Category Election 2018

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…

(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…

  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…

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…