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News from Santa Monica.
UCLA Launches 130-Bike Bruin Bike Share
Yesterday, UCLA launched the newest bike-share system in L.A. County: Bruin Bike Share. UCLA’s powder blue bike-share bikes have eight speeds, a built-in lock, front and rear lights, a bell, and a front basket. UCLA’s bike-share system features 130 bikes and 18…
Santa Monica Coast Open Streets Open Thread
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog LA. The city of Santa Monica hosted its second iteration of “Coast” – the city’s open streets event. The free event featured music, booths, poetry, exercise stations, and much more. It drew thousands of attendees…
Governor Signs 15 Bills to Make Building Housing Easier
Backed by yet another beautiful perspective of San Francisco in the distance—this time from Hunters View, an affordable housing project south of downtown—Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a package of fifteen bills that will lay the groundwork for increasing…
Enviro Group Challenges Management of Santa Monica Bay/L.A. River
Via press release from L.A. Waterkeeper. Earlier this week, Los Angeles Waterkeeper (LAW) filed four related lawsuits in an effort to dramatically increase the purification, reclamation, and reuse of wastewater that is currently discharged into the Los Angeles River and Santa Monica Bay.…
Thanks NRDC : FHWA Reinstates Clean Air Rule for Transportation
Today, the FHWA responded to a lawsuit brought last summer by the Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. PIRG, and the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Clean Air Carolina by reinstating a rule the suit claimed had been illegally…
Santa Monica Seeks Input on New Electric Vehicle Action Plan
Santa Monica residents will have about three weeks to weigh in on the city’s new draft Electric Vehicle Action Plan. The plan is a hundred page document that outlines policies and infrastructure goals to accommodate — and encourage — the…
Eyes on the Street: Lincoln Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes
On September 25, bus riders on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica will see their commute get easier when the city opens two peak-hour dedicated bus lanes on a short stretch of the major thoroughfare. The lanes, originally slated to open…
Santa Monica Rolls Out 2017 Wellbeing Index Findings, Video Series Aimed at Improving Wellbeing
Santa Monica, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, launched the city’s 2017 Wellbeing Index findings this week, revealing a community excelling by some measures, but with significant disparities and a severe housing affordability problem. For the past four years, through the…
Downtown Santa Monica Celebrates Park(ing) Day with Temporary Parklet
On Friday, Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. will be celebrating Park(ing) Day, the yearly world-wide event during which people transform metered parking spaces into temporary public spaces, with its own parklet. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., the nonprofit…
Excavation At Lincoln Middle School Results in Major Power Outages
Late Monday morning, emergency crews responded to multiple emergency calls after a construction mishap at Lincoln Middle School set of a chain reaction of electrical problems throughout the north end of the city, according to Santa Monica officials. Construction crews…
ALERT: Suspicious Vehicle Leads to Bomb Scare and Evacuation at Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica officials evacuated the Santa Monica Pier after reports of a suspicious vehicle led to a bomb scare. At around 4 p.m., the Santa Monica Police Department tweeted out the following warning: Please avoid the #SantaMonicaPier until further notice…
Santa Monica Community Rallies to Support Committee for Racial Justice
After escalating confrontations with white supremacist groups over the past couple of months, the grassroots Committee for Racial Justice saw an outpouring of community support Sunday night at its monthly meeting at the Thelma Terry building in Virginia Avenue Park.…
Santa Monica Taps Captain Kenneth Semko As Interim Police Chief
With Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks retiring at the end of this month, Santa Monica has tapped 26-year veteran of the force, Captain Kenneth Semko, as her interim replacement. Semko, who has worked on the department’s Homeless Liaison Program as…
Metro Bike Share Opens In Venice, Santa Monica
This story originally ran on Santa Monica Next’s sister site, Los Angeles Streetsblog. This morning Metro kicked off its third 2017 expansion of Metro Bike Share. Today’s expansion adds 165 bicycles at 15 stations serving the city of Los Angeles neighborhood…