News from Santa Monica.
Transportation reform advocacy group Streets for All announced a candidate’s forum for Santa Monica City Council candidates next Wednesday, May 29, at 6 p.m. The event will be held on Zoom and is free and open to the public. You…
To hear the city tell it, the legal action it’s now taking against Pavilions Motel (2338, Ocean Park Blvd.) is, if anything, long overdue. In a press release announcing that it is seeking an immediate stop to drug activities and…
Hundreds of Santa Monica residents, and a handful of folks from the neighboring Los Angeles community of Mar Vista, converged on Clover Park to give feedback as the city kicked off its public process on what should be done with…
Yesterday was Bike to Anywhere Day and I went out to enjoy one of my favorite unofficial holidays. After dropping my kids off at school, I hopped on the bike and headed into Santa Monica to enjoy the “pit stops”…
If you recently read that the City’s tallest apartment building could come to 6th and Colorado, you may be left wondering how the facts of that story measure up. Measurement should be objective: arguments over the length of an hour,…
I just returned home from my 10-mile Bike to Anywhere Day and wanted to remind everyone that there are still events and freebies going on well into the evening. Below the list of events are a few images from my…
Last night, by a 6-1 vote, the Santa Monica City Council approved a statement that called for peace in the Middle East in the ongoing conflict in Palestine…after listening to over 100 public comments; many of which mischaracterized the resolution…
Last night (Agenda), the City Council unanimously passed all five motions relating to bicycle safety. These motions will lead to near-immediate construction of several projects and a study of ways to improve safety on Neilson Way and Santa Monica Boulevard.…
The Santa Monica City Council meets tomorrow evening (agenda) to grapple with a contentious agenda that includes five different votes on issues related to bicycle and pedestrian safety. While not as controversial as the resolution offered by Councilmembers Gleam Davis,…
SEIU Local 99 announced yesterday that union members had approved a new agreement with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) after an “overwhelming” vote that concluded on Wednesday. “Fair wages is an investment to student services. This helps to…
Santa Monica Next was named a finalist for two Los Angeles Press Club Awards in the online news division in an announcement from the club made yesterday for a pair of commentaries written by Damien Newton. A two part series…
Former Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor has submitted 4,156 signatures to the City Clerk to place a measure on the fall ballot that would exempt multi-family housing from the city’s increased transfer tax for larger property sales that was approved…
On Sunday May 19, the City of Santa Monica kicks off the “Santa Monica Airport Conversion” public process with a public event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Clover Park. This meeting is the first in roughly 70 events…
As the members of SEIU 99 vote on a tentative deal and a new contract between school workers and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, SMMUSD and one of SEIU’s negotiators released statements on the deal. “We are pleased that…
This Saturday at 10 a.m., Santa Monica Spoke is holding a community bike ride on the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway to celebrate the completion of a separated bike lane and bike path that provide a connection where the I-1O freeway…
