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Santa Monica Gateway Office Project Moving Forward in Bergamot Area

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Four years after the City Council voted in favor of a development agreement with Colorado Creative Studios for the new 200,000-square-foot Santa Monica Gateway, construction has begun on the glass-and-metal creative office building. The project is located...

Police Reform Commission Meets Tonight to (Re)Pass Proposal on Contextual Stops

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Earlier this month, the Santa Monica Police Reform Commission passed a motion that would change the way that SMPD can perform traffic stops to reduce racial disparities if it were adopted by the full...

SaMo Planning Commission Considers 64-Unit Mixed-User with Robust Community Benefits Package

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Another moderate-sized mixed-use housing project is wending its way through Santa Monica's development agreement (DA) process this week, stopping at the Planning Commission on Wednesday for consideration. The 64-unit (six-story) apartment building with ground floor...

Transportation Funding Bill Passes with Closed-Door Deals and Public Posturing

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Via Streetsblog California. Well, it’s done. Last night, the California legislature passed S.B. 1, the transportation funding bill that has been hard fought for the last two years. The Senate passed it with a vote of...

Tell Us Your Favorite Santa Monica Next Story of 2015!

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With only about 10 days left in 2015, we thought we'd ask our readers to tell us what their favorite Santa Monica Next stories of the last year have been. Maybe you particularly liked one of our Throwback...

PICTURES: Expo Rolls into Downtown Santa Monica Station

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Last week, we reported that Metro was testing Expo trains between Centinela and as far west as 17th Street. Today, Expo hit another milestone -- and made L.A. transportation history -- when the first...

Legislative Update: GHG Targets, Cap & Trade, Transportation Special Session

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The post originally ran at Streetsblog California. The California legislature returned from its summer break last week and now has one month to finish all the business it started in this session. If it can. Pending issues...

Support Santa Monica Next This #GivingTuesday

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By now you’ve gotten at least a dozen emails about #GivingTuesday asking you to donate to an important and worthy non-profit. Today, throughout California staff are working on stories and podcasts to cover and explain...

Kuehl, Bloom Talk Housing and Homelessness at Santa Monica Dem Club Forum Tonight

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The Santa Monica Democratic Club will host L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, and City Manager Rick Cole tonight for a forum on housing and homelessness. From 6 to 9 p.m. at the...

VOTE LOCAL Q AND A: SIX CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR FAVORITE PLACES...

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Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on...

Long-Time SMRR Activist Judy Abdo Ousted from Steering Committee

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Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, the single most influential political organization in town, ousted one of its original activists -- and a member of more than 40 years -- from the organization’s steering committee...

City Ready to Try Again on SMO Outreach Plan

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The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. To read our past coverage of the city's attempt to devise an outreach plan, click here. The City Council at its meeting on...
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Earthquake Retrofitting Ordinance Goes Before Santa Monica City Council Tuesday

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The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday will consider a comprehensive earthquake retrofit ordinance that could affect more than 17,000 apartments or condos in more than 2,000 buildings throughout the city. The Los Angeles Times called...

Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Passes Now Available on Smartphones

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Starting April 3, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus will give riders the option of paying their fares through their smartphones. According to a report released today on the City’s website, the municipal transit service started...

Breeze Bike Share Still Booming a Month After Opening

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Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share -- the first public bike-share system in L.A. County -- officially launched on November 12 and a month later, it’s getting a lot of use. The 500-bike, 79-station system, which is...
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