With a consistent and continual commitment to the environment, the Monterey City Council proclaimed November 2017 as “No Straw November” in the City of Monterey.

The City of Monterey was awarded a $1,500 grant from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Better Together Giving Program. The funds will be used to purchase portable carbon monoxide detectors and other emergency supplies.

Old Monterey Foundation cordially invites the community to the special “Wander the Wonders of Monterey History: Grand Opening Ceremony for the Lower Presidio Historic Park”, located at 76th Artillery Street and Corporal Ewing Road in Monterey on Saturday, November 11, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The ceremony, which will include a ribbon cutting, will highlight the recently completed and installed eight new interpretive signs, a white wooden perimeter fence, and two new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible pathways as part 1 of the development of the park, the Harbor Trail which extends to the Serra Monument and the Bay View Trail that goes up the hill to the Sloat Monument.

The air quality in Monterey County is being adversely impacted by the wildfires in Northern California.  As a result, the Air District has issued an air quality advisory requesting that wood burning be suspended while we experience significant levels of smoke from the wildfires up north (http://mbard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WildfireSmokeAdvisory_10.11.2017.pdf).  To help in this effort, the City of Monterey has banned beach fires on City and State-managed beachs until further notice and the advisory is lifted. Thank you for your cooperation.

The City is pleased to share the below information related to the opening of the Housing Choice (formerly known as Section 8) waitlist.

Please note that the waitlist will be open from October 16^th through October 31^st only.  Applications will be available and accepted electronically only with selections done through a computerized lottery system.

This waitlist does not open up all that often.  Receipt of a Housing Choice voucher can lead to permanent housing solutions for qualified households.

Click here to view the Housing Choice Voucher Announcement 

Please visit www.hamonterey.org for more information.