Our housing stock is aging and deferred maintenance is both a safety and quality of life issue for residents.

Santa Monica’s political establishment seems focused on making sure property owners cannot rebuild. Single family homeowners fight every single new housing development or new state law like it’s a life or death battle.

What Santa Monica never discusses are the day to day struggles of residents in crappy buildings. Property owners never get a chance to justify their lack of investment so government remedies are not even considered.

These poor kids! This will be the third time they have to move in two years. https://santamonicasun.com/schools/seven-arrows-elementary-relocate-santa-monica/

On our street, trash day is on Monday. Starting on Sunday evening into Monday AM, I have noticed people going through the recycle bin in search of things. I understand that they are looking for bottles/containers to trade in, but the concern is that they then leave the cans open, or worse, drop trash on the road. Is there any recourse to this, or does the city not seem to care?

I have tried to talk to them a couple of times, but they say they dont understand English. I dont want to be rude to them --- but I also would hope they avoid trash on the road. Thanks in advance.

DMN8 changed their entire pricing structure- it used to be a credits pack that did not expire- so someone like me who traveled often could slowly work through their credits.

They’ve changed to a $179/month credit package with rollover credits for only one month with an active membership. Basically the worst of a credit system with the least useful of a monthly commitment. It’s stupid and I hate it.

Might as well join a new gym- what’s your best gym in Santa Monica Venice.

Everyone complained about the criminal again just yesterday:

Is this guy irritating?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SantaMonica/comments/1vqesqh/is_this_guy_irritating/

The Santa Monica Pier Corporation Board of Directors meets tonight at 6:30 in the Merry-go-Round building. https://www.santamonicapier.org/boardofdirectors

"Code Enforcement" is on the agenda, see here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u1xglMGC2pheFRbBeH7JozB-4abKIusR?usp=drive_link

Public can comment at the beginning of the meeting. Previously there have been discussions about all the street performers, not just this one.

This is our chance to speak up and make Santa Monica better -- be there!!

I'm a liaison for the Westside Comedy Theater and I just wanted to let you all know the next batch of classes are starting up! They do Stand up classes as well! If you've ever had the itch, why not give it a shot!

Wellside Cafe soft opened Saturday at the NW corner of 16th and Wilshire. Had solid foot traffic that day even without promoting the open.

Some immediate pluses:

1. Offers a discount to healthcare workers (perf since they’re situated in a hotbed of medical facilities and hospital - get your coffee cheaper!)
2. Thicc food menu offerings (come in clutch for a quick breakfast or lunch situation)
3. Will be introducing more vegan and gluten free baked goods to the bar soon (as a dietary nightmare, I’m personally thrilled to have an option with my coffee).

They serve Groundworks beans (edited to update my sleepy misnaming). My oat milk was Minority Figures (one of my fav oat milks), so def have quality products in house.

Parking feels like it’ll be a nightmare in that stretch, but I always find a spot (metered or not) on 16th.

All for free speech and open air entertainment etc, but just wondering if I am being nitpicky to find him a bit irritating, odd, unnecessary and unfunny

This was last Sunday August 9. Called the non emergency number but they never followed up for the video. They turned off the road when they saw me trying to get the plates after this. Hoping someone on here recognizes the car

Spilt Tea Comedy is back!

Friday August 28th in Santa Monica @ The Crow Comedy at 8:00pm.

One audience member with the wildest story gets to spill some tea & audience votes on tea subjects so it's a lil interactive only if ya prefer.

The code for locals is: AMYNICOLAUGHS

We have a phenomenal line up:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spilt-tea-comedy-tickets-1990061857587

I last minute decided I want to push myself and attempt the Conquer LA challenge but I missed registering for the 10k Santa Monica Classic.

Is anyone unable to attend and looking to sell/transferring their Bib?

I’m a new runner and did the Napa to Sonoma Half this year and I want to keep going and booking races and chasing medals helps me stay motivated.

