To. The. Polls.
To. The. Polls. Tomorrow is finally election day in Santa Monica and across the country. Many of you have voted already. I know I have. But for anyone waiting until election day, we offer the following guide to election day…
Category election 2024
Winterer: Threat to Overhaul Staff Bigger Threat to City than SB 10
Ted Winterer is a former Mayor of Santa Monica and City Councilmember. He is still active as a political activist with Communities for Excellent Public Schools. There’s been a heated debate on these pages about the potential impact of SB…
Mayor Brock Has Already Tested the Waters on Purging City Staff
As Damien Newton covered recently, on October 7 Mayor Phil Brock and Councilmember Oscar de la Torre discussed their desire to enact a Project 2025 style purge of city staff. De la Torre said that this Night of the Long…
Yes on Measure A
As election day nears, Santa Monica Next adds its voice to the chorus of housing, labor, health, and livability advocates urging you to support efforts to address L.A. County’s homelessness crisis by voting yes on Measure A – the half-cent sales tax that…
Gruber: SB10 Is Not So Scary
The following article first appeared on The Healthy City Local. It is hard to break bad habits. One habit that is hard to break in Santa Monica is fearmongering about development. The latest instance comes from supporters of the “Safer…
Letters: The Truth about the “SB 10 Flyer”
Kevin McKeown is a former Santa Monica Mayor and City Councilmember. A virtually anonymous flyer circulated in single-family neighborhoods has inserted an existing state law, Senate Bill 10 from 2021, into the current Santa Monica Council election. That flyer, headlined…
Amidst Accusations of Antisemitism, Visibly Rattled de la Torre Goes on Attack at Council Meeting, Denies Claims Made Against Him
Tuesday’s City Council meeting was the last one before Santa Monica votes on who will represent them on four of the seven seats on the City Council. With two incumbent candidates on the dais, one of whom has been mired…
Conservancy Asks Council Candidates for Their Thoughts on Historic Preservation
The following article was first published at the Santa Monica Conservancy. City Council members make crucial decisions on landmark nominations, zoning constraints and incentives, and other matters affecting our cultural resources. To help our members and friends evaluate the candidates’…
Santa Monica Next Endorsements : Yes on Measure F
Santa Monica Next is a party of a 501c(3) and as such cannot make candidate endorsements. However, we can weigh in on ballot measures and have already urged voters to vote Yes on QS, the SMMUSD School Bond, and Yes…
Republicans Love Phil Brock
For a guy who loudly insists he’s a Democrat, Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock sure is surrounded by a weird number of Republicans. You don’t need to take my word for it—Brock proudly lists this information on his endorsements webpage…
Santa Monica Next Endorsements : No on PSK
Santa Monica Next is a party of a 501c(3) and as such cannot make candidate endorsements. However, we can weigh in on ballot measures and have already urged voters to vote Yes on QS, the SMMUSD School Bond, and Yes…
SMMUSD Responds to County Clerk Error on Mail in Ballots
In a follow-up to yesterday’s story, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District released a statement on the error made by the L.A. County Clerk on the mail-in ballots sent to all voters in Santa Monica and Malibu. The County Clerk’s…
Error on Mail-In Ballot for SMMUSD Bond Measures
The Los Angeles County Clerk has made an error on the ballots mailed to voters in Santa Monica and Malibu. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District placed a pair of bond measures on the ballot, one for residents in Santa…
Santa Monica Next urges you to vote “YES” on Measure K
As part of a 501c(3) public charity, Santa Monica Next cannot endorse candidates for city office, but it can endorse ballot measures. We have previously urged voters to vote Yes on QS. Measure K would place an additional 8% tax…
Observer, Westside Voice, Make Endorsements in City Council Races
Two of Santa Monica’s news outlets are on the record endorsing candidate slates in this year’s City Council elections. Unsurprisingly, the progressive Westside Voice has endorsed the progressive “United Democratic Slate” while Santa Monica Observer endorsed the “Safer Santa Monica”…