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.

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CEQA Reform Passes Senate for LOS, Basketball Team

Steinberg's hasty press conference after passage of SB 743Last night, both California's Senate and Assembly passed SB 743, Senator Darrell Steinberg's legislation that was...

CEQA Reforms Could Spell the End for LOS

(This article first appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles.)Finally, some sanity may be coming to California's most important environmental protection law, the California Environmental Quality...

Video: Meet the Santa Monica Business That’s Going to Change the Way Cities Think About Bike Parking

Did you know Santa Monica has the largest bike parking facility of its kind in the country? The wildly popular Bike Center, with locations...

Big Blue Bus Survey Wants Your Help to Plan for Expo

Yesterday, we warned you that change is coming to Santa Monica. The good news is, it appears that the city's transit agency is readying...

Here’s the Video for Tour Da Arts, Vol. 5

Santa Monica Next was proud to participate in the Santa Monica Museum of Arts' Tour da Arts event last month and we're happy to...

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Santa Monica’s Westside Chamber Orchestra Wins National Award

The following is a submission from the Westside Chamber...

Newsom Vetoes Allen’s SB 682 Which Would Have Limited Sale of Items with “Forever Chemicals”

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 682, authored by...

CicLAvia Turns 15, Enlivens the Heart of L.A.

Sunday, tens of thousands of Angelenos participated in CicLAvia's...

Governor Signs Package of Transportation Safety/Funding Bills

With just hours left to sign or veto yesterday,...
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