The second episode of our Mayor’s Roundtable podcast features Former Mayor Gleam Davis and activist and researcher Juan Matute. While the focus of this podcast is the city’s annual budget, there’s also a really interesting mini-discussion at about the eighteen…
Welcome to the second episde of the Streetsblog California podcast, StreetSmart. In this podcast, I’ll be talking to experts about various topics, policies, programs, and people that I’ll be covering as part of the beat at Streetsblog California. Our guest…
Photo: Elvert Barnes The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” — which authors at the Heritage Foundation hopes will serve as a blueprint for a second Trump presidency — promotes an ultra-conservative federal government that would be disastrous for public transit in…
This week’s episode of Who’s Next features an interview with Dr. Paul Drew, familiar to Santa Monia Next readers as the editor/publisher of The Swish, the YMCA’s youth basketball newsletter. Every issue, Drew profiles some of the people (players, coaches,…
Damien welcomes back Maya, Emery and Willa for our second “Who’s Next” podcast. The three guests are all seniors at Santa Monica High School and leaders of the environmental group Team Marine. On Wednesday, SMMUSD celebrated becoming a school district…
Sustainable transportation advocates know all the stats about how many people die in car crashes on global roads every year. But what about all the deaths and injuries that car culture causes — not to mention all the other ways it diminishes…
Welcome to our new podcast series, Who’s Next, where we talk to youth leaders in Santa Monica about the issues that are most important to them. With California’s primary election next Tuesday, I had a chance to talk with three…
Jeanie Ward-Waller may not be a household name in California, but until recently she may have had the most important job in the state as far as Streetsblog readers are concerned. Ward-Waller served as the Deputy Director of Planning and…
This weekend the American Political Science Association (APSA) rolled into Los Angeles for its annual conference. But this year, the annual confab was roiled in controversy as the association was moving on with its conference after Unite Here Local 11…
This week’s podcast features Katie Neginsky with the International Women’s Resource Center. IWRC is a “community of learning, support, and resources for refugee and immigrant women and their families focused on building joy and momentum.” It offers plenty of ways…
We expect the podcast with the IWRC’s Katie Neginsky to drop either tomorrow or Thursday. But while we wait we are happy to announce our next podcast will feature Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton. If…
We’re starting a new series at Santa Monica Next where we expose readers to non-profits in the area that they might not be familiar with and provide ways that people can get more involved either locally, regionally or nationally with…
The What’s Next podcast is back, and this interview is a doozy. Featuring Democratic Club President Jon Katz, we have a wide ranging conversation discussing everything from how the Dem. Club makes endorsements and gets involved in issues, how Santa…
After a June-swoon, we’re back with our What’s Next podcast. This week’s podcast will feature the president of the Santa Monica Democratic Club Jon Katz. As normal, we value your help in prepping for the interview. If you have questions…
A recent article at Next discussed the Rent Control Board and how next week they are expected to vote to increase the rent by up to 2.8% for properties governed by the city’s rent control laws. To explain the process…
