Upcoming events in the city of Santa Monica.
Everyone has a story, especially if you ride the bus. That’s something Scott Schultz understands first hand, as someone who lives in Los Angeles without a car. For example, there was that time Schultz became an accidental guide for a…
It’s Bike Week, Santa Monica. We’ve got plenty going on — bike related and otherwise — so take a look below for this week’s goings-on. Monday Santa Monica College’s Public Policy Institute kicks off its annual Spring Symposium at 7…
The Santa Monica City Council will be making a pivotal decision Tuesday and the 24th annual Santa Monica Festival is around the corner. Santa MOnica City Council to Vote on Zoning Update The City Council on Tuesday, May 5, will…
May is Bike Month and there are plenty of ways to celebrate! Join Santa Monica Spoke, City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Bike Center, RideAmigos, and many others and leave the car at home. One of the best ways…
Join Santa Monica Next and Santa Monica Spoke for a screening of Dogtown and Z-Boys, a look back at the Santa Monica and Venice of the 1970s where skateboarding was invented. Join us from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at…
There’s a party at the Pier this Sunday to benefit the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation and SMPD announced there will be two more bike-ped operations this Friday and Monday. Pier Party Join Santa Monica Next and many other members of the community…
Next week, Santa Monica will celebrate its most environmentally-friendly local businesses at the 20th annual Sustainable Quality Awards and the Santa Monica Bike Center wants to sponsor the first 35 people who pledge to arrive on bike. On Thursday April…
It’s time for another Kidical Mass bike outing, Santa Monica. This time, we’ll ride in celebration of Earth Day. “Grab your bikes and kids and head to Memorial Park April 18th for a special Earth Day themed Kidical Mass family-friendly…
Join the local chapter of the League of Women Voters Thursday at 7 p.m. to celebrate the Women Who Shape Santa Monica. This year, the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will honor four influential community members, including Julie Rusk, a…
The Chamber of Commerce, city of Santa Monica, and Sustainable Works, announced Tuesday the finalists for the 20th annual Sustainable Quality Awards (SQA). The 19 local businesses, who are chosen for “making significant achievements in sustainable economic development, social responsibility and…
Editor’s Note: This is cross posted from Los Angeles Streetsblog. Joe Linton contributed to this article. Yesterday, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), TransitCenter, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Move L.A., and the Shared Use Mobility Center, joined forces…
Save the date, folks. On March 11, Santa Monica Next will host an urbanism + placemaking happy hour with Gehl Architects from 6 to 8 p.m. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Gehl Architects will be in town that week for the West…
It’s a short week this week, which means we won’t have to wait so long to get to the fun stuff coming up, like Streetsblog Los Angeles’ 7th birthday party and Live Ride Share, Southern California’s first shared-use mobility conference.…
Santa Monica, like the rest of the region, is experiencing a historic housing crisis that is driving up prices and forcing working and middle-class families out of town. While Santa Monica requires about 30 percent of all new housing built to be permanently subsidized, there…
Mark your calendars, Santa Monica. The Big Blue Bus wants your feedback on the agency’s newly redesigned bus stop seats, which will be at different locations around the city over the next three weeks; there will also be some important changes to bus…
