While Tuesday night’s elections created headlines at many levels, there is one story that has been overlooked. Santa Monica, or at least some of its residents, had a great night. Residents of the bayside city hold seats in the Assembly,…
Santa Monica Next and Streetsblog Los Angeles is proud to announce that The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund will co-sponsor our City Council candidate forum next month. The Santa Monica branch of the nonpartisan political organization will join Next and Streetsblog Los Angeles…
The filing period officially ended Wednesday for anyone considering running for elected office in Santa Monica, which means we have semi-official lineups for the bayside city’s four races this November. This year promises to be an important one for local…
Two companion ballot initiatives proposed by Santa Monica City Hall that would raise as much as $10 million a year to fund low-cost housing production became the target of a lawsuit Monday. The lawsuit, filed by a group calling itself “No…
An initiative designed to prevent the City from closing Santa Monica Airport, which sits on 227 acres of publicly owned land, has qualified for the November ballot, according to the L.A. County Registrar. The Registrar officially announced Thursday that the…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor Monday morning to welcome the LAX FlyAway bus to the bayside city. The three officials gathered outside the Santa Monica’s Civic Center where, starting…
[pullquote align=left] “One of the things that makes Santa Monica so spectacular is… our economic and social diversity in this town and affordable housing is the only way to preserve it.” – Councilmember Gleam Davis [/pullquote]With Santa Monica facing an…
The Fourth of July holiday transformed Main Street into a slow-moving celebration of everything Santa Monica on Friday, from community groups to public safety officers, with some pageantry, live music and a little zaniness thrown in as well. In some…
Assemblymember Richard Bloom sat down with Streetsblog’s Melanie Curry last week for an interview about budgeting and the state’s cap-and-trade funding schemes. As is often the case with Bloom, the discussion strayed into local issues, and Santa Monica Next picks…
Visiting the Third Street Promenade on any given day – let alone on a holiday weekend – it’s hard to imagine the three block stretch between Wilshire Boulevard and Broadway in Downtown Santa Monica was ever anything but a bustling…
While Phase II of the Expo Line isn’t expected to be completed until 2015, with revenue operations beginning in 2016, construction of Santa Monica’s first light rail project is well underway. Last week, I had a chance to tour some…
With Phase II of the Expo Line rapidly making its way into Santa Monica, it’s clear that we are in need of a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica and the beach. Beyond…
