Upcoming OPA Calendar of Events:National Night Out (Aug 6) OPA August Monthly Meeting (Aug 12)OPA Summer Happy Hour (tentatively Aug 22)Day of the Dog Festival (Sept 7 – Main St. closed to vehicles) ‘Roots of Resilience’ Ocean Park Tree-Planting Initiative Needs Community Input: In last week’s post about this,…
Earlier today, the three candidates for City Council who swept a surprise victory four years ago under the banner of the Change Slate “pulled papers” to collect signatures to make the fall ballot. Mayor Phil Brock along with Councilmembers Oscar…
The United Democrats Slate of Dan Hall, Ellis Raskin, Barry Snell and Natalya Zernitskaya have earned another pair of endorsements from the Sierra Club of Los Angeles County and the Westside Young Democrats. “The Sierra Club is pleased to endorse…
At last night’s City Council meeting, the Council made the first step to make its “Scooter Program” permanent and begin the process of bringing a third operator into the city or even a bike share provider. Santa Moncia has not…
Photo: Gage SkidmoreHey look, I got published in Streetsblog USA. As activists and journalists ponder what a Harris presidency would mean for the country’s efforts to combat climate change, her record as AG will doubtless be put under the microscope. …
Image caption: A close-up photograph of heating blown glass to a working temperature — over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit — will be on display as part of “Still Blowin’ – 42 Years of Glass at SMC. Photo: Terri Bromberg The Santa Monica…
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You can watch the shine flash at upcoming drivers on video at Carter Rubin’S Twitter In December of 2022, the Santa Monica City Council approved a contract with Big Outdoors to bring multimedia kiosks to Santa Monica’s street. The proposal…
Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock will host an open town hall this evening at Headspace at 2417 Michigan Avenue. In am email to next Brock described the event as, “A short statement from me on the state of the city…
Today is July 15th, the day that candidates for City Council, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board and Santa Monica College Board can “pull papers” and officially announce their plans to run for office. With papers in-hand,…
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the Council voted unanimously to move forward with creating a “Santa Monica Bitcoin Office” with the help of non-profit Proof of Workforce headed by former Santa Monica firefighter’s union president Dominick Bei. The motion…
City Council Punts on Passing Ethics Rules for Itself Until After Election. Ponders Possibly Creating Ethics for Future Councils. Last night’s City Council meeting dissolved into a bizarre spectacle as the Council voted not to move on ethics rules proposed…
Tonight, the Santa Monica City Council (Agenda, Item 11a) is widely expected to approve the changes to Big Blue Bus (BBB) routes recommended by staff as part of the “Brighter Blue” initiatives. Most of the proposed changes are proving uncontroversial,…
Streets for All, the only mobility-focused non-profit with a 501c(4) branch that can make endorsements, has made its endorsement in the Santa Monica City Council election…and its endorsements may look familiar. Streets for All endorsed the “Unity Slate ” of…
One of the missions of Santa Monica Next is to battle the flood of misinformation that pollutes the public discourse and even public policy in Santa Monica. One of our favorite targets is the scientifically unsound and often inaccurate “Pulse…
