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June 01, 2020 Protesting, riots and looting. What the heck just happened?
Ross and Matt discuss the events of Sunday, May 31st. On the ground accounts of the riots and looting, some strong opinions on what went wrong and where we should have done better. This is a raw, very early account of what we saw as we covered this very dark day in Santa Monica history.
59 min
May 12, 2020 Lane Dilg, Interim City Manager talks about layoffs and budget cuts.
Lane Dilg discusses priorities for Santa Monica in light of the recent budget cuts.
She talks about what the city has done to shrink its workforce, and the methodology used in this challenging time.
Matt and Lane dive into some of the details of programs, jobs and other areas that will see significant reductions that will affect residents.

38 min
May 08, 2020 Getting to know Lane Dilg, Interim Santa Monica City Manager.
Matt and Lane talk about her experience, neighborhoods, and favorite restaurants. They discuss her qualifications, and her view of the role as City Manager, the current economic stress and finding solutions together as a community.

29 min
May 01, 2020 Josh Loeb from the Rustic Canyon family of restaurants talks about tough decisions, rents, food supply and why people love dining.
Josh Loeb talks with Matt Hall about his 8 independent restaurants and the decisions they had to make as a result of the current pandemic. They discuss alternative plans, keeping workers employed, the difficulty in opening a business in Santa Monica, some great thoughts around the greater role that independent restaurants play in our city. https://www.rusticcanyonfamily.com/
55 min
April 29, 2020 The city budget crisis. This is when our city values get tested. Part 2 of a discussion with former Chief Sustainable Officer Dean Kubani and former Mayor Mike Feinstein.
Ross and Matt discuss the Santa Monica budget crisis at a 30k ft level, then dive into discussions with former Chief Sustainable Officer Dean Kubani (17:46) about why environmental values should be considered essential, and insight to his hopes for how they will make decisions around the cuts. He also gives us a great nugget at (44:45) Former Michael Feinstein (47:02) discusses the decisions that had to be made as Mayor during 9-11, and some parallels to the current crisis. Mike talks about income inequality in city salaries, possible creative solutions, and philosophically how he would be looking at this if he were on City Council. Mike has spoken to many people in and out of the city, to unions, to council members, and has a unique, informed perspective.
1 hr 18 min
April 24, 2020 Rick Cole, Santa Monica City Manager resigns. A discussion with former Mayor Michael Feinstein and former Chief Environmental Officer Dean Kubani
Ross and Matt talk about the recent departure of the Santa Monica City Manager.
Michael Feinstein gives his perspective as a former mayor, and Dean Kubani talks about his experience as a department head and how the transitions have typically gone in the past.
31 min
April 11, 2020 Pausing evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Eda Suh and Gary Rhoades from the City Attorney's office.
Gary Rhoades, Deputy City Attorney
Eda Suh, Deputy City Attorney
https://www.santamonica.gov/coronavirus
City of Santa Monica 310-458-8400
City Attorney's Office 310-458-8336

27 min
March 28, 2020 Patty Wong from the Santa Monica Libraries talks about services that are still operating during the pandemic.
How to access the online resources of the library, and some tips to create a better learning environment during these extraordinary times.
27 min
March 25, 2020 A conversation with Police Chief Cynthia Renaud about the local response to COVID 19.
Matt Hall and Police Chief Cynthia Renaud discuss the Santa Monica Police Department's local response and adjustments to the coronavirus.
They discuss;
What the Santa Monica Police Department is doing differently during this pandemic
What the SMPD is doing to respond the the recent order to release inmates.
Will arrests still continue?
What about crimes related to the pandemic, what the SMPD is doing to ensure public safety against looting, behavior related to possible Safer at Home orders, etc.
Is she confident in the City of Santa Monica's ability to respond to this crisis?
Is SMPD going to do issue citations for walking outside during the Safer at Home order?
26 min
March 25, 2020 A conversation with Santa Monica Fire Chief Bill Walker about local coronavirus response.
Matt Hall and Santa Monica Fire Chief Bill Walker discuss how the Fire Department is handling coronavirus preparation, handling of cases and any changes to their process as first responders.
They discuss;
What the fire department currently doing to adapt to the current coronavirus crisis.
How often actual coronavirus calls they are getting.
Have any calls come back as a positive COVID 19 patient.
What kind of training they have to deal with infectious patients.
How confident the Fire Chief is in the City of Santa Monica's preparedness for this current challenge.
Treatment and services provided to the homeless in relation to COVID 19.
25 min