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.
Streets for All Endorses “Unity Slate” of Hall, Raskin, Snell and Zernitskaya
Streets for All, the only mobility-focused non-profit with a 501c(4) branch that can make endorsements, has made its endorsement in the Santa Monica City...
Polls on r/Santa Monica on Reddit Are More Popular and Probably Accurate Than Pulse Polls
One of the missions of Santa Monica Next is to battle the flood of misinformation that pollutes the public discourse and even public policy...
Supes Consider Reforms at Tuesday Morning Meeting, Including Increasing the Number of Their Colleagues
At the Tuesday, July 9, meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Supes are widely expected to move a measure to...
Santa Monica Next Will Return on Monday
Have a safe and happy 4th. See you then.
Last Month’s Pulse Poll Gives Good News to Unity Slate
This Pulse Poll Is WILDEven by the admittedly low standards of the Pulse Polls, push polls designed to shape public policy by asking a...
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Santa Monica College Theatre Arts to Stage “Grease” March 28-April 6
The following is a submission from SMC.The Santa Monica College...
Kool Happenings: The Little Match Boy and Crypto-creep
In the early 1950s, when many of us had...
Santa Monica Earns $3.5 Million in Grants for Safer Streets Projects
Photo: The intersection of 23rd and Hill via Google...
Locals’ Night Returns to the Santa Monica Pier on March 20 with Live Music, Classic Cars, and Community Fun
The following is a submission from the Pier Corporation.The...