Tonight, the City Council will vote on whether or not to join a lawsuit against a new-countywide policy that aims to reduce economic disparities in who can, and cannot, be imprisoned while awaiting trial. The Pre-Arraignment Release Protocols (PARP) also…
Santa MoniCARES, a non-profit organization that exists to raise money for other non-profits doing work in the city is holding its second annual Volley-Ween fundraiser event on October 25, 2023 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. in front of Perry’s…
When I interviewed Jesse Zwick for the first What’s Next podcast on Santa Monica Next, he proposed for our second segment a discussion of public participation. He argued that the current public participation process under-represents large portions of the public…
The following is a factually accurate press release from the City of Santa Monica. The League of California Cities awarded the 2023 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence to the city of Santa Monica for the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project. Santa Monica’s innovative water recycling project, known as the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project or SWIP, captures stormwater, urban runoff…
Earlier this evening, Save the Civic, a coalition of Santa Monica residents and stakeholders opposed to the SMMUSD plan to purchase and rehabilitate the unused and in-need of repair Santa Monica Civic Center declared victory in their efforts. “School District…
At last Thursday’s meeting of the DTSM Inc. Board Meeting, they announced that the contract with Covered 6 to provide additional private armed security patrols, with one member lethally armed at all times, to the 3rd Street Promenade area had…
The City of Santa Monica and Los Angeles County have joined forces with the Books Unbanned Initiative, a nation-wide non-profit movement, to honor banned book week. This year’s theme is “Let Freedom Read” and is meant to draw national attention to…
(Note: public speaker’s names are removed because I was uncertain of the exact spelling from the audio and didn’t want to misattribute a quote, especially the anti-Semitic ones.) Never doubt the power of one speaker, or one written comment, at…
After listening to an exhaustive amount of public comment at its September 12th meeting and a promise to return to the debate this week; the Santa Monica City Council passed a measure (Agenda Item 8j) originally designed to combat excessive…
At last night’s meeting of the Santa Monica City Council, Jason Mastbaum confronted Councilmember’s de la Torre, Negrete, Parra and Brock about their conduct at the July 25 City Council meeting where they maligned city staff while defending Councilmember Brock…
Pickleballers that arrived at the Memorial Park courts yesterday morning were greeted with an unpleasant surprise. The courts were closed at the park yesterday after a fire on Sunday evening destroyed the storage shed that housed nets, public racquets and…
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Santa Monica Planning Commission (agenda), staff gave an update on the Pedestrian Action Plan and Bicycle Action Plan Implementation. A full copy of their presentation can be found here and you can view video of…
At last week’s City Council meeting, members of the hospitality union Unite Here! Local 11 flooded the speaker’s podium with nearly four dozen members speaking out against a proposal by Councilmembers Phil Brock and Lana Negrete to curtail the hours…
When we relaunched Santa Monica Next earlier this year, the goal was to have the website be a community website that hosted multiple opinion writers, regular news reports and be the online home for community newsletters. Now that it’s been…
Santa Monica joins the small club of cities that will offer an e-bike rebate program after the city announced its program should come online in the Spring of 2024. Income qualified residents will be able to receive up to $2,000…
