Editorials, letters to the editor, and other community opinions about Santa Monica.
For a guy who loudly insists he’s a Democrat, Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock sure is surrounded by a weird number of Republicans. You don’t need to take my word for it—Brock proudly lists this information on his endorsements webpage…
Santa Monica Next is a party of a 501c(3) and as such cannot make candidate endorsements. However, we can weigh in on ballot measures and have already urged voters to vote Yes on QS, the SMMUSD School Bond, and Yes…
And thus concludes the adventures of Abby Arnold in her Week Without Driving in Santa Monica. ou can read her preview here, follow her E-Trike journey here, discover what she discovered on two feet here, ride with her into San Francisco on a SMART Train/Ferry trip,…
As part of a 501c(3) public charity, Santa Monica Next cannot endorse candidates for city office, but it can endorse ballot measures. We have previously urged voters to vote Yes on QS. Measure K would place an additional 8% tax…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. Our old friend, and current board member, Abby Arnold is taking the Week without Driving challenge in her new home in Santa Rosa. Read her first piece here, and the experience on her e-trike…
The quotes in this article are taken from a January 2013 city staff report which recommended to city council that they should withdraw funding from the Pico Youth Family Center (PYFC). At the time, now-Councilmember Oscar de la Torre was…
Image: The campaign for and against Measure K has been so subdued that I had couldn’t find a graphic. Santa Monica Next urges you to vote “Yes” on Measure K this fall. Measure K will help the city to recover…
In an article published on Friday, Santa Monica Daily Press editor Matt Hall repeats Oscar de la Torre’s false claims about what René Bobadilla said in his offer withdrawing his acceptance of the city manager position in June 2021. The…
Last night at the end of yet another very long council meeting, city council took a 4-3 vote ordering the city manager and the city attorney to break the law. This happened after minimal discussion on councilmember Oscar de la…
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts,” is an oft- quoted truism from the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It has become more and more relevant as the ability to spread disinformation…
Full credit where it’s due. The Santa Monica Daily Press has been covering the issue and you can read more details about the measure here and here. This fall, Santa Monica voters will have the chance to approve a ballot…
Photo: Gage SkidmoreHey look, I got published in Streetsblog USA. As activists and journalists ponder what a Harris presidency would mean for the country’s efforts to combat climate change, her record as AG will doubtless be put under the microscope. …
You can watch the shine flash at upcoming drivers on video at Carter Rubin’S Twitter In December of 2022, the Santa Monica City Council approved a contract with Big Outdoors to bring multimedia kiosks to Santa Monica’s street. The proposal…
One of the missions of Santa Monica Next is to battle the flood of misinformation that pollutes the public discourse and even public policy in Santa Monica. One of our favorite targets is the scientifically unsound and often inaccurate “Pulse…
This Pulse Poll Is WILD Even by the admittedly low standards of the Pulse Polls, push polls designed to shape public policy by asking a conservative group of self-identified residents loaded questions, this month’s edition has produced questionable results. The…
