Pro-growth, slow-growth, no-growth, growth boundaries, steady state & degrowth.
In Santa Monica’s local politics, there is a camp, one of the more active and vocal, sometimes loosely refereed to as "slow growth", or...
There It Is, Conserve It
With the state of California experiencing it's driest year in record keeping, water, which has always been one of the central defining feature of...
Prioritizing The Experience And Timeliness Of Local Transit
When it comes to mobility beyond the private automobile, bus systems preform a lot of the heavy lifting. They are spatially efficient, carrying dozens...
In Defense Of The Humble Traffic Diverter
I am excited to see the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) proposal move forward with council approval, along with the connecting Safe Routes to...
The Residents
In the time that I have participated and written about local political issues in Santa Monica, one of the nuances that I've increasingly become...
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Padilla, Schiff Lead Effort to Stop Republican Rollback of California’s Emissions Laws
In anticipation of a Senate effort to deal a...
Kool Happenings: Children, Use Them and Lose Them
From the earliest accounts of battles in our ancient...
Bike Anywhere Day Is May 15! Here’s What SM Spoke and the City Have Planned…
Do I need to say it? This post via...
Navigating Airport Planning Without Direct Democracy
(The city will unveil the three draft scenarios for...