City Council to Consider 90-Unit Expo-Adjacent Apartment Building for Former Norm’s Site
Update: The Santa Monica City Council voted 6-to-0 (Councilmember Pam O'Connor was absent) Tuesday night to approve this project.
The Santa Monica City Council will consider approving a 4-to-5 story mixed-use apartment building that, if...
Cyclehop Planning for Regional Bike Share with Breeze, WeHo, Long Beach, UCLA and More….
Santa Monica’s launch of its bike sharing program last year did more than just provide an environmentally friendly way to get around the city. It set in motion a shift in thinking throughout the...
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...
Eternal Meadow at Santa Monica’s Woodlawn Cemetery Offers Greener Burial Options
Above the surface, cemeteries are serene expanses of green, with plenty of trees and flowers.
Below ground, however, America’s cemeteries are environmental disasters. Buried along with the deceased are toxic embalming fluids, metals from...
Santa Monica’s Earthquake Retrofit Requirements Could Impact More than 17,000 Units
Santa Monica released a list Tuesday of more than 17,000 apartments or condos in more than 2,000 buildings that will require further study under the city’s new earthquake retrofit requirements.
The list also included commercial...
The Benefits of Bike-Share Are Huge And Varied
This post originally ran on our sister site, Streetsblog California.
Bike-share is excellent in multiple ways. It eases traffic congestion in large, dense cities. It increases transit use in suburbs and smaller cities. And in...
Supporting our Hotel Workers is a Winning Strategy for Everyone
"Hotel workers, community members, and City Councilmembers rally in front of City Hall last night to call for swift action to protect workers against workplace harassment."
Photo, courtesy of Unite Here!
Tourism in Santa Monica...
Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Info Is Now on NextBus
Big Blue Bus real-time arrival information has been available on smartphone apps for a couple weeks. Now, the local transit agency's real-time arrival information is available on NextBus, a web-based real-time transit info aggregator.
"We...
To Maintain Current Affordability Levels, Santa Monica Needs 400 to 550 New Affordable Housing...
Santa Monica's City Council met Tuesday night to discuss the complicated topic of affordable housing funding. Since the city's funding for affordable housing subsidies from about $15 million a year plummeted to about $2 million a...
No-Growth “L.U.V.E.” Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
The so-called “Land Use Voter Empowerment” (L.U.V.E.) initiative, which would require a vote on nearly every new building over two stories, has qualified to be on the November ballot, Santa Monica Next has learned.
The...
Lack of Housing Growth “Compounding” Inequality, Says CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development
Housing affordability in California is the worst it has been in the state’s history and it's widening the gap between rich and poor, according to a report from the state’s Department of Housing and...
DNA/Next/NOW Candidate Mixer Is TONIGHT!
Tonight!
Candidate Forum and Mixer
w/DNA, NOW, Next
October 18, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Brew Works
1920 Colorado Avenue
RSVP at Event Brite by clicking here
Join DNA, NOW Santa Monica, and Santa Monica Next for a night of...
A Pub Crawl to Help Feed Those in Need
For eight years now, the SANTA Monica Pub Crawl has attracted thousands of people looking to have a good time while doing good for the community.
This Saturday, the festive tradition continues, giving people the...
New Neighborhood Group Announces Launch at Initial Planning Commission Downtown Community Plan Hearing
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,...
Healthy City Local: Putting New Modes in Multi-Modal
(This post first appeared in The Healthy City Local.)
The silicon-enabled “new economy” is now disrupting transportation much as it previously disrupted retail, journalism, entertainment, publishing, etc. Starting with ride-sharing, and now with dockless scooters...
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