Damien Newton
Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.
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Dear City Council: An Open Letter on Policing in Santa Monica.
Dear City Council:If you had asked my opinion of the Santa Monica Police Department on May 29th, my...
Aligning Santa Monica’s assets to its mission
This post, by Frank Gruber and Juan Matute, first appeared on The Healthy City Local.We wrote in our last piece that...
A Local New Deal for Santa Monica
This post, by Frank Gruber and Juan Matute, first appeared on The Healthy City Local.The City of Santa...
Apocalypse Now
This story first appeared on The Healthy City Local.The 19th century saw a great expansion of global connectivity...
A Test of Our Values — who takes the hit in a city facing...
On Friday, Santa Monica released its plan for layoffs to address the city’s acute financial crisis. The numbers are as brutal as...
