Before the Ashley Oelson campaign even opened its headquarters in the old Barnes & Noble building on the Promenade, political observers were asking questions. How could a city council campaign, where individual contributions are capped at $1,200 per cycle, possibly…
The following is a submission from the Pier Corporation. The Santa Monica Pier will celebrate 50 yearssince the emergence of the legendary Dogtown/Z-Boys era and its enduring influence on skateboarding and Southern California culture with a special edition of Locals’ Night on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 3:30–10…
October OPA Monthly Meeting Monday (Oct. 12): The meeting is at the Ocean Park Library @ 2601 Main St. starting with food and mingling at 6:00pm. We will also be hybrid on Zoom. Click here to add the OPA monthly meeting and…
Santa Monica Next is urging a “yes” vote on Measure ES. Since much of our coverage the past couple of years has focused on some of the school district’s controversies (HVACs, turf, Safe Routes to Schools) a reader might be…
Save the Date and Get Your Tickets Today! Mark your Calendars: NOV. 17 @ 7:30 PM — Laemmle Monica Film Center + BIKE RIDELeave the car at home and ride to the movies with us at Santa Monica Spoke!Details on the ride announced as they…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. After more than two years of community outreach and engagement, the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project will move into its fourth phase with the unveiling of the Illustrative Master…
Streetsblog rode the city of Santa Monica’s Broadway Safety Project yesterday. Find SBLA’s brief project construction coverage earlier this year, see post or video. The project is open and appears complete. Added 10/6: A city representative responded that the project was “substantially completed” in…
(Last week, Santa Monica Next discussed a flyer circulating in the Ocean Park/Downtown neighborhoods by a group called Save Main Street. Usually, Next doesn’t allow for Letters to the Editor to be unsigned, but after a discussion over emails I…
Yesterday, Councilmember Dan Hall joined our journalism class at the Santa Monica Police Activities League to help our students prepare for interviews with some of the city council candidates running in this fall’s local elections. Back in July, Santa Monica…
Santa Monica students and families are being encouraged to leave the car at home this week (October 5-9) as Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! Week returns with a series of activities promoting walking, biking and public transportation as ways…
Streetsblog California and Santa Monica Next are urging voters to reject Proposition 45. The measure is being pitched as a way to modernize the state’s landmark environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality Act; but its impact would make it easier to…
(Note: An earlier version of this article misquoted the flyer stating that there were 557 apartments proposed. That has been corrected in the headline and throughout the article.) A flyer circulating in Ocean Park by an anonymous group called “Save…
This legislative session was a bit of an outlier. While the governor’s office has usually been a roadblock for some of our favorite legislation, this year it was the legislature that was the problem. Every piece of legislation that we…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1167 into law Wednesday, establishing new consumer protections intended to make it harder for high-powered electric motorcycles and other devices to be marketed as e-bikes. The law takes effect January 1, 2027. The law, authored…
Big Blue Bus (BBB) will join transit agencies across California in offering free rides on Wednesday, October 7, as part of California Clean Air Day. The annual event, organized by the Coalition for Clean Air, encourages Californians to take actions…
