New City Council Passed Rule Will Require All New Single-Family Houses to be “Zero...
Via City Press Release:
The Santa Monica City Council voted this week to approve an ordinance requiring all new single-family construction in the City of Santa Monica to be zero-net energy (ZNE), the first of...
FutureBuild 2016 to Feature Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti
Seleta Reynolds, Rick Cole, Eric Garcetti, and Frank Gehry are just some of those who will be speaking at ULI Los Angeles and VerdeXchange’s FutureBuild 2016 conference on Tuesday, January 26.
This year, FutureBuild 2016...
SaMo Gets Its First In-Depth Look at Koolhaas Project for 4th/5th and Arizona
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It has been seven years since the City began buying up parcels to piece together the 2.5 acre plot of prime real estate in Downtown Santa Monica that it hopes to transform...
Kuehl, Bloom Talk Housing and Homelessness at Santa Monica Dem Club Forum Tonight
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...
Santa Monica City Council Approves First (and Likely Last) Housing Project of 2014
With three meetings left in 2014, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a small, 32-unit housing complex along Pico Boulevard, the first -- and likely last -- housing project to get discretionary...
Coming Up: Handlebar Happy Hour, Jefferson Starship at the Pier, Council Tackles Affordable Housing,...
Summer may be winding down, but that doesn't you have to slow down. This week, join Santa Monica Spoke for Handlebar Happy at El Cholo, see Jefferson Starship perform at the Santa Monica Pier,...
Draft Master Plan for West L.A. Veterans Administration Housing Up for Discussion Wednesday
The West L.A. Veterans Administration (VA) campus is planning for a major overhaul to provide much needed supportive housing for veterans. Officials want your input in shaping the plans.
Officials will hold a public meeting...
Holiday Volunteer Opportunities in Santa Monica
Via city of Santa Monica website.
Santa Monica is home to many nonprofit organizations that work year-round to provide food and services to our most vulnerable residents. As we head into the holiday season, consider...
Help Santa Monica Fight Homelessness this January
Editor's Note: Happy holidays from the Santa Monica Next team. We will return in the new year with regular coverage.
The City of Santa Monica is calling for volunteers to help in the fight homelessness in the bayside city...
Coming Up: Pirate-themed Kidical “Mass-IVE,” 10th Annual Alt Car Expo, Discuss the Future of...
Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day with a family-friendly, buccaneer-themed bike ride, find out the latest in environmentally-friendly vehicle technology at the Alt Car Expo, and learn about what Santa Monica can do to...
Gruber: When History Repeats As Farce, It’s Not Always Funny
“If the slow-growth movement … has been explicitly a protest against the urbanization of suburbia, it is implicitly—in the long tradition of Los Angeles homeowner politics—a reassertion of social privilege.” —Mike Davis, City of...
Earthquakes and Santa Monica’s Measure LV
The reality of living in Southern California is that individuals, organizations, and the government always need to be prepared for earthquakes. But this November, Santa Monicans will be asked to vote on Measure LV,...
What is the Downtown Community Plan and Why Does It Matter?
City officials released late last week an updated version of the plan, four years in the making, that will shape the future of Santa Monica’s thriving downtown for the next two decades.
Now, city officials...
New Plans Revealed for Gehry-Designed Project in Santa Monica
The team behind a proposed Frank Gehry-designed hotel at Santa Monica Boulevard and Ocean Avenue revealed revised plans Thursday night at a well-attended community meeting.
Thursday's meeting was the first public reveal of the new...
Weekend Highlight : New Urbanism Film Festival’s Westside TOD Tour
This Sunday, the New Urbanism Film Festival is sponsoring a unique and fun tour of new and proposed Transit Oriented Development along the Expo Line between the Culver City Station to Downtown Santa Monica. Learn...
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