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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Deadline This Friday for LACBC Executive Director Applications

The region's largest bicycle advocacy organization, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, is searching for a new executive director. Following the wildly successful 7-year...

Thank God, It’s Almost Over

I'm going to admit it. As a former political operative turned activist turned journalist, I have a pretty high threshold for what I consider...

Zoe Muntaner, a Different Kind of Candidate for Next Week’s Election

Zoe Muntaner arrived in Santa Monica in 1997, over the past couple of decades she has lived in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, Dubai and basically...

What About Traffic Safety? A Chat with Richard McKinnon

In an election season that has been dominated by discussion of development, traffic, and the relationship between the two, precious little time has been...

Bring the Kids for a Santa Monica Next/Streetsblog LA Playdate!

Here at Streetsblog, we believe that cities of all sizes are great places to raise kids. We've also noticed that in recent years more...

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Opposition Melts Away as Durazo Announces Major Changes to SB 1361

With the way advocates, and news reports, were talking about Senate Bill...

Kool Happenings: Bully v. Bully Pulpit

Columnist Peggy Noonan wrote, a few days ago in...

Group of E-Bike Regulation Bills Advance in Assembly

On Monday night, the Assembly Transportation Committee advanced four...
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