Tomorrow Is the City’s First Car Free Friday
The Expo trains are here. The crosswalks are brightly painted. There are miles and miles of bike paths.
There’s even an app that offers real-time bus schedules to take the guesswork out of using public...
Planning Commission to Look at Expo-Adjacent Mixed-User on Former Norm’s Site
The Santa Monica Planning Commission tonight will take a look at a mid-rise (4-to-5 story) mixed-use project that, if approved, would add 90 new homes -- including nine three-bedroom apartments for families -- about two...
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Passes Now Available on Smartphones
Starting April 3, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will give riders the option of paying their fares through their smartphones.
According to a report released today on the City’s website, the municipal transit service started...
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters: No on L.U.V.E.
The Los Angeles League of Conservation (LALCV) voters released a statement earlier this week urging Santa Monica voters to reject the Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative. LALCV argues the anti-growth initiative will both...
Santa Monica Pier Is the Stage for Heated Debate About Genetically Modified Foods
At the far end of the pier Tuesday night were three upholstered chairs, a coffee table and two potted plants.
It looked like a cozy living room set, but this was actually staging for a...
Supporting our Hotel Workers is a Winning Strategy for Everyone
"Hotel workers, community members, and City Councilmembers rally in front of City Hall last night to call for swift action to protect workers against workplace harassment."
Photo, courtesy of Unite Here!
Tourism in Santa Monica...
Interview with Unzipped Writer/Director/Producer Colin Gray. Meet Gray at the Screening of His Newest...
Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality is playing tonight through Thursday at Laemmle Theatre in Santa Monica (Tickets). Tonight's showing features a Q and A with the writer/producer/director of the movie, Colin Gray and...
Washington Post Story Raises Questions About Racial Profiling in Santa Monica
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include comments from more community leaders.
A first-hand account of a police action that ran in the Washington Post's Opinion Page on Wednesday has raised questions in Santa...
Legislative Update: GHG Targets, Cap & Trade, Transportation Special Session
The post originally ran at Streetsblog California.
The California legislature returned from its summer break last week and now has one month to finish all the business it started in this session.
If it can.
Pending issues...
“Courage, Tenacity, and Imagination”: An Interview with Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole, Part...
Santa Monica Next sat down to talk with Rick Cole, who took the reins as Santa Monica’s city manager on June 29 after leaving his post at L.A. City Hall as deputy mayor in charge...
Interactive Chart: Apartments and Condos in Santa Monica
Proponents of no-growth measures like Measure LV, or the Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) as its backers have dubbed it, in Santa Monica often seek to expand political support by framing their measure as...
Beds or 24/7 Intake at SAMOSHEL? It’s Not an Easy Debate for City Council
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series that looks at the controversies from last week’s City Council Meeting’s first look at the 2023-2024 budget and the five year forecast. The first piece...
Metro Ridership Grew Over the Last Year, with the Expo Line Growing Faster Than...
Ridership on the Expo Line (now called the E Line, but we’re holdouts) has continued to grow as ridership across the L.A. Metro rail and bus lines continue to rebound from the lows of...
Torosis, Zwick and Davis Want to Make City’s Bikeways Free for Parked Motor Vehicles
If you aren’t a regular bicycle rider in Santa Monica, you may not have noticed. But anyone that regularly has two-wheel travels in the city can tell you Santa Monica has a chronic problem:...
Malibu Rejects Compromise Ahead of Thursday Discussion of School District Separation
Advocates of splitting the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District rejected overtures of compromise from Superintendent Ben Drati late last week, ahead of another hearing on the matter before the School Board Thursday.
According to The...
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