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,
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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
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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
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-
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
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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