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
NOMA Members, Due to speaker availability, we are unfortunately going to have to cancel this month's meeting scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 5th. Our March meeting will go forward as we have several topics to discuss and our lineup will include our new mayor Caroline Torosis. Please mark your
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
MAIN TOPIC: A discussion on homelessness with State, County, City officials, including insights on 413/825 Ocean Ave.
NOTE: NOMA is aware of the illegal activity over the holiday weekend at 413 Ocean and will have City, County and State Officials provide updates and answer your questions submitted in advance of the meeting. Submit your questions here. We will be focusing on the status of the Behavioral Health
At the Dec. 4th NOMA meeting, we will be focusing on the status of the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing projects on Ocean Avenue (which are no longer moving forward), the lessons learned from that process, and how the City, County, and State plan, fund, and coordinate interim housing and behavioral
As many of you are aware, NOMA, along with five other neighborhood groups, recently contacted the Santa Monica City Attorney regarding Councilmember Zwick’s new job with an organization that promotes development, and how it poses a significant conflict of interest. The City Attorney has reached out to the California