As the Southern California Streets Initiative continues to grow — in case you missed it, Streetsblog California launched yesterday — it has become apparent that Jason is going to need more help than I can give to grow Santa Monica…
Do you feel that too often discussions of Santa Monica’s future are too dominated by a discussion of what was? Now, there’s a new residence group that pushes for a future Santa Monica that lives up to the progressive values…
On July 1, an agreement between the City of Santa Monica and the federal government that requires the city to maintain low cost leases and an extra 2,000 feet of runway at the Santa Monica Airport expires. Whether this means…
Santa Monica Next editor Jason Islas will appear on KCRW’s “Press Play with Madeline Brand” today at noon to discuss his recent stories “Lack of Office Space, Housing Squeeze Santa Monica’s Growing Tech Industry” and “Santa Monica Loses Yahoo to…
Earlier this morning, the “Southwest Corridor” cities voted for a new official to represent them on the Metro Board of Directors, replacing Santa Monica Councilwoman Pam O’Connor with Inglewood Mayor James Butts. The vote needs to be ratified by the…
The region’s largest bicycle advocacy organization, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, is searching for a new executive director. Following the wildly successful 7-year tenure of Jennifer Klausner, the LACBC is in good shape, with a solid fundraising base and…
I’m going to admit it. As a former political operative turned activist turned journalist, I have a pretty high threshold for what I consider unfair or dirty campaigning. That being said, I’ve been unpleasantly surprised by the tricks, vitriol and…
Zoe Muntaner arrived in Santa Monica in 1997, over the past couple of decades she has lived in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, Dubai and basically all over the world. Coming from a family with a political background in Puerto Rico, Muntaner…
In an election season that has been dominated by discussion of development, traffic, and the relationship between the two, precious little time has been spent on the deadly cost of car-culture measured in the loss of human lives. In fact,…
Here at Streetsblog, we believe that cities of all sizes are great places to raise kids. We’ve also noticed that in recent years more and more of our local Streetsblog community are raising children. So instead of another happy hour…
You’re going to hear a lot of arguments for and against ballot Measures D and LC in the coming weeks. Santa Monica Next urges you to vote Yes on Measure LC, No on Measure D this election. The campaign for Measure D,…
While it may be missing much of the fanfare of previous years in Southern California, Park(ing) Day is still one of the happiest days on the Livable Streets Calendar. Across the world, people will gather in car parking spaces, feed…
(Update: This article has been updated because I mis-understood an email. – DN) Next Friday is Park(ing) Day, the international day of protest for open space and celebration of creativity. Every year, people from around the world set up small…
(Note: Streetsblog Los Angeles and Santa Monica Next are partnering with Los Angeles Walks and Place It! on a grant proposal to the #la2050 campaign. To earn the grant we either need to win a popular vote or be selected…
One year ago today, the Southern California Streets Initiative launched Santa Monica Next. Our only staff writer was Gary Kavanagh, although myself, Juan Matute, and Frank Gruber would pitch in from time to time. We never imagined we would have…
