City Council schedule and agenda management to increase BOTH efficiency AND community engagement. We thank Councilmember Negrete for bringing it forward. We ask that the Council takes the time to discuss and support Councilmember
Jan. 26, 2026 Dear Mayor Torosis, Council Members and City Manager Chi, We are writing on behalf of Santa Monica’s North of Montana Association (NOMA). We are affirming our continued commitment and support of the letter that we previously sent to your attention (please see below, dated 12/8/
NOMA Community - In September, NOMA and five other neighborhood organizations urged the City Attorney to investigate Councilmember Zwick's potential conflict of interest after he accepted a job as a housing advocate for the non-profit HAC. We also wrote an editorial to the Santa Monica Daily Press calling
December 15, 2025 Re: Clarifying Our Community’s Position Re: December 10, 2025 Correspondence to City Council Dear Mayor Torosis and Members of Santa Monica City Council, The North of Montana Association (NOMA) writes in response to the December 10, 2025 letter to the Santa Monica City Council, in which
The following letter was sent by Wilmont and signed by 6 of the 7 neighborhood organizations. December 10, 2025 Dear Mayor Torosis, Council members and City Manager, On behalf of the undersigned neighborhood groups, we write to express our deep concern about the process used to present and adopt the
Dec. 8, 2025 To: Members of Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commission, City Manager Chi, Members of Santa Monica City Council, SMMUSD Board of Education and SMC Board of Trustees, The Boards of the Neighborhood Organizations listed below are in full SUPPORT of the Artificial Turf Ban Resolution passed by