Santa Monica Next https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html John Adams Middle School Student Receives Marian Huhn MemorialAward for Excellence and Service Legislation to Loosen Coastal Commission Power in Santa Monica Faces Opposition…from Community Groups in Santa Monica BBB Wants You On Board to Get to the World Cup Santa Monica College Gallery Program in collaboration with the Mentor Show Program presents “Well Fed” 5/19-5/30 Big Blue Bus On-Track for 10 Million Riders in 2026 Kool Happenings: That’s Not Funny and Rescued By Monopoly Here’s a Primer to Understand What’s Really Driving Prices in California. Restoring the Sunset – Beach Parking Hours Extended Metro Opens New D Line Subway from Koreatown to Beverly Hills OPA Update 5/11/26: OPA Monthly Meeting Tonight, OPA Spring Mixer Next Wednesday (5/20), SaMo World Cup Activations, & Things To Do This Week New D Line Subway Will Change How Angelenos Get Around OPA Update 5/7/26: May OPA Meeting Features City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln, JazzFest, Mother’s Day Events, & Other Things To Do This Weekend Streetsblog Legislative Update: May 2026 Gas Taxes and High-Speed Rail, What We Can Learn from the Candidates’ Debate Winterer: Let’s Pass the SMMUSD Ballot Measure for Better Schools The Election Season Is Underway in Santa Monica Celebrate Earth Day with the Big Blue Bus – Free Rides on Wednesday Santa Monica Marks May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Great Park Coalition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Original Great Park Vote with Picnic as Airport->Survey Deadline Approaches OPA Update 5/4/26: May OPA Meeting Features City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln, Launches Automated Bike Lane Enforcement, Free Cookies Today, & Things To Do This Week Council Adopts Approaches to Implement New State Housing Law Santa Monica Students Ride Free During Bike It! Walk It! Bus It! Week You’re Invited to Celebrate 10 Years of the Preservation Resource Center at the Shotgun House on Sunday, 5/17 City Council Race Begins to Take Shape: Torosis, Negrete, Eli Gill, and Brett Morrow Are In Advice on Living with Caltrans New Housing Tool Delivers: First 3 AHPP Projects Set to Move Forward Santa Monica Bets on Surveillance Tech with New “SMART” Crime Center Bike Month Starts This Week! OPA Update 4/27/26: Thank You Chi Trainer for Joining OPA as a Gold Member, Free Pier Burgers with the Police, & Other Things To Do This Week Santa Monica Remains in Zbur’s Bill to Limit Coastal Commission Powers Surf-Inspired Eatery Set to Open at Colorado Center As City Sees Growth in Eateries Kool Happenings: The Unreal Olympics Opposition Melts Away as Durazo Announces Major Changes to SB 1361 Op/Ed: Oil Shocks Will Keep Coming. High-Speed Rail Can Boost Our Resilience SMC Vocal Jazz Ensemble to Perform May 15 Kool Happenings: Bully v. Bully Pulpit Santa Monica Kicks Off Bike Month By Starting Automated Bike Lane Enforcement Group of E-Bike Regulation Bills Advance in Assembly SMMUSD: Adopts New Math Curriculum OPA Update 4/23/26: Baywatch Returns to Santa Monica, Porto’s on Abbot Kinney, CicLAvia, YALLWEST, & Other Things To Do This Weekend Multifaceted Approach to Reduce Fire Risk Advances out of Committee Baywatch Returns to Santa Monica…Back Where It Belongs Pacific Park’s Ferris Wheel To Illuminate In Celebration Of ‘AAPI Heritage Month 2026’ John Adams Middle School Student Earns Top Honors in Elks LodgeWriting Competitions Bill to Exempt Metro from Housing Density Near-Transit Bill Heads to the Senate Committee OPA Update 4/30/26: May is Mental Health Awareness Month & Bike Month, SaMo Jazz Fest, & Other Things To Do This Weekend Celebrate Earth Day with the Santa Monica Pier! OPA Update 4/20/26: Approves Framework for Major Events Tied to World Cup & Olympics, FREE Heavy Handed Burgers Today, Earth Day Activities, & Other Things To Do This Week Homepage