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Anuj Gupta has been named permanent SaMoDOT director after a nationwide search. As Deputy City Manager, Gupta stepped into the interim role after the retirement of Ed King. Read more. 2. Help City identify greatest...

Yesterday, City Manager David White announced that the “nation wide search” for a new head of the Santa Monica Department of Transportation had concluded and that interim director Anuj Gupta would continue at the...

Much of this story is coverage from last week’s OPA meeting. You can watch the meeting on YouTube or read their recap of the meeting in last week’s end-of-the-week newsletter. Almost three weeks ago, the...

Anyone that tried to visit us from late Friday afternoon until early this morning may have had trouble visiting the website. Hackers managed to implant malware on the website late Friday afternoon. Rest assured,...

At nearly four in the morning yesterday, the City Council voted 4-3 to reject a proposal for a new type of public outreach for the future land uses at the Santa Monica Airport and...

Last evening in closed session, the Santa Monica City Council voted 4-3 to join a lawsuit against L.A. County Courts' newly implemented "zero cash bail" system that went into place on October 1. Under...

Tonight, the City Council will vote on whether or not to join a lawsuit against a new-countywide policy that aims to reduce economic disparities in who can, and cannot, be imprisoned while awaiting trial....

The following is a factually accurate press release from the City of Santa Monica. The League of California Cities awarded the 2023 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence to the city of Santa Monica for the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project.  Santa Monica’s innovative water recycling project, known as the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project...

Earlier this evening, Save the Civic, a coalition of Santa Monica residents and stakeholders opposed to the SMMUSD plan to purchase and rehabilitate the unused and in-need of repair Santa Monica Civic Center declared...

Waymo has arrived in Santa Monica. Yes, for several months Waymos have been riding around town gathering data and testing. Sometimes there's a test driver, other times there's not. But Waymo is a passenger service,...

The City of Santa Monica and Los Angeles County have joined forces with the Books Unbanned Initiative, a nation-wide non-profit movement, to honor banned book week. This year's theme is "Let Freedom Read" and is...

After listening to an exhaustive amount of public comment at its September 12th meeting and a promise to return to the debate this week; the Santa Monica City Council passed a measure (Agenda Item...

Pickleballers that arrived at the Memorial Park courts yesterday morning were greeted with an unpleasant surprise. The courts were closed at the park yesterday after a fire on Sunday evening destroyed the storage shed...

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Santa Monica Planning Commission (agenda), staff gave an update on the Pedestrian Action Plan and Bicycle Action Plan Implementation. A full copy of their presentation can be found here...

This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. If it feels like a bit of a bonanza for sustainability legislation this year, it is because a lot of bills championed by safety and sustainable transportation advocates...