Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
Today’s scintillating topic is VMT mitigation. VMT Mitigation! VMT stands for Vehicle Miles Traveled. Mitigation means making bad things less bad. This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. VMT mitigation is a wonky, jargon-filled subject. It is potentially very…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. The City of Santa Monica awarded 56 grants to local artists and arts organizations in the 2023-2024 funding cycle, an increase of 12% recipients from the last grants cycle, as part of its ongoing strategic…
The following is a press release from Santa Monica Community College Three Santa Monica College (SMC) STEM majors were selected for the prestigious Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF), a fully-funded ten-week education, research, and internship experience focused on socially-directed science and technology. The fellowship is…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. This week, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will perform six sold-out concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Concerts start Thursday, August 3 and continue August 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. Across America, cities have…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Finding funding to save transit from a looming “fiscal cliff” was an urgent topic of transportation discussions this spring – somewhat resolved with the signing of the state budget in June. But just…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. In a case brought under the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance, COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, and Home-Sharing Ordinance by the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker has signed a stipulated…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. Last week, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to promote economic recovery in the City’s Downtown, including the Third Street Promenade Area and Santa Monica…
The following is a press release from Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. Last week, months after appointing herself to serve on the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath succeeds the Honorable Wendy Greuel as the next Chair of…
The following is a release from the City of Santa Monica: Recently, the City discovered an unstable portion of the Santa Monica Bluffs located just above the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) between the California Incline and Moomat Ahiko Way. In…
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica Democratic Club The Santa Monica Democratic Club (SMDC) is pleased to announce that two members of its executive board who serve on the Los Angeles County Democratic Party Central Committee…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. Many California cities are in the midst of updating their “housing elements,” a part of their General Plans. In the next year or so, many of these plans will be completed and certified,…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California. The official statement from the author of A.B. 73, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, is titled “Shifting Gears.” She has tried for several years to pass a bill allowing bike riders to treat stop signs as yield signs, and…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The grants are referred to as REAP 2.0 because they expand on an existing REAP grant program by looking for ways to integrate housing and climate goals. Two groups of Regional Early Action…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. City Manager David White announced that Deputy City Manager Anuj Gupta will step in as the City’s interim director of the Department of Transportation (DOT) beginning August 10,…
The following post was originally posted at Streetsblog California. In the final days leading up to the legislative recess, with a Friday deadline for bills to pass bills out of committees, the Senate Transportation and Judiciary Committees held long, concurrent…
