Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
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…
Just over two weeks ago, USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced the findings of a “compliance review” the federal government completed on the California High Speed Rail Authority. But Duffy had already promised that the document would show nothing but “fraud, waste, and abuse” long…
Last week was the deadline for bills to clear the house where they were introduced or they cannot be considered until the next legislative session. Last week, we covered the passage of two major pieces of legislation in their respective…
I spent this afternoon downtown observing the fifth day of Los Angeles protests against ICE raids targeting Southern California residents. This post is not a comprehensive account of the disruption and terror wrought on L.A. by federal raids, but a…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog, where there are even more images! The wait is over! Mostly. The Metro K and C Lines now connect to LAX airport via a landmark station, the impressive LAX Metro Transit Center. The station…
On Wednesday, AB 891 Quick-Build Project Pilot Program, passed the Assembly by a 61-17-1 vote with all sixty Assembly Democrats voting for the legislation. AB 891 would require Caltrans to develop quick-build bike lane and intersection projects to improve safety on…
Later this week, or perhaps early next, California Transportation Commission (CTC) staff is expected to release the list of projects to be funded by programs created by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, aka SB1. The grant awards…
During his time as Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa wracked up an objectively impressive record on promoting transportation options in the city. During his first term, he proposed creating a dense urban core in the downtown, envisioned a Subway to the Sea,…
Today, the Metro board was supposed to approve a $200 million five-year contract for Lyft to operate Metro Bike Share. But the Lyft contract approval was withdrawn from the meeting agenda, leaving Metro Bike Share’s next chapter unclear. This week’s…
