2017 might well be looked back on as a watershed year for Santa Monica. In the past 12 months, the City forged a plan that will guide Downtown development for the next two decades and sealed a pact to permanently close its century old airport.
Homelessness was on the rise, pedestrian deaths reached what is likely a record high and several high-profile crimes stoked new fears about public safety.
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