Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The following post, by Laura Tolkoff and Sebastian Petty, was originally published by Bay Area advocacy group SPUR. Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature directed the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a statewide transit transformation task force to develop…
The following is a submission from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Nefertari Perez-Figueroa is a senior at the Project-Based Learning (PBL) Pathway at Santa Monica High School (Samohi). Her creativity and love for fashion design have fueled her transformative…
he Santa Monica Fire Department will host the swearing-in ceremony for Fire Chief Matthew Hallock on Wednesday, March 27. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. inside Fire Station 1, 1337 7th St. The event will be live-streamed and available for viewing…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California legislature is in the second year of a two-year session, which means, first, there some “two-year” bills left over from last year. There are also new bills. Second, all bills must…
On Saturday, March 23 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour, one of the largest global environmental movement returns for its 18th edition with the “Biggest Hour for Earth” as it unites millions around the world in celebration of our planet. Pacific…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. For a previous coverage of this program at Santa Monica Next, click here. The City Council Tuesday approved moving forward with an agreement with Hollywood Community Housing Corporation…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles Later today, he Metro board Budget and Finance Committee will receive a presentation on draft budget figures for Fiscal Year 2024-25 which starts in July. This week’s presentation [staff report] reveals…
This 2017 Op/Ed in Streetsblog outlines several ways an anti-harassment ordinance could have real teeth. While I was riding my bike to an Oakland Department of Transportation press event a couple of weeks ago, a driver in a black SUV came…
This article first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California Bicycle Coalition’s biannual Bike Summit is fast approaching, and organizers have released the schedule of events. Some details are still being finalized, including the timing of local bike tours, but the…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. For more than three years, the California Air Resources Board has been working to formulate and launch a statewide e-bike incentive program. Progress has been glacial, and answers to requests for information…
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog California. California’s Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies opened the 2024 legislative session yesterday with an informational hearing to talk about how the state should proceed in its climate policies. Cap-and-trade, created in…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog USA. Accessibility in the United States has been guided by the Americans with Disabilities Act since the 1990s — but it doesn’t touch on the public right of way. Fortunately, the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility…
Sustainable transportation advocates know all the stats about how many people die in car crashes on global roads every year. But what about all the deaths and injuries that car culture causes — not to mention all the other ways it diminishes…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. It generally takes three weeks for L.A. County to tally final election results, but all but the closest nail-biter races are generally settled by the end of the first week of results…
The California Air Resources Board recently announced $33 million in grants for supporting planning and implementing clean transportation projects across the state. These grants are in the Planning and Capacity Building, Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS), and Sustainable Transportation Equity Project…
