Last week I ended my chronology of the firing of Elizabeth Riel by concluding, “there is no evidence from the record that [City Manager Rod] Gould made his decision [to fire Riel] on orders from [then Mayor Pam] O’Connor or…
A year ago this month, the Santa Monica City Council approved a community civic engagement strategy, which is an issue near and dear to us at Santa Monica Next, as you know from our Vote Local campaign last fall. The problem: Santa…
Did you know that in the last 13 years, the number of people biking in Santa Monica increased 356 percent? Or that in the last three years, 45 miles of bike lanes, share rows, and other facilities have been installed throughout…
We are taking a couple of days off in observance of Veterans Day, but not before we give you a quick run down of some important upcoming events. This week, the City Council will decide the fate of what could…
