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06.12.17 Volume 16 Issue 181
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Local surf Instructors Compete with Illegal Schools There are few sites more quintessential to the California experience than these: a palm tree, the Santa Monica Pier, a surfboard in the sand. The promise of a day or two living the Southern California lifestyle brings millions of tourists to Santa Monica every year, and to many of them a chance to catch their first wave is high up on the bucket list. In order to provide a safe, reliable experience, the City permits and manages surf camps, schools and individual instructors who teach novices on the beach. However, according to a half dozen interviews conducted by the Daily Press, the system is not always working as well as it should. “There’s absolutely no enforcement out there on weekends,” Patrick Murphy said looking over the waves crashing on the shore just south of the Pier. Murphy was one of the first instructors to get a permit when the City submitted its first request for proposal fifteen years ago. He’s gone through a thorough vetting process year after year and has paid a hefty fee for the right to teach here: 15 percent of gross receipts. So he is upset when he sees individual instructors – and even surfing schools – operating on the beach without a permit. “It’s really messed up,” Murphy said. “It does become more difficult to operate every year. There’s a lot more competition and these people aren’t paying their permit fees so there’s much less overhead. I doubt they’re paying workers
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Vehicles and parking populate Council’s consent calendar KATE CAGLE
PARKING GARAGE REPAIR
Daily Press Staff Writer
Several of the City’s parking garages are overdue for serious repairs, according to a staff report. Parking structures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 are all candidates for upgrades that include waterproofing structural slabs, concrete walls
KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
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WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 STROKE CERTIFICATION ..............PAGE 3 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO ................PAGE 4 CRIME WATCH ..................................PAGE 5 MYSTERY PHOTO ............................PAGE 9
On Tuesday, the City Council will consider granting several contracts that could impacting, parking, traffic and public access television.
and columns. The total cost of construction could reach $3.2 million dollars and will likely be performed by Slater Waterproofing, Inc. If approved by the City Council, construction will begin in September and last about 15 months.
Five of the City’s eleven parking structure were constructed in the 1960’s. In March 2008, two large pieces of concrete fell from the second level slab at Structure 1 onto the Promenade Maintenance SEE MAINTENANCE PAGE 7
BASEBALL CHAMPS
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The AAA White Sox are Division League Champs. The team will travel to Beverly Hills to play in tournament of Champions next week. Anyone is welcome to attend and cheer. Pictured are top row: Coach Randy Redmond, John Macdonald, Arden Hittner, Xailoh Hermosillo, Coach Jamie Gutierrez. Bottom row: Martin Guerrero, Xander Lippman, Casey Redmond, Berdin Aronin, Eli Gutierrez. Not in photo: Alexssandro, Garrett, Silas Lester, and Max Jacobson.
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