News about local politics in Santa Monica.
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…
Tomorrow is the end of another long election season. I think it was roughly four hundred ninety seven days ago that candidates could “pull papers” and announce their intention to run for office in Santa Monica. I may be a…
Data on endorsements compiled from press releases or organization websites. The SMArT endorsement is based on their column in the Santa Monica Mirror.
(Note: The Santa Monica Next Steering Committee only makes endorsements when there is unanimous opinion on a ballot measure. We do not endorse political candidates.) Santa Monica Next urges voters to support ballot measure SMS to fund Santa Monica schools…
Santa Monica Next and Streetsblog L.A. have endorsed the L.A. County Measure W which would enact a parcel tax to raise funds for clean water. Next urges readers to vote Yes on W. Measure W is a parcel tax. Property…
Honestly, the headline pretty much says it all. I’m asking all of our readers to crowdsource our election coverage. As part of our Vote Local campaign, we’re compiling the endorsements for ballot measures (both for and against) to help…
Proponents of Prop 6, which would repeal the recently passed gas tax increase, S.B. 1, want people to support their proposition, of course. They’ve put together a handy list of six reasons to vote yes on the S.B. 1 repeal—and Carl…
If you follow national politics, you doubtless know the name “Devin Nunes,” even if you are not a resident of his Central Valley Congressional District. Nunes, the Congressional Consigliere for the Donald Trump legal defense team (we’re too polite to…
There are five statewide propositions on the spring primary ballot that voters will decide tomorrow. As with most ballot box measures, there are also campaigns underway to muddy the issues and confuse voters. Of those five measures, there is one…
Yesterday, organizers submitted over 19,000 signatures to place a term limit proposal on this fall’s ballot for the City of Santa Monica. The initiative, if passed by a majority of voters, would limit the Council Members to serving three full…
Seven gubernatorial candidates were invited to share their views on transportation and land use by a team of advocates working on those issues. Led by TransForm, the team included MoveLA, Public Advocates, San Francisco Transit Riders, Friends of Caltrain, and…
The following post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. (Note: I haven’t written here about Santa Monica politics since my last blog last summer on the Downtown Community Plan, but I was invited to give a 20-minute talk to the…
The Huntley Hotel, one of the major players in anti-development politics in Santa Monica over the last six years, will have to pay more than $300,000 in fines after the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) found the luxury hotel…
Every night, tens of thousands of people bed down in shelters, in their cars, or on the street. The causes are myriad. Some are homeless because of bad luck. Some are trying to escape abusive homes. The increasing cost of…
Via Streetsblog L.A. Measure H will be on the ballot in every jurisdiction in L.A. county this March 7, including Santa Monica. The Yes on H campaign kicked off Monday morning. The kickoff featured a broad array of elected officials from L.A.…
