At long last, businesses on the iconic Santa Monica Pier are beginning to have green trash and recycling options as part of the pier’s “Green Pier” initiative outlined in the 2015 “Santa Monica Pier Access and Use Study” authored by…
Legislation authored by Senator Ben Allan, S.B. 961 is winding it’s way through the state legislature. The “Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvement Districts Legislation” would allow municipalities to raise funds through infrastructure finance districts without seeking voter approval, provided…
Big Bird GIF from Bigbird GIFs Astute readers may have noticed a very small, almost insignificant change. the last couple of days. Jason Islas, who has been the editor at Santa Monica Next for just over four years has stepped…
The Santa Monica Pier Corporation regularly sends out emails with news about the pier led by a personal letter by executive director Negin Singh. Yesterday’s email included an interesting tidbit about changes to the pier concert series. “Over the last…
People for Bikes’ released its annual list of Bike Friendly Cities last week, and no surprise: the City of Santa Monica was near the top of the list. Santa Monica ranked #7 nationwide, #1 for any city in California and…
For more than four years, Santa Monica Next has been a loud and clear voice for safe streets, progressive urban design, and a balanced approach to increasing our city’s housing stock. Twice a year, we reach out to you, our readers, to ask…
Last week in the run-up to the vote on the Downtown Community Plan (DCP), Jason Islas posted an article dissecting a letter from City Manager Rick Cole to the Santa Monica City Council. Islas contended that the letter, while couched…
Help support Santa Monica Next at our 3rd annual cocktail party this year on Saturday, September 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. You can get your tickets here. As with past years, we’ll be celebrating in style at the home…
Twice a year, once in the summer and once at the end of the year, Santa Monica Next reaches out to you, our readers, to ask you to donate funds to help us continue to publish and expand the work…
Via Streetsblog California Over a million people marched last Sunday at women’s rallies in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, to say nothing of the dozens of other rallies across the states. Governor Jerry Brown uses his State of the State to…
Via Streetsblog California This weekend’s Women’s March was an unparalleled event in United States history, with over three million people taking to the streets in cities and towns across the country. Timed to coincide with the inauguration weekend of America’s 45th…
This post originally appeared in Streetsblog California. This last Saturday, you marched. You rallied. You marched in big cities. You rallied in other cities. It was a glorious day for Democracy. Over the years, Streetsblog has noted the importance of the public…
This is the ninth election season I’ve covered, either as editor of Streetsblog Los Angeles, co-editor of Streetsblog California and now as acting-editor of Santa Monica Next. Covering this race in Santa Monica has been one of the most disheartening experiences…
Last week, Residocracy co-founder and City Council candidate Armen Melkonians finally released a letter with a legal analysis claiming to debunk the position of Measure LV opponents that the anti-development measure would require a city-wide vote before someone could rebuild…
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced on Friday that Ocean Avenue South, a residential mixed-use, mixed-income development, was one of 11 real estate development projects from around the world selected as winners in the ULI 2016 Global Awards for Excellence program.…
