No doubt you are being inundated with many worthwhile nonprofits asking you to make a year-end contribution. Santa Monica Next is no exception. If you value the work we do at Next, we ask that you please consider donating today…
By now you’ve gotten at least a dozen emails about #GivingTuesday asking you to donate to an important and worthy non-profit. Today, throughout California staff are working on stories and podcasts to cover and explain issues both locally and statewide.…
One of the goals of an “Impact Journalism” website is to establish the editor as a a reputable source for legacy, or mainstream, media outlets with larger audiences. Over the past year and a half, we’ve been excited to watch…
Los Angeles Streetsblog, Santa Monica Next, Santa Monica Spoke, and the Echo Park Film Center are proud to present “Observations from an Emerging Bicycle Culture” in Santa Monica and at the Film Center this October. The multi-media presentation will be…
This post originally ran on Streetsblog California. Assemblymember Richard Bloom represents Assembly District 50, which includes Santa Monica, West L.A., and Beverly Hills. He also served on the Santa Monica City Council from 1999 to 2012, when he was elected to…
Time is running out to get your tickets for Santa Monica Next’s summer cocktail party this Saturday. Join us at the Ocean Park home of Santa Monica Next steering committee member Abby Arnold for a chance to share food, signature cocktails,…
Do you like Santa Monica Next? Do you appreciate our point of view? Are you a fan of our thoughtful coverage of important issues facing our community? As a nonprofit publication, we rely on supporters like you to help us keep the…
Our sister site Streetsblog Los Angeles has coverage of yesterday’s press event celebrating the Metro Expo Line nearing completion. Expo Phase II construction is over 90 percent completed, and, if all goes as planned, passenger service should arrive in Santa…
(Note: This post podcast will appear Monday on Streetsblog California as part of our weekly podcast #DamienTalks) Good Data, it’s the Holy Grail of transportation reform advocates. Today, #DamienTalks with Richard McKinnon, the head of Safe Streets Santa Monica and a…
Photos are circulating on Facebook and Ipernity of an Expo Line test train reaching the City of Santa Monica this morning. It is the first time in many, many years that trains have passed down these tracks. Passenger trains last used…
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared in Los Angeles Streetsblog on May 18. Last week, in a short article celebrating that LADOT was beginning its portion of the bikeway that will run parallel to the Expo Line in West L.A.,…
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…
