Damien Newton

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Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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Environmental Justice Group Sues Over California’s New Cap-and-Trade Rules

Just days after California’s controversial overhaul of its cap-and-trade (called cap-and-invest by Governor Gavin Newsom’s office) program took effect, an environmental justice organization has...

National Media Focuses on Santa Monica

The Wall Street Journal and MSN checked in on Santa Monica’s economic struggles caused in large part by the decline in retail shopping nationally...

City Publishes New Housing Data

(Every week, Santa Monica Next republishes an article from City Manager Oliver Chi's newsletter)This past week, our team in Community Development published fresh data...

Dan Hall Breaks Down the State of Tourism

Councilmember Dan Hall's latest newsletter argues that Santa Monica's tourism industry is showing encouraging signs of recovery but faces significant headwinds that require the...

Eyes on the Street: Sidewalk Construction on Ashland

Both images by Matthew Stevens. Image above was construction on the north side earlier this week. Image below is the north side yesterday afternoon...

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Santa Monica’s COAST 2026 open streets festival celebrates World Cup finale

The following is a submission from the City of...

Please Allow Me to Sell You Some Joy

In April, I marked 29 years living in Santa...

Community for Excellent Public Schools Makes Endorsements in SMMUSD, SMC Board Races

The following was submitted as a "Letter to the...

Tuesday Night: Dodgers Blue Lights Ferris Wheel at Santa Monica Pier

The following article was submitted by the Pier Corporation.Pacific...
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