All Kinds of Safety and Sustainability Bills Made it to the Governor’s Desk
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...
Brock Vows to Bring Back Motion Aimed at Reducing Legal Protest Hours at Next...
At last week’s City Council meeting, members of the hospitality union Unite Here! Local 11 flooded the speaker’s podium with nearly four dozen members speaking out against a proposal by Councilmembers Phil Brock and...
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When we relaunched Santa Monica Next earlier this year, the goal was to have the website be a community website that hosted multiple opinion writers, regular news reports and be the online home for...
City Gives Update on E-Bike Rebate Program. Could Be Open in Spring 2024.
Santa Monica joins the small club of cities that will offer an e-bike rebate program after the city announced its program should come online in the Spring of 2024. Income qualified residents will be...
Brock Pulls Back Motion on Unite Here! Protests After Strong Union Turnout at Council...
Last night, the Santa Monica City Council punted on a motion to curtail the strike activities of Unite Here! Local 11 and a couple of other controversial motions. However, the 11th hour change to...
Council Will Consider Making Virtual Comment Permanent at City Council Meetings
At tonight’s meeting of the City Council, they are expected to vote on rule changes to affirm the city’s commitment to expanded public comment that will allow them to continue to accept public virtually...
Torosis, Zwick and Davis Want to Make City’s Bikeways Free for Parked Motor Vehicles
If you aren’t a regular bicycle rider in Santa Monica, you may not have noticed. But anyone that regularly has two-wheel travels in the city can tell you Santa Monica has a chronic problem:...
SMCC Honors Nick Gabaldón on Coastal Cleanup Day By Leading Efforts to Clean The...
On Saturday, September 23, Santa Monica Community College and thousands of Californians will take part in "Coastal Cleanup Day." A coalition of Santa Monica Community College student organizations have brought extra meaning to the...
SMMUSD Makes the Honor Roll with U.S. News and World Report and Niche
A pair of new rankings by U.S. News and World Report and the website Niche demonstrates that students at Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District are receiving an A+ education even as the district works...
Photo Essay: Unite Here Pickets Outside the Fairmont Miramar
Labor Day weekend is fast approaching and this morning I had a chance to visit the picket line in front of the Fairmont Miramar. For anyone living under a rock, workers at the Fairmont...
Safety Improvements Come to Wilshire Blvd.: Right Turn Only Intersections Should Reduce Crashes by...
Last week, the City of Santa Monica installed infrastructure that creates right-turn-only restrictions at fourteen unsignalized intersections along the Boulevard. Twenty percent of all crashes along the corridor have been caused by cars either...
Supreme Court Overrules Appeals Court on Voting Rights Case, But Sends Matter Back to...
Those hoping that the ongoing saga in the case of Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya vs the City of Santa Monica would conclude with today's ruling by the California Supreme Court will likely be...
Council Takes First Steps to Create Renter Protections for Santa Monica
At last night's City Council meeting (video, agenda), the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved a motion by Councilmembers Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick along with Mayor Gleam Davis that could lead to stronger...
AIDS Lifecycle “Finish Line Festival” Will Return to Santa Monica If Approved by Council...
After a successful event in Santa Monica earlier this summer, AIDS Lifecycle is working with the City of Santa Monica to return to Parking Lot 4 South for their 2024 Finish Line Festival on...
Torosis and Zwick Introduce Motion for City to Officially Back Unite Here Local 11...
Councilmembers Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick have introduced a motion to formally support the strike and striking workers of Unite Here Local 11 during their labor dispute with hotels including the Fairmont Miramar Hotel...
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