News
Council Passes Stripped Down “Meaningless” Noise Measure Absent Language on Union Activity or Promenade
After listening to an exhaustive amount of public comment at its September 12th meeting and a promise to return to the debate this week; the Santa Monica City Council passed a measure (Agenda Item...
Pickelballers Rally After Fire Destroys Nets, Racquets and Other Equipment in Memorial Park
Pickleballers that arrived at the Memorial Park courts yesterday morning were greeted with an unpleasant surprise. The courts were closed at the park yesterday after a fire on Sunday evening destroyed the storage shed...
Video : Students Testify for Safer Streets at Planning Commission Meeting
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Santa Monica Planning Commission (agenda), staff gave an update on the Pedestrian Action Plan and Bicycle Action Plan Implementation. A full copy of their presentation can be found here...
Podcasts
What’s Next Special Edition: Dr. Nicholas Toloudis and the Bungled Solidarity of APSA for...
This weekend the American Political Science Association (APSA) rolled into Los Angeles for its annual conference. But this year, the annual confab was roiled in controversy as the association was moving on with its...
What’s Next Episode 8 : Katie Neginsky
This week's podcast features Katie Neginsky with the International Women's Resource Center. IWRC is a "community of learning, support, and resources for refugee and immigrant women and their families focused on building joy and...
Help Us Plan What’s Next Episode 9 with Dr. Antonio Shelton, the New Superintendent...
We expect the podcast with the IWRC's Katie Neginsky to drop either tomorrow or Thursday. But while we wait we are happy to announce our next podcast will feature Santa Monica Malibu Unified School...
Opinion
Metro Should Treat Walk and Bike Projects with the Respect They Deserve
This article first appeared at Streetsblog L.A. The author is none to Streetsblog but wished to remain anonymous because they work for a government agency.
Like many people around Los Angeles, I was excited about...
Power of Two: Pair of Public Commenters Cause Confusion and Delay Before Council Passes...
(Note: public speaker’s names are removed because I was uncertain of the exact spelling from the audio and didn’t want to misattribute a quote, especially the anti-Semitic ones.)
Never doubt the power of one speaker,...
Brock, de la Torre Respond to Next Piece Stating They Lied About Travel Budget...
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...
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California Has to Stop Building Freeways. Now.
This post first appeared at Streetsblog California.
"We're not the first ones to point this stuff out," said David Weiskopf, Senior Policy Advisor with Next Gen, about its new report “California at a Crossroads,” which calls for...
Drasko V’s “Art of Time” Lights Up Promenade Tower
This is a lightly edited press release and image from the City of Santa Monica.
Starting last Saturday, visitors to the Third Street Promenade can see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art...
Art Projection on the Clock Tower Lights Up the Promenade This Weekend/Next Week
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica.
Beginning Saturday, September 23, 2023, visitors to the Third Street Promenade will see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art of Time, artist Drasko V will use his artistic...
Community News
Coyote Spottings, Covid Boosters Available, & Things To Do This Weekend
Some Near Term Ways to Get Involved with OPA: Here are a couple near term needs that we could use more involvement with (reply to this email if interested in helping):
We are looking to...
OPA Update 9/25/23: OPA Hosting Future of SaMo Civic Meeting, John Adam Middle School...
Future of SaMo Civic Meeting: OPA's Oct. 9 Monthly Meeting will feature a conversation with speakers from SaveTheCivic.org, SMMUSD, Community Corporation, etc. presenting their perspectives along with an open Q&A. This month's meeting will...
OPA Update 9/21/23: Massive Beach Cleanup Event This Saturday, Free Opera on the Pier,...
OPA Renter/Homeless Task Force Meeting Monday, Sept. 25 @ 6 pm (Stella Barra): Email Robbie or Nick to learn more.
1855 Lincoln Blvd. Demolition Public Hearing: This public notice from the City details the plans...