Every week we republish an article from the City Manager’s Newsletter. Here’s this weeks. June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, and across Santa Monica, it’s taking shape as a full month of celebration, connection, and community. From storytelling and live theater…
Every week we pick a story or two from the City Manager’s newsletter to highlight. You may have caught a major announcement this past week… ESPN has selected Santa Monica Beach as the home for “ESPN Beach” – the network’s…
Every week, Next republishes one or two article(s) from the City Manager’s Report. Big Blue Bus provided 904,000 rides in April 2026, a 3% increase over April 2025 and the latest in a string of steady monthly gains putting the…
Every week, Next republishes one (or two) articles included in City Manager Oliver Chi’s update to staff and stakeholders. For years, residents and visitors have raised the same simple frustration with the City’s beach parking operation… they couldn’t park in…
Every week, Next republishes one article from the City Manager’s weekly update to staff. Three significant housing developments on Wilshire Boulevard are moving toward issuance of building permits as the first applicants to use Santa Monica’s new Off-Site Affordable Housing…
Every week, Santa Monica Next reprints a story from City Manager Oliver Chi’s newsletter. If you spotted red lifeguard uniforms and slow-motion beach sprints along our coastline this past week, your eyes weren’t deceiving you! Baywatch – yes, that Baywatch!…
(Every week we republish one article from the City Manager’s weekly update to staff. This week’s article has been lightly updated because it was written in the future tense.) Yesterday, Monday, April 13, new parking rates are in effect at…
The following is from the city manager’s weekly report. On Friday, March 27, City staff and Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya welcomed Yevgen Solodov from the Kyiv Traffic Management Center for a half-day planning discussion and walking tour, a small but meaningful…
Every week we pick a story or two from the City Manager’s newsletter to highlight. The City is advancing its work to become the first jurisdiction in California to implement automated bike lane enforcement, and the program hit another important…
The following article is reprinted from the City Manager’s Newsletter. SAMO BRIDGE PROGRAM APPROACHING THE ONE-YEAR MARK HAVING DELIVERED TERRIFIC RESULTS! As we approach the one-year anniversary of SaMo Bridge – Santa Monica’s diversion program that opened its doors in…
Story via the City Manager’s Weekly Update. I’m excited to share that in early 2026, we are seeing encouraging signs of continued ridership recovery and growth in our renowned Big Blue Bus transit system! In January 2026, Big Blue Bus…
