Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The California legislature passed a bill today that would require all large corporations that do business in California to measure and publicly report their carbon emissions. S.B. 253 is a first-in-the-nation bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who successfully fought off…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. After an arduous and digressive journey, Assemblymember Laura Friedman’s bill to allow a few cities to test whether cameras can help curb dangerous speeding passed out of the legislature. A.B. 645 grew exponentially more complex…
Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath’s motion to protect Santa Monica Bay and LA County beaches from trash and pollution. The motion responds to the realities of the climate crisis where within the month of August,…
This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition’s website. When most people think of Caltrans, they think of freeways. However, many California cities and towns have at least one major thoroughfare that is a numbered state route, and Caltrans is…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. It’s time for a quick update on bills that are still alive in the legislature. All bills moving forward must have passed to the floor of the second house already, and the Senate…
The following is a lightly edited press release from Santa Monica Community College: Santa Monica College (SMC) continues its Social Justice Lecture Series in fall 2023 with presentations and discussions that explore the concept of social justice and a variety of aspects, issues, and…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. For years, proponents of speed cameras, which have proven to reduce vehicle speeding, have been trying to get a bill through the state legislature to allow their use in California. While these bills have…
The following is a press release from Santa Monica Community College Audience Q&A follows September 12 talk with USC Law Professor Jody Armour, September 14 talk with UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa…
It is with deep regret that the Santa Monica Fire Department shares news of the passing of one of their own. Fire Engineer Dom Smith passed away on July 13, 2023, after a long and courageous battle against a work-related illness. Engineer Smith served the Santa Monica Fire Department with distinction for…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Read part 1, here. Back in 2020, the climate was overheating in the form of large wildfires, intense hurricanes, and receding ice (all of which have since worsened). After a seven-year…
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Dr. Onyendu comes to SMMUSD with more than 14 years of education experience, recently serving as the Director of Admissions and Attendance and Assistant Principal for Palisades…
Tune in to tonight at 6 p.m. for Streetsblog’s online roundtable on the technical, financial & political changes needed to get @CaHSRA service from SF to LA in five years. Sign up on Eventbrite for details. The California High-Speed Rail project will fundamentally transform…
The following is a lightly modified press release from Metro. As the new school year begins, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) encourages students, families and school districts to participate in its GoPass pilot program which allows students…
The following is a lightly edited press release from the Big Blue Bus. Visit their webpage for an interactive list of service changes. Beginning Sunday, August 13, the Big Blue Bus made schedule changes on seven (7) routes to improve…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog San Francisco. Waymo and Cruise won a permit from CPUC to operate in San Francisco over the city’s objection two days after this op/ed was published. Santa Monica filed a brief in support of…
