This week, the City Council will consider what to do with the no-growth L.U.V.E. initiative, planning begins on Santa Monica’s newest park, and Santa Monica Spoke hosts “Dinner & Bikes + Cupcakes.” City Council Looks at No-Growth Ballot Measure The…
If you’ve tried to move to — or within — Santa Monica recently, it should come as no surprise to you that it’s not easy. While the entire Los Angeles region is enduring the consequences of a chronic 30-year-long housing…
The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica on Saturday announced its opposition to the Residocracy-backed anti-growth ballot measure that will go before voters in November, joining a growing list of opponents to the initiative. [pullquote align=right] “The initiative, when…
Santa Monica closed off two miles of streets to motor vehicles on Sunday for its first-ever open streets event, Coast. The route started at the newly-opened Downtown Santa Monica Expo line station. From there to the Pier was a designated…
The so-called “Land Use Voter Empowerment” (L.U.V.E.) initiative, which would require a vote on nearly every new building over two stories, has qualified to be on the November ballot, Santa Monica Next has learned. The initiative, backed by the extreme…
Santa Monica is getting ready for its first open streets event, Coast, this Sunday, June 5. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. about two miles of streets will be closed to automobile traffic, freeing up the space for people to…
Santa Monica is on track to invest more than $10 million to make its streets safer over the next two years, according to the city’s proposed Capital Improvement Project (CIP) budget. The money — which would come from a combination…
The day Los Angeles transit enthusiasts have been waiting for finally arrived this morning when the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opened, bringing passenger rail back to the westside of L.A. County for the first time since 1953.…
Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere. And now, the city wants to make it as easy as possible for you to discover how you…
L.A. County 3rd District Supervisor, and Santa Monica resident, Sheila Kuehl released a video promo today to get people excited about Friday’s grand opening of Expo line phase 2. About half of the seven new stations along the 6.6-mile Expo…
If you’ve spent any time in Santa Monica, chances are you’ve at least passed by one of the half-dozen locally-owned eateries in the Rustic Canyon Group of Restaurants. From the Sweet Rose Creamery on Pico to Huckleberry on Wilshire to…
This week is a good one for those who have been waiting for the arrival of the Expo light rail line, since it opens this Friday. This week also happens to be bike week, which means there will be ample…
This week, the City Council and Planning Commission approved two related Expo-adjacent housing projects that will bring more than 300 new homes — 64 of which will rent to lower-income households — to Santa Monica’s thriving downtown. The two projects…
The countdown has begun for the opening of Expo Phase 2 with just over a week left before the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opens to the public. Starting on Monday, various members of the media, public officials,…
This week, Santa Monica’s City Council will officially declare May “Bike Month,” you can get a preview of the new expansion of Airport Park, and you can wind down the week with a special Handlebar Happy Hour at the Craftsman…
