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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OPA Update 2/2/26: February is Black History Month, LA Rents Decreasing, Final DineLA Days, & Other Things To Do This Week

OPA Boardmember Spotlight: Get to Know our New President Robbie Leer: A Minnesota native, Robbie joined the OPA Board in 2022 and began serving as...

Walkout on Friday, Protest Ride on Saturday: Santa Monica’s Most Recent Weekend of Protest

Photo: New Roads Students march down Nebraska Avenue towards the Water Garden. Credit: Sammy Newton Santa Monicans took to the streets Friday as part of...

Waymo Robotaxi Strikes Child Near Santa Monica Elementary School, Prompting Federal Safety Probe

A Waymo autonomous robotaxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during morning drop-off hours on January 23, leading to a National...

Los Angeles Anti–Housing Law Push Escalates as Metro Board Seeks SB 79 Exemption

Just because Senate Bill 79 was signed into law in October doesn’t mean the war over housing near transit in Los Angeles is over — it’s...

Shock Poll Shows Overwhelming Support to Keep Airport Open

A new poll released earlier today in the Santa Monica Daily Press claims overwhelming support among Santa Monica voters for keeping the Santa Monica...

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Help Send All Samohi Students to Prom

The following is a notice sent from SMMUSD. Prom season...

Dumbing Down the Military and Owning the Press

Quite randomly today, I settled on writing about two...

Santa Monica Could Use This One Trick to Increase Density Near Transit Stops

New research and story maps from UCLA's Institute of...

Santa Monica College to Stage “Noises Off” March 27-April 5

The following is a submission from SMC. The Santa Monica College...
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