Instead of discussing and voting on the controversial Bergamot Transit Village at its meeting last night, the Santa Monica City Council elected to listen to close to 125 community members speak for two minutes each early into Wednesday morning. City…
(This is the second in the second “Santa Monica Next Salon” on why people choose to live in Santa Monica. In Part I, Jasneet Baines discussed why she moved to Santa Monica. – DN) In 2009, I moved to Santa Monica…
Rosy-colored clouds drifted over the Cirque du Soleil’s big top north of Santa Monica Pier early Monday morning, a fitting backdrop to the very upbeat State of the City gathering of business and community leaders. Just three years ago the…
In the wake of recent developments in the City’s lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration, the question of how the airport would be repurposed remains. One prominent idea involves the creation of a large, multi-purpose park. This possibility is led by…
There is little doubt that the Expo station adjacent Hines mixed use project proposal (at the site of the long shuttered Papermate factory), which has undergone a number of revisions through out it’s years of public process, will receive a…
If a tree falls in Santa Monica, there will definitely be a sound, most likely one of protest. This community cares deeply about its trees, and passions run high whenever anyone tries to mess with one. Before there are cries…
Next week, the Santa Monica City Council will vote on a first read of a 765,095 square-foot, $450 million, mixed-use project that, if built, will change the look and feel of the area around the future Bergamot Expo Line Station…
Santa Monica wants YOU to participate in local government. City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an initiative aimed at increasing levels of civic participation, getting a broader spectrum of Santa Monicans involved in the political process, and…
This month’s Santa Monica Next Salon asks the question, “Why do you live in Santa Monica?” The first person to answer the challenge was recent UCLA graduate Jasneet Bains who loves the city’s historical dedication to a clean environment. If…
For this week’s featured event, we turn to the Santa Monica City Council. Among the many items that will be up for discussion at the Council meeting this Tuesday, one particular topic is of a particular interest to the SM…
The federal government fired back against Santa Monica late Friday, filing a motion to dismiss the city’s lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration to determine who has ultimate control over the city’s airport. The city filed suit in U.S. District…
For my first post of the New Year, I’d like to talk about the concept of bounded rationality, a phrase introduced to me recently upon reading Donnella Meadows book Thinking In Systems. It’s one of those concepts that is quite…
Santa Monica’s new law regulating group exercise classes in city parks got its first full workout this week. From the looks of things Tuesday morning in Palisades Park, what some city officials hoped would be a fair method to manage…
MANGo Draft Improvements, 1/7/2013 City planners presented and solicited feedback about their latest plan for the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway (MANGo) at the final community meeting about the project last night. The plan will be published and sent to the…
Welcome to 2014! The Santa Monica Next team spent our two week holiday hiatus reloading for 2014. You can expect more voices, more coverage and an overall improved website from where we were when we launched last August. In addition…
