With corporate money flooding in to elect certain candidates to City Council, it’s worth taking a moment to ask why? What exactly do the corporate special interests hope to gain from spending tens of thousands of dollars to deluge us with negative mailers and deceptive social media ads in the last days of the campaign?

They’re at it again. Big developers, real estate interests, oil companies and the police officers association are lining up to write checks to brand new Political Action Committees (PACs)  formed to defeat the progressive candidates running for Culver City Council.

Oct 12, 2024 is the one year anniversary of the passage of a $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers in California. Just 10 months earlier, in a 3-2 vote, Culver City Council conservatives rejected the very same healthcare worker minimum wage.

Our Culver is excited to endorse Nancy Barba, Bryan "Bubba" Fish, and Yasmine-Imani McMorrin for Culver City Council.

Across Culver City, people are talking about housing costs, traffic congestion, renter protections, and public safety. On Sunday, Fox Hills residents had the unique opportunity to meet all seven candidates one on one and learn about their vision to tackle these issues, if elected.

Another school year has started in America and we have seen yet another school shooting; this time in Georgia. We all know that our national politicians are unwilling to enact sensible gun laws. Yet, here in Culver City, our City Council has taken measurable steps to make us all safer from gun violence.

The results from Culver City's annual homeless count are in, and there's good news: we're seeing significant progress in providing shelter for the city's unhoused residents. You might be wondering how the city has been handling these issues, so we put together an explainer to answer your questions.

Culver City has adopted a new General Plan, a vision statement to guide the next 20 years of development and maximize the opportunities our unique city can build upon. The General Plan continues more than a century of suburban American practices dictating where changes to the built environment should and should not occur, and who should be impacted by urban change or not.

The latest conservative Supreme Court ruling on homelessness bears similarity to some policies enacted here in Culver City.

There has been an outpouring of community support for parks funding in Culver City during the last month. Your emails to the city are being noticed, and the city is responding…

Lindberg park is a 4.39 acre park located in the Studio Village neighborhood, just off the Ballona Creek bike path nestled in amongst tree-lined streets and classic Culver City homes.

El Marino park is a 3.15 acre park located in the Sunkist Park neighborhood. It’s got plenty of green grass, trees, a playground, and it’s the only park in Culver City that also has a Ceramics Hut with a kiln.

Did you know that there is a Culver City park West of the 405?! Two miles west of the 10, surrounded by a West LA neighborhood, Culver West Alexander Park is 3.13 acre park

In Culver City, we're literally putting equity into our foundational city plan. The draft General Plan cites Equity + Inclusion as one of four core values shared by Culver City community members.

In our Building Community series, we're featuring stories from neighbors who are coming together to build a more inclusive and equitable Culver City community. Today, we’re hearing from Jennifer Yonda of Skate Hunnies.

Adequate funding for local schools, parks, and services seems to be a constant challenge despite the popular image of California as a high-tax state. And the cities and neighborhoods that are the most ethnically and economically diverse often have the greatest need for scarce public funds. How did we get into this mess?

Have you ever been pulled over for a broken taillight? Expired registration? Maybe you thought it was the kind of thing that could've been handled by simply mailing you a ticket?

Police make stops for minor equipment violations to investigate the car and driver for other more serious violations or crimes. In some cases, an officer might think you’ve committed a crime, but the officer lacks sufficient evidence to pull you over for that crime. So the equipment violation is used as a pretext for pulling you over. These are known as pretextual stops.

Culver City has long had a prohibition on anyone over 10 years old using a public restroom “designated for the opposite sex.” This is precisely the language that is used to target trans people in bathroom bills that are being passed in red states like Florida.

A resolution acknowledging the racial history of Culver City was approved 3-2 by the City Council on June 17, 2021.

How does our community get from one place to another? It’s one of the most critical questions Culver City faces.