Santa Monica Honored for Cultivating “Culture of Health”
Standing in front of one of the city's brightly-colored Creative Crosswalks and adjacent to the Santa Monica Farmer's Market, city officials and elected leaders celebrated the honor of winning a coveted award for communities...
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s Creative Crosswalks Add Color to Downtown Intersections
Santa Monica is not the first city to have colored in their crosswalks. Long Beach and West Hollywood are just two local examples of cities that beat them to the street. However, the Santa Monica's newest...
Photos and Video from this Weekend’s “Buy Local” Health and Fitness Festival
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The Buy Local Health and Fitness Festival, sponsored by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, was held Saturday at the Santa Monica Civic Center. It featured dozens of local businesses and organizations promoting a...
Airbnb Sues Santa Monica, Opening Up New Front in War Over Home-Share
Learning to share has always been difficult for kids. It’s proving just as hard for adults to figure out, too.
In a fresh round of bickering over how the new sharing economy should work, Airbnb,...
Vote Local Q and A: 6 Candidates Weigh In on SMC Bond
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...
Neighborhood opposition to childcare illustrates the reasons behind the shortage of infant spaces
(UPDATE, September 8, 8:30 A.M. - Last night the City Planning Commission approved the permit for the location with some small changes including increasing the number of children allowed onsite. The proposal must now...
Worth the Wait? Incline Re-Opens with New Bike/Ped Design
For motorists, the California Incline was always a glorious and scenic way to journey between Pacific Coast Highway and the bluffs of Santa Monica along Ocean Avenue.
Bicyclists and pedestrians who traveled the Incline, however,...
Hello, Saul. See You Around, Jason
A quick programming note.
As of today, Jason Islas is taking a leave of absence from Santa Monica Next. Jason is leaving to work on one of the campaigns this fall. After over two years of...
Interactive Chart: Apartments and Condos in Santa Monica
Proponents of no-growth measures like Measure LV, or the Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) as its backers have dubbed it, in Santa Monica often seek to expand political support by framing their measure as...
Finding the “There” at Santa Monica’s 17th Street Expo Station
Step off the Metro train at the 17th Street/SMC stop in Santa Monica and you’re greeted by an uninviting industrial scene dominated by a large city maintenance yard. Memorial Park is off in the...
For a Great Workout, Without a Gym Membership, There’s the Memorial Park Fitness Room
When Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House opened in 2009, among the many amenities offered to the public was a fitness center with a variety of exercise equipment.
The thinking was that Annenberg visitors would...
Here’s the Questionnaire We’re Sending to the 10 Candidates for City Council
Santa Monica Next has just sent out the following letter to every registered candidate for City Council. If you know someone running for office, please make sure they return this to us in the...
Get Ready to #VoteLocal: Santa Monica’s Local Races Take Shape
While much of the nation is wringing its hands over who will become the next president of the United States, Santa Monica’s local races have begun taking shape and there are some very important...
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters: No on L.U.V.E.
The Los Angeles League of Conservation (LALCV) voters released a statement earlier this week urging Santa Monica voters to reject the Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative. LALCV argues the anti-growth initiative will both...
Venice Opens First Official Breeze Bike Share Hub
Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez early Monday morning to officially install the first of five Breeze Bike Share hubs in Venice.
The new station, which is located at 5th...
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