The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is holding a hearing next Wednesday, April 2, at their headquarters in Downey at 9:00 a.m. on the petition submitted by the City of Malibu to separate its schools from the Santa…
At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the Council unanimously voted to move forward with an “exclusive negotiating agreement” with the Revitalization Partners Group (RPG) for the refurbishment and management of the Civic Auditorium. Under the ENA, the city agrees to negotiate solely…
This coming Thursday, March 27, Caltrans will be holding a public in-person only meeting at the Santa Monica Main Library (601 Santa Monica Blvd.) to discuss a $72 million pavement rehabilitation project on 12 miles of the Pacific Coast Highway…
The following is a calendar post from LWV The Santa Monica Bay Area Human Relations Council and League of Women Voters of Santa Monica invite you to Community Dialogue: Tools for Difficult Conversations in Community on Thursday, March 27 at 5-7 p.m. at SMC’s Pete…
The following is a submission from Santa Monica College. Santa Monica College’s Emeritus Concert Band, under the baton of Yosuke Miyoshi, will present “Sea to Shining Sea,” a free concert on Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m. The performance will be held in The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts…
Dr. Sion Roy is the first major candidate to announce for the 2026 Senate Race to replace Ben Allen, who is termed out of office. Roy, the vice-chair of the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees, is a resident of…
This story also appears at Streetsblog California. Flanked by Bay Area elected officials and advocates from the Yes in My BackYard (YIMBY) movement, Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF) held a press event at the Daly City BART Station Friday morning to…
Several dozen protestors rallied just north of the Tesla dealership at Santa Monica Place on Saturday, undeterred by statements made by President Donald Trump that protesting actions taken by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his role as head of the…
Have thoughts on how the city should be spending its money but don’t want to sit through long government or neighborhood meetings to voice your opinion? Do you prefer to write your opinions down, but find emails too impersonal? Well,…
Last month, the State of California released the Draft State Highway System Management Plan (SHSMP), a document required by the legislature every two years. SHSMP provides a ten-year prediction of statewide transportation funding needs. Despite the word “highway” appearing in…
Update, March 14: The state (not us!) made a mistake in their grant allocation. The article is corrected with new information. Photo: The intersection of 23rd and Hill via Google Maps. The City of Santa Monica earned its share of…
We’ll have more details on Santa Monica specific grants later today or tomorrow. From San Diego to Del Norte County, communities throughout California received good news on Friday when the Governor’s office announced 288 grants totaling nearly $300 million designed…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. Image from Juan Matute The Santa Monica City Council Saturday established an Economic Development Ad Hoc Subcommittee and appointed Mayor Lana Negrete, Councilmember Jesse Zwick and Councilmember Barry Snell…
Last week, the State of California dropped at least three long but important documents: reports on transportation needs, outcomes of transportation spending, and CAPTI 2.0. Streetsblog is aiming to produce summaries and some analysis of these reports quickly and later…
Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Santa Monica) introduced AB 891, a bill that will require Caltrans to develop quick-build bike lane and intersection projects to improve safety on state highways for cyclists and pedestrians. A “quick build project” is a temporary,…
