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Santa Monica Lawmaker Takes Aim at California’s Housing Shortage

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California State Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has set his sights on tackling the dire shortage of homes—and the resulting affordability crisis—currently facing the state. Bloom, whose district includes Malibu, Santa Monica, West L.A., Brentwood,...

Santa Monica Loses Another Opportunity for Much-Needed Housing Growth

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Santa Monica has a housing problem: there’s not enough of it. The city’s population has seen a net increase of less than 10,000 people since 1960. It’s clear to anyone who has tried to move...

No-Growth Ballot Initiative Goes “Too Far,” Say Santa Monica City Councilmembers

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The conservative no-growth group, Residocracy, has begun gathering signatures to put an initiative on the November ballot that would require nearly all new projects taller than 32 feet to be approved by a popular...

New Neighborhood Group Announces Launch at Initial Planning Commission Downtown Community Plan Hearing

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Santa Monica has a new neighborhood association according to several speakers at last night’s Planning Commission hearing on the revamped Downtown Specific Plan. The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) has officially launched according to its president,...

Downtown Santa Monica to Get Pedestrian Scrambles at 11 Intersections

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Officials are planning to install pedestrian scrambles at 11 intersections in Santa Monica's bustling downtown district this year (Update: City officials said that they plan to have the scrambles finished by the end of June). Pedestrian...

Expo Line Phase 2 Set to Open to Santa Monica on May 20

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Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report. Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on May 20, Metro...

L.A. and Santa Monica Finalize Terms For Five Venice Bike-Share Stations

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This piece originally ran in Streetsblog Los Angeles. Yesterday, The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee approved terms for five Breeze bike-share stations to be located in the L.A. City neighborhood of Venice. Full details are available...

Santa Monica City Council Moves Forward with Vision Zero Pedestrian Action Plan

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The Santa Monica City Council last night voted unanimously to move forward with an ambitious 15-year plan to make the city’s streets a safer place to walk. The plan advances a “Vision Zero” goal for...

Council Considers Ped Action Plan, Bike-Share Expansion to Venice

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      Update: The Santa Monica City Council approved the extension of Breeze Bike Share into Venice and the Pedestrian Action Plan. At its meeting Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will vote on whether to finalize...

Phase Two of Big Blue Bus Service Realignment Starts February 21

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Be prepared for some changes to Big Blue Bus routes and schedules this Sunday, February 21, when the municipal transit agency begins phase two of its three-part service realignment. The changes, the single-largest adjustment to...

What is the Downtown Community Plan and Why Does It Matter?

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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...

Laemmle’s Monica Film Center to Screen Best of 2015 New Urbanism Film Festival

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 Across the globe, cities are undergoing a renaissance; urban centers are once again thriving as growing numbers of people choose to move away from the car-centric, suburban lifestyle that dominated the second half of the 20th...

A New State Report Explains Why Your Rent Is So High, Offers A Solution

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It’s no secret that Santa Monica is one of the most expensive places to live in California, a reality that anyone who has tried to move to the city or even within it knows...

Santa Monica’s Revised Downtown Plan Coming Friday, Staff Says

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UPDATE: The revised Downtown Santa Monica Community Plan is now available at downtownsmplan.net. A revised version of the plan that will determine the future of planning in Downtown Santa Monica will be released Friday, according to...

Are Santa Monica’s No-Growth Policies Hurting Metro Ridership?

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The Internet has been abuzz recently over the recent L.A. Times article, "Billions spent, but fewer people are using public transportation in Southern California." The responses were myriad, with people discussing the many reasons why L.A. County...
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