SB 79 is an effort by Senator Scott Weiner to allow transit agencies zoning control over property they own and to “upzone” near bus rapid transit and light rail stations. The measure has drawn opposition from a whopping 93 cities…
In an op/ed published on Tuesday*I lamented the end of the Twilight Concert Series in 2017 which brought free entertainment to the Santa Monica Pier for tens of thousands of attendees every summer. At next Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the…
The city of Santa Monica, in partnership with nonprofit Sustainable Works, announced the 17 winners of the 17th Annual Sustainable Santa Monica Student Poster Contest. The winners are set to be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, May 14, at…
This article also appears at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Readers of Streetsblog that have gotten used to our legislative updates over the past decade will notice a few format changes. This update is doing the bills in order of their bill…
Image: Oktoberfest on Front Street, the first event in the Front Street Entertainment Zone. Image via Downtown San Francisco. Correction: An earlier version of this article mentioned details of proposed police expenditures that were put in an original draft as…
Santa Monica College (SMC) architecture students won two awards at the 50th Annual Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Design Village Competition held April 25 – 27. The competition is one of “the most anticipated events of the year for the College of Architecture & Environmental…
This week, a bi-partisan coalition of the United States House of Representatives passed a pair of resolutions rescinding three EPA permits that allow California to regulate emission standards for diesel trucks and set sales requirements for electric personal vehicles and…
The City of Santa Monica launched a survey to gauge residents’ opinions concerning arts, parks, and recreation priorities for the city. Do you enjoy events such as bike month programming? Do you think the city needs more arts programming? How…
“If they were actively trying to sabotage the program, what would they do differently than this?” – anonymous e-bike voucher hopeful in an email to Streetsblog. Last night, the California E-Bike Incentive Project was scheduled to open their portal for applicants to…
The Air Resources Board’s long–delayed and controversial e-bike voucher program will be opening its application portal for a second time at 6:00 p.m. on April 29th. This time instead of a first-come, first-serve approach that left out tens of thousands of hopeful applicants, the…
Airport to Park Survey Closes on Sunday The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project (SMAC) has been collecting information on an online survey for the past several weeks. The survey closes this Sunday, April 27, and can be accessed here. For…
This story also appears at Streetsblog California. Photo: Senator Wiener and BART General Manager Robert Powers confer on BART. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog Cutting red tape for large transit projects may be a rare bipartisan issue. The California Senate Transportation Committee…
The following is a submission from the Bruce Lurie Gallery. Bruce Lurie Gallery is pleased to present Build 4ward, the inaugural event in a new series that brings together developers, interior designers, architects, and luxury real estate professionals to collaborate on…
This story also appears at Streetsblog California. Last week, Sacramento became the first city in the country to use bus-mounted cameras to ticket scofflaw drivers who drive or park in bike lanes. The program is a partnership between the city…
It’s spring! And, since I suffer from that “ear worm” condition under which practically every sentence I say or write makes me think of a song, the first thing that “springs” to mind is the title song, Springtime For Hitler, from the…
