What's Happening Around our Mid City Neighborhood in October

Last weekend was big, and the rest of October portends the same. Check out the calendar below, and go to MidCityNeighbors.org to join our email list and become a member.

Friday, October 6, Princess Bride shows at The Pier; this Saturday Santa Monica artist, Cindy Bendat gives final walk-through of BE THE CHANGE: Los Angeles Protest Photographs 2003-2017 (see below for details); also on Saturday, Sacred Places, a Santa Monica Conservancy tour of 15 historic places of worship in Santa Monica (tickets and map at website); that same morning, Free Compost starting 7 a.m. at City Yards, and Monday, October 9th, my favorite holiday, and Mid City neighborhood party, given by Chabad in Simcha Monica, "Sukkos Extravaganza" on 12th Street at Broadway.

Mayor Ted Winterer sent a note about City compensation which is included at the end of this email.

Our next Board Meeting, Tuesday, October 17, features guest speaker, Councilmember and former Mayor, Kevin McKeown along with an update on the Homelessness Steering Committee.

See you down the road,

Stacy
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Stacy Dalgleish
President
Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors

Santa Monica artist and photographer, Cindy Bendat, gives final artist walk-through this Saturday, October 7th. BE THE CHANGE: Los Angeles Protest Photographs 2003-2017, at University Art Gallery, California State University Dominguez Hills now through October 10th. BE THE CHANGE celebrates Los Angeles activism starting with the 2003 protests against the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and continuing on to showcase photographs from immigrant rights protests, Burma freedom and Arab Spring rallies, Occupy L.A., the labor movement, Black Lives Matter, and the 2017 Women’s March.
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Princess Bride shows at Santa Monica Pier, Friday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
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Sacred Places Tour
15 historic places of worship
Saturday, October 7, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Advance tickets are $25 for Santa Monica Conservancy members and $30 for the public, with special discounts for members of the tour site congregations and the Santa Monica History Museum. This self-driving and biking tour offers several check-in locations where visitors can start the tour. More information and a full list of tour sites is available on our website. http://www.smconservancy.org
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"Sukkos Extravaganza", Monday, October 9, 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot

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A follow-up to September's board meeting from guest speaker, Mayor Ted Winterer

"Following up on last night:
1. Liz asked about my blog post with a mid year review upon which I based my opening remarks last night. Apparently as part of our efforts to upgrade our incredibly clunky web site it's being held as part of an overhaul which will be launched next week. So please stay tuned.
2. In the meantime MCN members can sign up to receive our new email newsletter here:
http://smgov.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a5d6f52c79917c7b57cc5cef0&id=8df381560e
3. We touched on employee compensation and costs some last night. What didn't come up are the reports by Transparent California which have caused consternation among some in our community. It's worth noting that group's reports are produced by the Nevada Policy Research Institute, a right-wing think tank apparently funded by the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson and other billionaires with a climate change denying, anti-union agenda, so their stats and comparisons to other cities should arguably be taken with grain a salt.
A better source of data is the site run by the State Controller Betty Yee:
http://publicpay.ca.gov/Reports/Cities/Cities.aspx
You'll see SM is 40th is average wages, for instance, behind Culver City and Beverly Hills, among others. Still in the high end statewide but not as dire as some would claim.
Regards,
Ted

Ted Winterer
Mayor, Santa Monica City Council"
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Next Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors Board Meeting – Tuesday, October 17 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
Colorado Center Community Room, 2500 Broadway (across from Helen's Cycles)
All residents are welcome to attend and participate in discussions!