Just in case we don't have enough fun with our very own traffic in Santa Monica, ramps between the 405 Freeway and Wilshire Blvd will be closing soon. Ramps will be closed from 14-90 days with delays and detours running, er, ramp-ant.
It will be a mess for about a year!!! Demolition is scheduled to start on Wednesday, June 22, 2012.

Santa Monica is committed to "historic preservation" of many of our special buildings and other artifacts. This does not mean that a home that's also a landmark cannot be changed to adapt to the needs of a modern family. The tour will show us what it's like to really live in a landmark.
The tour is Sunday, June 3, from noon to 5pm and is followed by a reception from 5 to 7pm.
From the Santa Monica Conservancy's website:

As many of you know, the City Council voted to renovate our Civic Auditorium. These renovations will be featured at the next Landmarks Commission meeting.
From www.smgov.net :

You may have noticed that Santa Monica's streets have new parking meters. The new meters will let you pay by credit card, phone, or old-fashioned coins. If you pay by phone, you will be able to increase the time on your meter up to the maximum time allowed at the location.
You read that right. You will not be able to feed the meter beyond its specified time. To allow more time to be added, the space must be vacated. (ADA permits are not affected by this change.)

The Santa Monica Festival will be on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Clover Park, from 11am-6pm.
It's a City-sponsored event and highlights a lot of the great things our City has to offer! Wilmont will be there, so stop by and visit!
From the City's website:

The Regular Meeting of the Zoning Administrator will consider whether or not to permit shared use of parking, allowing leasing of existing spaces for medical office and restaurant uses.
The meeting is at City Hall, in Council Chambers, at 10:30am Tuesday, April 10, 2012.
It is not clear whether or not email comments will be considered. If you wish to comment by email, send your comments to the Planner: grace.page@smgov.net and the Zoning Administrator: amanda.schachter@smgov.net

Wilmont will be participating in the Buy Local Expo on the Promenade. Originally, the Expo was scheduled for March 17, but the rain forced a postponement.... Now the Expo will be on March 31. Wilmont's table will be between Wilshire and Arizona, across from J. Crew.
Discounts and the scavenger hunt will still kick off on the 17th and will run until April 2. Go to www.buylocalsm.com/buylocalweekend and www.buylocalsm.com/scavengerhunt for details.

As you know, the Marathon will finish in Santa Monica again this year. It seems to be bringing rain with it again. Much of Downtown and the western part of Wilmont will be inaccessible except by foot for much of the day.
The Marathon and the City will be keeping us informed at http://www.smgov.net/marathon/marathon.aspx

Wilmont filed a comment to the Bergamot Transit Village Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). We, and others, noted that the DEIR describes huge traffic impacts to all of Santa Monica. The impacts would affect intersections from Venice and Walgrove to Montana and Barrington, effectively cutting Santa Monica off from West LA.