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.
Tired of Local Politics Threatening Your Favorite Bike Lane?
Calbike is rallying behind new legislation that will protect bicycle infrastructure from being removed for purely local political reasons.Senate Bill 569, authored by Senator...
Celebrating Juneteenth This Friday in Santa Monica
Every week, Next reprints (at least) one article from the City Manager's Weekly Update.HHS, RAD, and our the Juneteenth committee members (pictured below) would...
Meet the Five Candidates for the SMC College Board
As we continue our series where we republish the answers given to the Santa Monica Dem. Club candidate questionaires, today we keep it simple....
What Are School Board Candidates’ Top Priorities
This week, the Santa Monica Democratic Club published the responses to their questionnaires for all four city elections: City Council. School Board, College Board,...
Airport -> Housing Measure Will Wait Until 2028…at Best
A proposed ballot initiative that would have allowed housing on part of the future Santa Monica Airport site will not appear on the November...
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Eyes on the Street: Culver City Upgrades Elenda Street Bikeway
Culver City recently upgraded its two-way protected bikeway along...
OPA Update 6/25/26: OPA Membership Drive, Santa Monica Pier 360 Beach Festival, & Other Things To Do This Weekend
(This week's OPA Update was sent after our publishing...
Kool Happenings: Face the Music and Compare and Contrast
There are two prevailing theories about the origin of...
2026 State of the City event to Highlight Realignment Plan and “Santa Monica’s Emerging Renaissance”
The following is a submission from the City of...

