Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The following is a submission from CalBike. The California Transportation Commission (CTC) will hold a workshop next week to get public input on some choices it needs to make in administering Cycle 7 of the Active Transportation Program (ATP). The…
The following is a submission from the Santa Monica-Mailbu Unified School District. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announces its policy to serve nutritious meals every school day under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and/or Afterschool Snack Program.…
The following is a submission from the Big Blue Bus. The Council also moved forward with the planned changes to routes to UCLA despite some objections from UCLA students and staff (yesterday’s story). At its July 9 meeting, the Santa…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. Income-qualifying Santa Monica residents can apply for a $2,000 voucher that can be used at select retail program partners for an e-bike, bicycle, and/or safety equipment such as a…
At the Tuesday, July 9, meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Supes are widely expected to move a measure to the fall ballot designed to reform and improve how the Supervisors works. The highlight of the…
Complete Streets Senator Scott Wiener was clearly disappointed, but he accepted the amendments to his Complete Streets bill suggested by Assembly Transportation Chair Lori Wilson to get it passed by the committee yesterday. It did, on a 7-1 vote. But…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. The west side of Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, saw a nearly 20 percent decrease in the total population of people experiencing homelessness, according to numbers released…
Opening its two-day meeting today, the California Transportation Commission welcomed newly appointed commissioner Zahira Mann, president and CEO of the South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone (SLATE-Z). The organization worked to get the South Los Angeles area designated as a “Promise…
At Tuesday’s Senate Transportation Committee hearing, several bills relating to regulating autonomous vehicles were discussed and moved forward. These are not the only bills on AVs currently being considered by the legislature, but yesterday’s discussions give an idea what lawmakers…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. City Manager David White announced the appointment of Feroz Merchhiya as chief information officer to lead the city’s Information Services Department, following a nationwide recruitment. Beginning his career…
This Thursday the Metro board Operations Committee will receive a staff report with a few new details on Metro’s microtransit pilot, marketed as Metro Micro. Metro keeps trying to put a good face on the costly and inefficient program, which annually siphons…
Yesterday the Assembly Transportation Committee heard and passed a number of bills related to sustainable transportation, among others. In addition to the traffic safety bills discussed below, the committee also passed Senator Blakespear’s S.B. 1098, to create a regional working group…
The Building Standards Commission is updating the California Building Standards Code sections governing bicycle parking, pursuant to a 2022 law that CalBike helped pass. That law requires bicycle parking standards to be added to the code during its next update. The commission is…
“Jazz Phenomenon” (detail; collage) is one of the works featured in artist Ray McCray’s solo exhibition in the Emeritus Art Gallery at 1227 Second St., Santa Monica. Opening reception is free and will be held on Thursday, June 27 from 5 p.m.-6:30…
The Senate Transportation Committee met today to discuss a number of bills. Among the ones that passed without discussion – on the consent calendar- is A.B. 2259, from Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, that would create a bicycle safety handbook at the DMV.…
