News from Santa Monica.
This post was originally appeared on Streetsblog California. A new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), S.B. 760, would make the safety of all road users, not just drivers, a priority for the state’s department of transportation. The bill is…
The Santa Monica Police Department will be on the lookout for traffic violations that contribute to crashes involving bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers this Friday, February 24 and Monday, February 28 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. “The Police Department periodically identifies…
Editor’s note: Due to the sensitivity of the matter, at the request of the organizers, Santa Monica Next refrained from photographing the event. It was standing room only in the Thelma Terry Building at Virginia Avenue Park as crowds poured in…
Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) last week introduced AB 1506, a bill that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, the 1995 state law that weakened the strictest rent control laws in the state. The bill was co-authored by State…
The stretch of the Expo line between Downtown Santa Monica and Sepulveda Boulevard will close this weekend for maintenance, according to Metro officials. Starting on Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. through Sunday, February 26 until close of service, the…
Before the tiny house craze, there were shotgun houses, small narrow cottages that were once common in Santa Monica during the turn of the last century. On May 3, the Los Angeles Conservancy will honor its Santa Monica counterpart with…
This Saturday, February 25, Santa Monicans will celebrate the opening of a new park, the renaming of another, and they will have a chance to take a bike ride with Mayor Ted Winterer. Saturday’s festivities will kick off with dedication of…
The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to seek an update on the implementation on the city’s six-year-old Bike Action Plan. The item, which was placed on the agenda by Mayor Ted Winterer and Councilmembers Terry O’Day and Pam…
Update: The City Council voted 5-to-0 to support divesting Santa Monica from Wells Fargo. Councilmembers Sue Himmelrich and Pam O’Connor were not present for the vote. Himmelrich recused herself from the vote because she said she has represented Wells Fargo…
Via the City of Santa Monica. On Saturday, February 25, 2017, the City of Santa Monica will host Parks Day, Come Play! a community event celebrating: The grand opening of Ishihara Park, a new 2.35-acre neighborhood park created to provide…
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday will consider a comprehensive earthquake retrofit ordinance that could affect more than 17,000 apartments or condos in more than 2,000 buildings throughout the city. The Los Angeles Times called the ordinance “the nation’s most…
The Planning Commission will weigh in Wednesday on plans for the first stage of an overhaul of the southern stretch of Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica that will transform the former highway into a more livable street. City staff on…
If you are planning to travel on the Expo line this weekend, be prepared for some slowdowns. Metro announced this week that starting at Friday, February 10 at 9 p.m. through Sunday, February 12, the tracks between the Culver City…
Via the City of Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole has selected Tim Dodd to join his executive team as the City’s first Chief Performance Officer (CPO). Dodd will help build a performance management system and champion its use across…
This Saturday, families will gather in Virginia Avenue Park for the first Kidical Mass family bike ride of 2017. Taking its name from “Critical Mass,” large social bike rides organized to make bike riding more visible in the streets, Kidical…
