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
Bring your kids, dogs and credit cards Saturday, December 6th, to enjoy the annual Montana Avenue Merchants Association's Holiday Walk & Marketplace. Festivities run from 12 PM to 8 PM and Montana will be closed to cars from 9th Street to 17th Street. In addition to great shopping,
Below is a letter sent Nov 16, 2025. To: Mayor Negrete, City Council members, City Manager, and Office of Emergency Management From: Board of Directors, North of Montana Association (NOMA) RE: 11/18/25 item 4-S – Local Hazard Mitigation Plan - Oppose adoption in current form We join, Friends of
Below is a letter sent Nov 7, 2025. Dear City Council members and City Manager Chi, The board of NOMA is strongly in favor of restoring the Civic Auditorium as an entertainment venue. The Civic has historic and cultural significance and with the right leadership could again be a beacon
Dear Friends of NOMA, As many of you have seen, our letter calling out Councilmember Zwick's potential conflicts-of-interest was recently published in the Santa Monica Daily Press. They also just published their own article about COI on City Council. Our neighbors at the Santa Monica Coalition for a
Travis Barker's Run Travis Run event is being held in Santa Monica Sunday 10AM - 2PM. Ocean Ave and San Vicente in the western part of NOMA will experience road closures 7AM-Noon. Below is the complete list of closures: Ocean Ave btwn Arizona Ave & San Vicente 7am-12PM.
NOMA Members, NOMA has been working hard to secure the appropriate State, County and City officials to discuss the Ocean Avenue properties, to provide transparency about how the process unfolded and to discuss the next steps of how the State, County and City moves forward together. Unfortunately, with short notice
To NOMA Residents: We're working to organize an informational meeting about the now-defunct Ocean Avenue projects. This meeting with county, city, and state officials will cover: * How the projects started * Current property status * Future plans for similar projects Important: We're still confirming which officials can attend
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The following letter from the NOMA Board was submitted to the City Attorney. A corresponding opinion piece was ran in the Santa Monica Daily Press. City Attorney von Tongeln: Thank you for stressing regular order and established city code in regard to the Mills Act applications discussion at the October
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Dear Supervisor Horvath. The Board of Directors of the North of Montana Association (NOMA) thanks you for listening to our residents and terminating the controversial mental health housing facilities proposed for Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. Your willingness to listen to your constituents is greatly appreciated. As you noted in
County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath has announced that the mental health facilities slated for the 400 and 800 blocks of Ocean Ave are to be terminated. Below is her press release. SUPERVISOR HORVATH DIRECTS TERMINATION OF OCEAN AVENUE HOUSING PROJECTS, DIRECTS DMH AND PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS October 27th, 2025
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October 27, 2025 The Honorable Lindsey P. Horvath Los Angeles County Supervisor, Third District 500 West Temple Street, Room 866 Los Angeles, CA 90012 The Honorable Members of the City Council City of Santa Monica 1685 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Dr. Ryan Smith St. Joseph Center 204 Hampton
Join the conversation and voice your opinions and concerns about all things Metro at a public listening session via Zoom on Thur. Oct 30th at 6PM. Santa Monica is struggling to cope with the nightly "end-of-line" discharge of dozens of homeless individuals who make the train their home
Bring the family for an afternoon of trick-or-treating, snacks, shopping and a whole lot of family-oriented fun on Montana Ave! Oct. 31 from 3-6PM.
Given the new directives from LA County, St. Joseph Center is rescheduling their community meeting to Wednesday Nov. 5th. Please refer to their letter below. NOMA will continue to keep you informed as this issue progresses. Our next meeting is Thursday Nov. 6th at 7pm on Zoom. Link: https://us02web.
Yesterday, LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath announced that, "in response to concerns raised by constituents" at our NOMA meeting last Thursday, the two mental health facilities on Ocean Avenue will be paused "to allow for more community engagement." The announcement is below. This is a win
The Board of NOMA has joined the widespread opposition to opening mental health facilities for the unhoused in our neighborhood. Below is our letter to City Council, the City Attorney's Office, and the City Manager's Officer, voicing our concerns and opposition. It has also been shared