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The Santa Monica City Council approved April 9 a resolution that would establish new parking rates in downtown structures for disabled tenants living in 100 percent affordable housing in the area, particularly where onsite parking is unavailable.

Day parking at the Santa Monica Main Library will now cost $10, up from $5.

News, Santa Monica, Library, Parking

Santa Monica Main Library Parking To Cost More For Day Users

Posted Feb. 19, 2013, 9:04 am

Planning to park at the Main Library parking lot for an entire weekday? Expect to pay twice as much to do so, as the Santa Monica City Council approved Tuesday a rate increase for those parking at the Main Library.

AMC bowed out of the negotiation process for building a 70,000 square foot movie theater on the site of Parking Structure 3 at 1320 Fourth Street.

News, City Council, Downtown, Santa Monica, Parking

New Downtown Santa Monica Movie Theater Plan Heads In New Direction

Posted Dec. 14, 2012, 1:32 am

A new council was installed Tuesday night and suddenly two developments that seemed so certain of moving forward earlier this year may have significantly altered plans. While the Dec. 11 meeting ended with a vote to rescind the adoption of an ordinance granting a development agreement to replace Village Trailer Park with a multi-use development, the Santa Monica City Council earlier directed staff to explore whether a state-of-the-art movie theater can still be built in the downtown after AMC bowed out of the negotiation process in November.

New parking changes come into effect on Monday, Oct. 1. Pictured above is a sign notifying of the changes at the entry to the Santa Monica Place structure. All downtown structures are affected.

News, Santa Monica, Parking

Downtown Santa Monica Parking Rates To Increase, Free Parking To Decrease

Posted Sep. 29, 2012, 11:00 pm

Planning to park in the downtown Santa Monica? New parking rates and changes to free parking time limits come into play this Monday, Oct. 1.

City Council, Opinion, Letters To The Editor, Parking

Letter To The Editor: Santa Monica's Greedy Parking Meter Attitude Unwelcome

Posted Aug. 25, 2012, 2:09 am

Recently when jogging by Santa Monica College I noticed holes being drilled into the center of every metered parking space and a strange object being inserted. When I got home it dawned on me what I saw. I remembered reading that the city of Santa Monica was going to put sensors beneath each metered parking space so that when a car departed the meter would reset to zero.

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