This is a crowd sourced list of businesses, people and agencies that are doing something extra to help during the ongoing crisis. If you know of more, please email damien@santamonicanext.org. We’ll be updating this list regularly over the next couple…
This morning, SMMUSD parents and woke up to a message warning families that high winds and low humidity and moisture levels could lead to a repeat of the fires that closed schools at the end of 2024. Unfortunately, a large…
(Already know what a Starter Pack is? Check out our Starter Pack here.) Following the 2024 election, social media users across the country migrated from the heavy handed algorithm of Twitter/X towards Bluesky. While Bluesky is still much smaller than…
With a new year comes new chances to take leadership roles with the City of Santa Monica. Following the passage of Measure GS in November, a new oversight board will be created in 2025 to oversee spending of funds from…
Mayor Lana Negrete announced with a video on Instagram her first “Mocha with the Mayor” event on Monday, December 23, at the Starbucks at Olympic and Maine at 1 p.m. The full text of her invitation can be read at…
At Tuesday’s meeting, the City Council quickly and unanimously moved a motion that will cap gifts that City Councilmembers can accept at $100 per gift and $590 over the course of a year. City staff will need to officially draft…
Last night, the new Santa Monica City Council unanimously passed a resolution instructing city staff to bring an ordinance for approval in early 2025 to streamline the public process for housing projects built in “non-residential zones” except the Bergamot Area. …
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In recent months, progressives and other social media users have been migrating from Twitter/X to Bluesky. Be it the politics of Twitter/X’s owner, the algorithm that seems to throttle news in favor of conspiracy or any of the other myriad…
When the Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya filed a lawsuit against the City of Santa Monica to attempt to force the city to change its City Council elections from seven at-large seats to ones tied to specific geographic areas,…
Last week, and that was before the Franklin Fire broke out in Malibu, there were warnings that the local air quality was dangerously low. With the smoke from wildfires drifting south, the air quality is getting worse. Back in 2009,…
The following is a press release from SMMUSD. Photo: Student scholars from Samohi were recognized by the school board and Superintendent Dr. Shelton Congratulations to the seven Santa MonicaMalibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists and the 32…
This Saturday, the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project kicked off “Phase 2b” of its multi-year outreach process to guide a consulting team in creating a design for a future “great park” on the land where the Santa Monica Airport now…
Following the completion of Saturday’s public meeting (more on that later), the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project launched its third survey to bring in stakeholder feedback about the future land uses for the land on which the airport now rests.…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. The city of Santa Monica Wednesday released a draft of the Guiding Principles for the Airport Conversion Project, ahead of the Dec. 7 community event to share them and…
