Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
Yesterday, U.S. High Speed Rail, a non-profit advocacy group co-chaired by former Republican Congressman and USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood, released the results of a new poll of California voters. The poll showed that the CA High-Speed Rail project remains popular…
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 390 into law which extends protections already given to police officers, highway workers, Caltrans employees and other people doing official work on the highways to anyone outside of their vehicle. Drivers will now be required to drive…
Which Bills Are Alive and Which Have Died in the California Legislature as Electeds Take Summer Break July 18 was the last day for the legislature before its one month summer break and also the last day for legislation to…
For nearly two months, dehumanizing Southern California ICE raids have torn families apart, sent communities into hiding, slammed the California economy, and more. Newly released Metro ridership statistics reflect some of the current impacts of ICE terror as many L.A.…
The following is a submission from LA Metro. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced yesterday its expanded partnership with retailer WSS, which is now sponsoring Metro’s GoPass Program for nearly 17,000 students enrolled in the Lynwood Unified and…
Metro Seeks Members for Public Safety Advisory Committee The following is a submission from Metro. We are thrilled to announce that applications for the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) are now open! This is an incredible opportunity to make a…
It’s hard to argue against traffic safety programs with Damian Kevitt. The affable head of Streets Are For Everyone comes prepared with a litany of statistics and data when called upon to testify. His personal story as a survivor of…
The following article also appears at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Metro recently released its draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a planned rail connection between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. The project is called the Sepulveda Transit Corridor. Metro…
Note: Assemblymember Rick Zbur and Senator Ben Allen, Santa Monica’s representatives to the legislature, both voted to approve this legislation. California’s biggest environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), has been on the books for over half a century.…
The following article is also found at Streetsblog Los Angeles. The cities of West Hollywood and Santa Monica are each launching new bus lane camera enforcement programs today. On-bus AI cameras will ticket drivers who park in bus-only lanes or…
This article also appears at Streetsblog. All images via Metro Board presentation yesterday. At yesterday’s Metro board meeting, staff presented on how recent ICE raids and demonstrations have impacted Metro. The staff report shed some light on what has taken place in recent…
Flanked by members of the SEIU transit union, Scott Wiener (D-SF), the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, announced a state budget deal from the Capitol Rose Garden on Tuesday that avoids massive transit service cuts. It restores $1.1 billion of the Greenhouse…
In a move reminiscent of the federal purge of useful information from the internet earlier this year, Caltrans has deleted a presentation from its website – an explainer on proposed Highway 37 road widening in Napa County. The timing of…
California’s ability to grow and modernize its rail network is hampered by inconsistent funding from the state which makes planning rail projects or multi-project programs difficult at best, according to a new report by Californians for Electric Rail. Against Patchwork Funding:…
The “unscrupulous nature of the enforcement” had stunned her and left the families and communities of those snatched up in the recent spate of immigration raids “irreparably” traumatized, Angelica Salas, Executive Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), told…