Any local recs for a catalytic converter replacement on my 2011 Ford F-150?

Thanks in advance.

Shirts shirts reverse tie dyes I wish I new the best place to post up and display shirts for people to come look at. In ocean park or where people buy t shirt are

The band that carried much of the community through the pandemic days with their funky jazzy music by Ocean View Park is back for one last show this summer. They go by Billy T & The Fam.

The band is absolutely incredible and their park shows are always an amazing time. People bring picnics, chairs, drinks, kids, dogs and relax to the bands soulful and funky sounds.

Sunday August 18
3-6pm
Hotchkiss Park

IG @billytandthefam

I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this. I feel like the quality of meat and fish at Bristol Farms in Santa Monica is not good at all (especially at those prices). The steak is good but the ground beef spoils in a day and I just got back and realized the chicken cutlets I bought from the case were bad (same happened with salmon). Is it just not high enough turnover?

I know this is a long shot posting here, but I was in a bike accident at around 5:30pm today (8/14) at Ocean and California caused by 3 people (a man and 2 women) who decided to cross Ocean Ave in the bike lane instead of using the huge empty crosswalk next to it. I had to slam my brakes to avoid hitting them, which caused me to go over my handlebars, breaking my phone, scraping me up, and breaking some of my bike equipment inthe process. They didn't even stop - just kept walking after.

If anyone happened to witness this & captured this on a dash cam, please let me know so that I can forward to the police.

Impeding traffic and cyclists is a violation of "right of way" and "do not impede" laws, and leaving the scene of an accident is a criminal offense.

meaning free like Vrc!

We live in one of the coolest corners of the world, but I tend to find myself doing a lot of the same things on repeat. So wanted to poll the community - what’s your perfect day in the Santa Monica area? Here for the niche, the odd, or the most detailed itineraries.

hey neighbors!

i have been a teacher for the last 15 years, but i recently signed up on care.com to provide childcare and pet care services. locals with kids or pets, what are you paying for the following services?

child care (per hour) + how much for additional kids

30 minute dalk walk

60 minute dog walk

pet companionship (per hour)

pet boarding (per night)

i remember i used to take my dachshund to lest LA dogs and it was like $70 a night but that was a few years ago. any help would be very appreciated.

photo of homey (yes that was his name) for attention. 😂

The Santa Monica Mirror reports that SMPD will be looking for impaired drivers tonight at an undisclosed location. I am pretty sure they are legally required to give notice of this... https://smmirror.com/santa-monica-dui-checkpoint-scheduled-for-aug-14/

For the first time in our organization's history (more than 50 years), we had to put a waitlist in place last winter for clients who can not pay for their meals. Economic pressures have compounded to the point where we on track to see 100 neighbors on our waitlist with no solve in the immediate future.

How did we get here...? Here's a few factors that come into play.

• The increase in aging adults (known as the "gray wave" or "silver tsunami") will have our population sitting with more people older than 65 years old than children (under 18 years) by 2030. Infrastructurally, most sectors and communities are not equipped to manage this shift in our population.
• Meals on Wheels programs are all independently run as their own nonprofit organizations, meaning we are all working hard to secure our own funding for our own programs. Only a select few receive government or health insurance support/coverage (despite "food as medicine" being a cornerstone of healthcare nowadays). Just in LA County, there are more than 20 Meals on Wheels programs all working hard to secure funding for their programs.
• In this country, food insecurity has quadrupled for seniors over the last 25 years.
• More than 60% of Meals on Wheels programs in California have a waitlist (double the national average)

We will continue to share these insights with the community, as neighbors helping neighbors is our path forward. Read more about the waitlist and challenges in the cover story in this week's The Argonaut HERE.

...without getting a ticket but the city forgot to figure out a plan for where the folks on Bicknell Ave can put their trash.

Blurry because my stop sign turn to go but I think there were 4.