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Westside Urban Forum Tackles “Healthy Communities”

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What is a healthy community? And what role does the built environment play in creating a healthy community? These were the questions tackled by a Westside Urban Forum panel Friday, moderated by UCLA Professor, Fred...

Santa Monica Next’s Work Tackling Fake News and High Rents Gets L.A. Press Club...

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The Los Angeles Press Club has nominated two Santa Monica Next stories for awards at the 59th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. The two stories, "Fake News: Santa Monica Edition" and "A New State Report Explains...

Pam O’Connor Joins Metrolink Board

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Via Metrolink press release : Today, the Metrolink Board of Directors announced the appointment of Santa Monica City Councilmember Pam O’Connor as an alternate director, representing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board. Los...

Air Resources Board: We Need to Align Transportation Funding With Climate Goals

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Via Streetsblog California. While most media coverage of last week’s California Air Resources meeting focused on the board’s decision to strengthen vehicle emission standards, an equally remarkable and important discussion happened late in the first afternoon...

Portion of Santa Monica Airport Land Cleared for Park Expansion

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Santa Monica could see an addition of new park space now that a six-acre lot at the southeast corner of the municipal airport has been cleared of plane parking. “I am glad to report the...

Infographic: This is the High Cost of Not Building the Bergamot Transit Village

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Plans to transform the former Papermate factory in Santa Monica's formerly industrial Bergamot Area into a mixed-use neighborhood with offices across the street from the Expo light rail station on 26th Street were killed...

Vote Local Q and A: 6 Candidates Weigh In on SMC Bond

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Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on...

City Council Could Tap Hulu as “Presenting Sponsor” for Breeze Bike Share

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Update: Hulu bike-share sponsorship was approved by the Santa Monica City Council at its October 13 meeting. The Santa Monica-based online entertainment company, Hulu, may become the "presenting sponsor" of Santa Monica's Breeze Bike Share,...

Santa Monica Hotel Workers Join Southern California Strike After Contract Expired on July 1

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Yesterday, 15,000 hotel workers, including many in Los Angeles, walked off the job to join a strike against hotel owners at the start of one of the busiest holidays of the year. The workers...

Whack-a-mole housing policy

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This article first appeared on The Healthy City Local. When in the summer of 2017 the Santa Monica City Council, after six years of work, adopted the Downtown Community Plan (DCP), the then architecture critic...

How Many People Will Use the Expo Line in Santa Monica?

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Expo Phase 2 has entered into one of the last stages of testing before it opens later this year, which means it is only a matter of months before it starts transporting passengers between...

Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike-share Starts Test Run

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Los Angeles County's first public bike-share system has begun testing this week in Santa Monica. Seven test hubs with a total of 31 bikes have been set up around the city. CycleHop, the company...

Welcome Back to Santa Monica Next

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Hi everyone! Our summer vacation has ended, and now it's time to get back to our labor of love, providing you the news and opinion pieces that help you be the best Santa Monica resident...

Santa Monica Officials Reveal Aggressively Slow-Growth Downtown Community Plan

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After half-a-decade of planning and community outreach, city staff revealed the final draft of the Downtown Community Plan Wednesday to a full house at the east wing of the Civic Auditorium. The 300-page document, which...

Flip 1st Gymnastics Opens for Full Family Fun and Fitness at Pico/Lincoln

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It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since Dan “the Man” Levi came to Los Angeles and to teach gymnastics. His California journey saw him teaching classes out of the back of a...
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