This article was produced by Civic Meetings Reporter, an automated system that transcribes and summarizes public meetings. It is monitored by Santa Monica Next editors. Quotes are verbatim from the meeting recording, linked below. Meeting date: October 13, 2026 The…
In 2022, Santa Monica’s state senator Ben Allen passed a bill that granted cities authority to require new or renovated public toilet facilities within its jurisdiction to be designated as all-gender. The Cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West…
(Update: October 4, 2022 4:00 pm. – The Los Angeles District Attorney, responding to a request for more information from Santa Monica Next has confirmed that Councilmember Negrete is no longer under investigation and has not been for several months…
Santa Monica’s unique combination of weather, terrain, existing bicycle infrastructure, and affluent population provide the foundation necessary to test and demonstrate the viability of new mobility services like e-scooters, e-bikes, and other zero emissions options that allow people to get…
A petition filed with the City Clerk Monday could put the question of whether Santa Monica City Council members should have term limits before the voters this November. The proposed ballot measure [PDF], signed by Santa Monica City Councilmember Sue…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. At the Santa Monica City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Council announced the selection of a new City Attorney, Lane Dilg. The City Council conducted a nationwide search for the key…
Tonight’s City Council meeting promises to be a lively one with the city’s budget up for approval, a controversial question of where to put a new sports field up for debate, and an item addressing concerns over a recent purchase…
On Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will weigh its options for a possible sports field at the Civic Center. The project could cost nearly $100 million, primarily due to parking costs. Several of the proposed options in the staff…
The already three-year-long process of revitalizing Bergamot Arts Center, the five-acre parcel of city-owned land directly adjacent to the Expo 26th Street Station, will move forward after the City Council voted 5-to-1 Tuesday to support preliminary plans for the site.…
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday will consider the next steps in an already three-year-long process aimed at revitalizing the city-owned, Expo-adjacent Bergamot Arts Center, rents from which subsidize the operation of the Big Blue Bus because the city purchased…
The Santa Monica City Council will look at traffic safety tonight, just more than a month after a particularly shocking streak of traffic-related deaths rocked the beachside city. The report was placed on the agenda after a request from Councilmembers…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. Read more Santa Monica Next coverage of this ordinance here. On Tuesday, March 28, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the second reading of a comprehensive seismic retrofit ordinance that will encompass…
Via the city of Santa Monica. At its meeting on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Santa Monica City Council approved a contract to begin the design phase of work to shorten the runway at Santa Monica Airport to 3,500 feet.…
At tomorrow’s meeting, the Santa Monica City Council will consider adopting a resolution that makes clear the beachside city won’t cooperate with federal authorities on issues pertaining specifically to immigration. The resolution, released Friday afternoon, comes shortly after a city-sponsored…
The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to seek an update on the implementation on the city’s six-year-old Bike Action Plan. The item, which was placed on the agenda by Mayor Ted Winterer and Councilmembers Terry O’Day and Pam…
