They say the first step to correcting a problem is to admit you have one. Despite a sterling reputation amongst American cities for creating safe places for bicyclists and pedestrians to move throughout the city, Santa Monica clearly still has…
The Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) is meant to help decarbonize California’s transportation systems. But the state continues to devote the bulk of its transportation budget to projects that encourage car travel. The following op/ed first appeared in…
So, you might have noticed that things still look the same… Over the weekend, we were able to handle all the behind-the-scenes work on the website, but didn’t get to finish the redesign. We will probably get to that during…
Santa Monica Next will be undergoing a reasonably large overhaul the next couple of days including migrating the domain, migrating the website, transferring our security and uploading a new skin all at once. The site will be going up and…
“I apparently set off conspiracy theory excitement in the city,” Mayor Gleam Davis half-joked when introducing a motion that would have made a minor altercation to the city’s rules for selecting a Mayor. The motion would have made it possible,…
Last night, the City Council voted 4-1-2 to support the Justice for Renters Act that will appear on the November 2024 ballot. The measure would repeal the Costa Hawkins Act and give municipalities greater ability to set rent control in…
It seems that every two weeks a new absurd conspiracy theory pops up between when the city uploads the agenda for the new City Council meeting and when the meeting happens. Tonight’s meeting is no exception. This time, the conspiracy…
It seems that every meeting of the Santa Monica City Council there’s a debate or controversy caused by how darned long the meetings are. The seven person Council includes more than a handful of senior citizens, parents of school and…
Yesterday, City Manager David White announced that the “nation wide search” for a new head of the Santa Monica Department of Transportation had concluded and that interim director Anuj Gupta would continue at the job permanently. Before taking over at…
Much of this story is coverage from last week’s OPA meeting. You can watch the meeting on YouTube or read their recap of the meeting in last week’s end-of-the-week newsletter. Almost three weeks ago, the process for the rehabilitation and…
Anyone that tried to visit us from late Friday afternoon until early this morning may have had trouble visiting the website. Hackers managed to implant malware on the website late Friday afternoon. Rest assured, our site security is of utmost…
The safety and wellbeing of our students and staff are our top priorities. Each student comes to school with a unique story, personal dilemmas, and hopefully, positive experiences. Some are witnessing pain and devastation in their countries of their heritage…
At nearly four in the morning yesterday, the City Council voted 4-3 to reject a proposal for a new type of public outreach for the future land uses at the Santa Monica Airport. Instead the city will reach out to…
Streetsblog Los Angeles (SBLA) is the flagship publication of the California Streets Initiative, a non-profit news publication that also publishes Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California, LongBeachize and Santa Monica Next. When it first published in 2008, it was edited by…
Last evening in closed session, the Santa Monica City Council voted 4-3 to join a lawsuit against L.A. County Courts’ newly implemented “zero cash bail” system that went into place on October 1. Under this system, defendants in non-violent misdemeanor…
