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Waymo Arrives in Santa Monica

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Waymo has arrived in Santa Monica. Yes, for several months Waymos have been riding around town gathering data and testing. Sometimes there's a test driver, other times there's not. But Waymo is a passenger service,...

The Real Challenge for Santa Monica’s Public Employee Pay Scales

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This piece was originally published on Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole's blog, The Long View. In a recent post, I acknowledged public concerns about the City of Santa Monica’s salaries and benefits, sparked by a misleading...

Gruber : Preliminary Thoughts on Last Week’s Election

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(Note : This article first appeared in the Healthy City Local. - DN) Shell-shocked after the presidential vote, I’ve been slow putting my thoughts together on the local election. In fact, when analyzing local elections...

Gruber : Santa Monica and the California Voting Rights Act, the case continues

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The following first appeared on The Healthy City Local. The California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) case brought by lawyer Kevin Shenkman on behalf of plaintiffs the Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya against the City...

Letter from the Mayor: Looking Back at the Last Six Months

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We received the following letter from Mayor Ted Winterer asking us to pass along to our readers. Summer is officially here and I am sure you’ve noticed the seasonal changes that take shape in our...

Brock, de la Torre Respond to Next Piece Stating They Lied About Travel Budget...

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At last night’s meeting of the Santa Monica City Council, Jason Mastbaum confronted Councilmember’s de la Torre, Negrete, Parra and Brock about their conduct at the July 25 City Council meeting where they maligned...

Gruber: Local Politics Is Personal Politics

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This article appeared yesterday in The Healthy City Local. Over the weekend my son Henry wrote a note to his Facebook friends explaining why he felt so personally threatened by the candidacy of Donald Trump....

Op-Ed: Kudos to the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation

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The following letter was submitted by former director of Community and Cultural Services for the city of Santa Monica, Barbara Stinchfield. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the...

More on Santa Monica’s DCP: Discretionary Review and Parking

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This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. As I’ve written in two recent posts, tomorrow night the Planning Commission will review the Santa Monica Downtown Community Plan (DCP). After staff makes revisions to the...

Let’s See Who Shows Up

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This piece originally ran in The Healthy City Local. Good jobs and good housing are the goals of progressive economic policies, and both are on the agenda of the Santa Monica City Council tomorrow night. Good...

Beginning the End at SMO

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With the latest developments concerning the future of Santa Monica Airport (SMO), I’m willing to say that we’re at the beginning of the end. One way or another, the future of the airport will...

SMRR: The More Things Don’t Change, The More They Remain The Same

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This piece originally ran on The Healthy City Local. As a member of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) I attended last Sunday’s annual membership meeting during which 11 members of SMRR’s Steering Committee were...

SMRR to members: go away

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At the Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) convention on Sunday a friend asked me if it was more fun attending the convention now as a regular member than as a candidate, referring to...

Bird Scooters: Public Nuisance or The Future of Transit?

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The following post is by Kevin Herrera,  sr. marketing & communication manager for Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. It originally appeared on Santa Monica Centric. Downtown seems to be littered with them. On almost every street corner...

Viva Cesar Chavez

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In commemoration of Cesar Chavez Day, Santa Monica Next will be taking the day off from publishing. Below is a short piece by long-time Santa Monica activist Ernie Powell about his experience working with Cesar...
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