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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City Says JSX Lease Doesn’t Change Cities Long-Term Plans for Airport Park

The City of Santa Monica has formally issued a Commercial Operations Permit and signed a three-year lease agreement allowing JSX to operate at Santa...

SMMUSD Board Unanimously Approves Agreements to Split Into Santa Monica and Malibu School Districts

The Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to approve a set of agreements that would formally begin...

County Seeks Public Input on Transit Gaps; Santa Monica Neighbors Encouraged to Participate

Do you take transit in Culver City? How about heading to beach cities south of Marina del Rey? Consider riding transit to the airport?Los...

City Reaches Settlement With Descendants of Silas White

Following a daylong mediation on October 30, 2025, the City of Santa Monica and Constance White reached a settlement outlining steps the city will...

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Transit Advocates Open Second Front in Fight to Reverse Newsom’s CARB Climate Funding Cuts

California transit, housing, and environmental advocates are escalating their...

Kool Happenings: The Not-So-Secret Police and Clockwork Orange for Musk and Kennedy

Historian and futurist, Nils Gilman, wrote a piece earlier...

‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy

Give them liberty … and give us death.A forthcoming...
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