California lawmakers are advancing a bill that could reframe how housing, transportation, and infrastructure projects are approved in urbanized coastal communities, seeking to balance environmental protections with the state’s urgent housing and climate goals. Assembly Bill 1740 (AB 1740) — introduced…
Santa Monica police have redeployed bike patrol units in Downtown and along the Pier and beach areas, restoring a visible law enforcement presence in some of the city’s busiest pedestrian corridors. The move was announced in the city manager’s weekly…
A growing chorus of elected officials representing Santa Monica are pressing Caltrans to stop treating bike safety as an afterthought and instead deliver a long-planned protected bicycle connection at the same time it repaves Santa Monica Boulevard. In letters sent…
Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park, who’s district includes Mar Vista, West Los Angeles, the Palisades and Venice and more wrote last month to the Santa Monica City Council to ask for a formal assessment of the Santa Monica Airport’s…
Even after the exceptional reporting by CalMatters in its License to Kill series, which demonstrated how California is failing its residents through lax enforcement and weak traffic safety laws, the 2025 Legislature still failed to pass Assembly Bill 366. AB 366 was a modest effort…
Waymo is releasing new details about a January collision in which one of its autonomous vehicles struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school, saying its self-driving system significantly reduced the severity of the crash — even as the…
OPA Boardmember Spotlight: Get to Know our New President Robbie Leer: A Minnesota native, Robbie joined the OPA Board in 2022 and began serving as president this year. He acted as vice president for the past three years. Robbie leads the…
Photo: New Roads Students march down Nebraska Avenue towards the Water Garden. Credit: Sammy Newton Santa Monicans took to the streets Friday as part of a nationwide “blackout” strike opposing federal immigration enforcement actions, gathering along Olympic Boulevard to call…
A Waymo autonomous robotaxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during morning drop-off hours on January 23, leading to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigation and renewed debate over the safety of self-driving vehicles in…
Just because Senate Bill 79 was signed into law in October doesn’t mean the war over housing near transit in Los Angeles is over — it’s intensifying. Metro – L.A. County’s transportation agency – is now pushing to gut SB 79. City…
A new poll released earlier today in the Santa Monica Daily Press claims overwhelming support among Santa Monica voters for keeping the Santa Monica Airport open, a somewhat shocking result given the prevailing political view closing the airport on the…
Image from Gemini. Santa Monica city officials are considering whether to pursue a civic float in the 2027 Tournament of Roses Parade, a move supporters say could serve as a high-profile symbol of the city’s recovery and renewed civic energy.…
Last week, the Citizens United Ordinance to Preserve City Funding of the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) was submitted to the city clerk for approval. The measure would create a $540 parcel tax, with all of the funding going…
A proposed mixed-use development at 2716 Ocean Park Boulevard could bring 456 new homes and ground-floor retail to a key corridor just north of the Santa Monica Airport, as the city’s housing pipeline continues to evolve. Developer Trammell Crow Company…
Two Santa Monica neighborhood libraries have officially reopened with expanded, in-person services, restoring full-service library access to the Fairview and Ocean Park communities. The Fairview and Ocean Park Branch Libraries resumed full-service operations on Tuesday, Jan. 20, expanding beyond the…
