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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Test Expo Train Reaches Santa Monica for First Time in Years

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...

Expo: Phase II Bike Path Will Open with Light Rail in 2016

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...

Meet the New Steering Committee for Santa Monica Next

  As the Southern California Streets Initiative continues to grow -- in case you missed it, Streetsblog California launched yesterday -- it has become apparent that...

Fast Forward: Santa Monica Residents Organize for “Diverse, Sustainable and Equitable” Future

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...

Step Forward or Backing Down?: Council Debates Airport Plans

On July 1, an agreement between the City of Santa Monica and the federal government that requires the city to maintain low cost leases...

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On No Kings Day, Ferris Wheel Will Go Dark for “Biggest Hour for Earth” in the Evening

The following is a submission by the Pier Corporation. On...

Council Clarifies Its Direction for the Neighborhood Association Grant Program

(Damien Newton contributed background information for this article.) The city...

Santa Monica Approves Slate of “Business-Friendly Initiatives”

The City gives its official update on the Realignment...
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