News from Santa Monica.
City officials announced Tuesday that the community process for Santa Monica’s Downtown Community Plan, which will guide the future of the city’s thriving core for the next 15 years or so, would be extended several months to allow for more…
Santa Monica could see an addition of new park space now that a six-acre lot at the southeast corner of the municipal airport has been cleared of plane parking. “I am glad to report the aircraft have been removed from…
Local safe-streets advocate, Cynthia Rose, took home the Alliance for Biking & Walking Susie Stephens Joyful Enthusiasm Award at the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C., convened earlier this month by the League of American Bicyclists. Rose, a long-time Santa…
Santa Monica is preparing for its first open streets event, during which a 1.7 mile route along Ocean Avenue, Main Street, and Colorado Avenue will be closed to motorized vehicles, to celebrate the opening of Expo. The event is scheduled…
Last week, Streetsblog California announced three new pieces of legislation introduced by Assemblyman Richard Bloom who represents West Los Angeles County cities in the Assembly. Bloom’s legislation focuses on increasing the housing stock in California by reducing the hurdles to creating…
California State Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has set his sights on tackling the dire shortage of homes—and the resulting affordability crisis—currently facing the state. Bloom, whose district includes Malibu, Santa Monica, West L.A., Brentwood, and Beverly Hills, currently has…
Santa Monica has a housing problem: there’s not enough of it. The city’s population has seen a net increase of less than 10,000 people since 1960. It’s clear to anyone who has tried to move to — or within —…
The conservative no-growth group, Residocracy, has begun gathering signatures to put an initiative on the November ballot that would require nearly all new projects taller than 32 feet to be approved by a popular vote. The group, whose opposition to…
Santa Monica has a new neighborhood association according to several speakers at last night’s Planning Commission hearing on the revamped Downtown Specific Plan. The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) has officially launched according to its president, who, along with three other…
Officials are planning to install pedestrian scrambles at 11 intersections in Santa Monica’s bustling downtown district this year (Update: City officials said that they plan to have the scrambles finished by the end of June). Pedestrian scrambles, also known as The…
Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report. Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on May 20, Metro officials announced today. Metro CEO…
This piece originally ran in Streetsblog Los Angeles. Yesterday, The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee approved terms for five Breeze bike-share stations to be located in the L.A. City neighborhood of Venice. Full details are available in the staff report [PDF]…
The Santa Monica City Council last night voted unanimously to move forward with an ambitious 15-year plan to make the city’s streets a safer place to walk. The plan advances a “Vision Zero” goal for the city, which means that…
Update: The Santa Monica City Council approved the extension of Breeze Bike Share into Venice and the Pedestrian Action Plan. At its meeting Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will vote on whether to finalize plans for…
Be prepared for some changes to Big Blue Bus routes and schedules this Sunday, February 21, when the municipal transit agency begins phase two of its three-part service realignment. The changes, the single-largest adjustment to service the Big Blue Bus…
