In 2020, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure J – an effort to shift the county away from carceral infrastructure by moving no less than 10 percent of its locally generated unrestricted revenue to investments in communities and programs that…
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) announced last Friday that Chief Executive Officer Andrew Thomas will step down after three years. “When I returned to DTSM in 2022, it truly felt like coming home,” said Thomas. “I knew the energy, passion,…
When the United Democratic Slate swept all four seats in the last election, there were cheers (or concerns) that a new progressive super-majority would dramatically change the way the city operates. However, there were three controversial votes taken at last…
“The city shut down the old chess park three years ago and it was a real battle to get these boards relocated, but it finally worked out,” writes Reddit user Cody O’Connel, as he announces “Opening Day” for the new…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. Beginning August 10, the Santa Monica Department of Transportation will increase fares on the BigBlueBus system for the first time in nearly a decade: Big Blue Bus is implementing the following fare changes: Big Blue Bus will maintain: The fare increase will help offset the rising costs of fuel,…
Main St. Parade Details: The parade starts Friday at 9:30am near City Hall and runs south down Main St., ending at Barnard Way. See you there!!! Note that Main St. will be closed Friday to vehicular traffic from 6am – 1pm from Olympic Ave to Barnard…
Note: Assemblymember Rick Zbur and Senator Ben Allen, Santa Monica’s representatives to the legislature, both voted to approve this legislation. California’s biggest environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), has been on the books for over half a century.…
I was doing my weekend jog on the beach path last Saturday, when I crossed underneath the Santa Monica Pier and was greeted with an eerily familiar site. Similar to my training runs in February, the volleyball courts were empty.…
We’ve all seen the movie. The multi-car train runs peacefully through mountains and valleys, puffing smoke. In the passenger cars, people eat, play cards, sleep. Ahead, however, we see that the bridge is out. Will the engineers do something in…
Flanked by members of the SEIU transit union, Scott Wiener (D-SF), the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, announced a state budget deal from the Capitol Rose Garden on Tuesday that avoids massive transit service cuts. It restores $1.1 billion of the Greenhouse…
In a move reminiscent of the federal purge of useful information from the internet earlier this year, Caltrans has deleted a presentation from its website – an explainer on proposed Highway 37 road widening in Napa County. The timing of…
California’s ability to grow and modernize its rail network is hampered by inconsistent funding from the state which makes planning rail projects or multi-project programs difficult at best, according to a new report by Californians for Electric Rail. Against Patchwork Funding:…
Just over two weeks ago, USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced the findings of a “compliance review” the federal government completed on the California High Speed Rail Authority. But Duffy had already promised that the document would show nothing but “fraud, waste, and abuse” long…
(Photo credit: The Samohi and Emi Yamashiro-Hergert) The above graphic shows the incredible success that Santa Monica High School continues to have in placing students in top colleges and universities around the country and the world. Samohi students will be attending…
The following is a lightly edited press release from the City of Santa Monica: Starting last Friday, adults 21+ can purchase an alcoholic beverage from a participating, licensed Promenade business and enjoy it outdoors between 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.…
