Juan Matute
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Juan writes a column and occasionally does technical stuff for Santa Monica Next.
Santa Monica Gets Down to Business at Council Budget Workshop
Discussions at the City Council’s March 8th budget workshop reveal a determined push to run the municipality more like a business, focusing on well-defined...
Santa Monica Budget Primer
The Santa Monica City Council will set budget priorities this Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Santa Monica Library. The city forms its...
What can be done to reduce traffic fatalities in Santa Monica?
In part 1, I used a safe systems lens to understand traffic safety in Santa Monica after a fatal crash at the intersection of...
The Complaints Department
A city that is responsive to complaints seems like a desirable standard to strive for. Who doesn’t like having their complaints addressed in a...
Wilshire/Chelsea Deadly Crash Highlights Santa Monica’s Dearth of Vehicle Code Enforcement
Even as the Palisades fire and other megafires shift the focus on public safety from transportation to wildfires made more likely by climate change,...
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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...