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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Prop. 50 Is Passed Overwhelmingly by Voters. What’s Next?

Proposition 50 passed in California on Tuesday with a decisive margin—roughly 4,971,914 “Yes” votes vs. 2,826,189 “No” votes, out of about 7,809,756 total votes...

Santa Monica Installing 10 Sleek, Modern, Bus Shelters

Santa Monica has unveiled nine new bus shelters, with another on its way, across the city to upgrade the experience for the city’s riders....

Santa Monica Super Advocate Featured in Momentum Magazine

"We might not proclaim Caro Vilain our new hero, but we certainly need a few more like her in the world using her creative...

CARB Quietly Ends the Statewide E-Bike Voucher Program

(Update, 11/7: CARB requested some corrections to our timeline to when the authorization for the program came from the legislature and the amount that...

Two Weeks After Anniversary of Fatal Malibu Crash, City Could Reject PCH Safety Improvements

Image: by Karim Saafir IG @karims123 – via Streets Are For Everyone“This community was forever changed by the loss of four bright young women...

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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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