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Drasko V’s “Art of Time” Lights Up Promenade Tower

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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

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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...

Caltrans Gets Rid of Its Own Watchdog Responsible for Making Agency “Respect the Environment”

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This post first appeared at Streetsblog California. Politico reports that Caltrans' Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs, Jeanie Ward-Waller, is being "reassigned" in the department. Politico is calling the move a "shakeup." Let's name it more...

All Kinds of Safety and Sustainability Bills Made it to the Governor’s Desk

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This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. If it feels like a bit of a bonanza for sustainability legislation this year, it is because a lot of bills championed by safety and sustainable transportation advocates...

SMMUSD Mourns Tragic Loss of Asst. Superintendent Dr. Jacqueline Mora

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The following is an open letter from SMMUSD Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton Dear SMMUSD Family and Community, It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Dr. Jacqueline Mora, Assistant Superintendent of Educational...

Climate Action Santa Monica Webinar This Thursday at Noon with Streets for All’s Michael...

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Join the Transportation Revolution! On September 21st SAMOCAN will be having Michael Schneider, a native-born Angeleno, who started Streets For All to change LA’s built environment from being car-centric to being multi-modal. Michael will walk us through...

Carbon Emissions Disclosure Bill Is Headed to the Governor

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The California legislature passed a bill today that would require all large corporations that do business in California to measure and publicly report their carbon emissions. S.B. 253 is a first-in-the-nation bill from Senator Scott Wiener...

CA Legislature Passes Speed Camera Bill

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This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. After an arduous and digressive journey, Assemblymember Laura Friedman's bill to allow a few cities to test whether cameras can help curb dangerous speeding passed out of the...

Horvath, Supes Want Stormwater System That Doesn’t Dump Trash in Santa Monica Bay

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Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath’s motion to protect Santa Monica Bay and LA County beaches from trash and pollution. The motion responds to the realities of the climate crisis...

Take CalBike’s Survey about Complete Streets (and Incomplete Ones)

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This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition's website. When most people think of Caltrans, they think of freeways. However, many California cities and towns have at least one major thoroughfare that is a numbered...

State Legislative Update : Lots of Bills on Transportation, Law Enforcement, Planning and More...

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This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. It's time for a quick update on bills that are still alive in the legislature. All bills moving forward must have passed to the floor of the second...

Santa Monica College Presents Fall 2023 Social Justice Series

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The following is a lightly edited press release from Santa Monica Community College:  Santa Monica College (SMC) continues its Social Justice Lecture Series in fall 2023 with presentations and discussions that explore the concept of social justice and a...

Speed Camera Bill Has Bent Over Backwards to Answer Opponents

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The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. For years, proponents of speed cameras, which have proven to reduce vehicle speeding, have been trying to get a bill through the state legislature to allow their use in...

Santa Monica College to Honor Constitution Day with Two Free Talks by Popular Legal...

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The following is a press release from Santa Monica Community College Audience Q&A follows September 12 talk with USC Law Professor Jody Armour, September 14 talk with UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky SANTA...

City Mourns Passing of SMFD Fire Engineer Dom Smith

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It is with deep regret that the Santa Monica Fire Department shares news of the passing of one of their own. Fire Engineer Dom Smith passed away on July 13, 2023, after a long and courageous battle against a work-related illness. Engineer Smith served the Santa...
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