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Reply SANTA MONICA, CA — The following letter-to-the-editor was sent to Patch on behalf of two SMMUSD school board members, Jon Kean and Laurie Lieberman. January 5, 2021 Subscribe Although he was sworn in as a member of the Santa Monica City Council on December 8, 2020, Oscar de la Torre persists in falsely claiming that he is still a member of the School Board. As part of his distorted reasoning, he also insists on denigrating the work of the Board of Education, deliberately fomenting disc...

Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 8:40pm SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) is seeking a increase of developer fees that go to the district from $2.24 per square foot to $3.20 per square foot. They plan to use the increase in revenue to support its program to reconstruct existing facilities, funds that are needed due to rising costs in South Lake Tahoe. The current fee structure has been in place since 2013. It is calculated on all living area ...

Year in Review Part 4: December Dec. 30, 2020 at 6:00 am The Santa Monica Police Department added a new canine to the team that will allow it to conduct sweeps for guns and other explosive devices like never before. Jack, SMPD’s newest canine recruit, can sniff out weapon parts, ammunition, carbon, gun oils, cleaning solvents, fireworks, black powder and several other components related to firearms from nearly 50 yards away. As daily COVID-19 case rates reached record highs, L.A. County issue...

Close A bevy of laws go into effect Jan. 1 following California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature in 2020. Here are five pieces of legislation highlighted to keep in mind going into the new year. Archived file photo by Roberto Flores/Palo Verde Valley Times By Uriel Avendano/Times Editor Dec 30, 2020

SLO County found nothing wrong, now forced to investigate December 30, 2020 By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County spent years dismissing allegations the San Simeon Community Services District violated competitive bidding rules related to government grants. Now, the state of California has ordered the county to investigate because it serves as the administrator for three grants. Allegations that the district had failed to seek bids for contract work began circulating through the community in 2...

Canyon News SANTA MONICA—On Thursday, December 17, conflict broke out during a Santa Monica Malibu School District Board Meeting. City Councilmember Oscar De la Torre refused to step down as a member of the board. The district believes that per Government Code Section 1099, which prohibits elected officials from holding “incompatible offices,” De la Torre forfeited his board position when he assumed a seat on City Council on December 8. During the meeting De la Torre made multiple atte...

City Council member de la Torre refuses to step down from School Board Dec. 18, 2020 at 1:34 pm Oscar de la Torre Conflict broke out in a Dec. 17 School Board meeting when City Council member Oscar de la Torre attempted to continue serving as a Board member and was told he could only speak as a member of the public.  The District believes that per Government Code Section 1099, which prohibits elected officials from holding “incompatible offices”, de la Torre forfeited his Board position wh...