Community Voices: A Letter from a New Resident to the Santa Monica City Council
The following is a letter sent by a recent Santa Monica resident to the City Council. It is reprinted here with his permission.
Dear City Leaders,
I am writing regarding the Downtown Specific Plan. Although...
Editorial: The LUVE Initiative is No Way to Run A City
At the moment, there is a group of committed no-growth activists circulating a petition to put an initiative on the ballot that would effectively make it impossible to build anything over two or three...
Tale of Two Projects
This originally appeared at The Healthy City Local.
It’s been a while since I’ve written about a specific development project in Santa Monica. About a year ago I was busy writing articles about the Downtown Community...
Yes on Measure M
(This editorial also appears on Streetsblog Los Angeles.)
There is a lot to like about Measure M, the Los Angeles County sales tax that would fund a mix of transit and other transportation projects throughout...
California Coastal Commission’s New Leadership: Fresh Breeze Promising Enhanced Partnership and Collaboration
Via Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole's blog, The Long View.
There is a dynamic and positive new tone coming from the California Coastal Commission.
The California Coastal Commission has had just five leaders since it was...
Community Organizing Wins the Day: Skills and Enthusiasm of Many to Build Expo for...
This post was written by Kathy Seal, co-chair of Friends4Expo Transit and was originally published on Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Behind the May 20 opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica lies the untold story...
Santa Monica’s Sunset Park Is Mansionizing: What We Do about It Will Reveal What...
Carter Rubin is a Santa Monica resident and serves as an advisory board member of Santa Monica Next. Carter has served as an appointed member on the Santa Monica Housing and Planning Commissions. Carter...
Santa Monica’s Long Municipal Nightmare
This piece originally appeared in The Healthy City Local.
For a liberal like me, it’s hard not to be cranky after Donald Trump’s TKO (i.e., Electoral College) defeat of Hillary Clinton. True, my mood was elevated...
Community Voices: Santa Monica High School Principal Addresses Recent Student Death
The following letter is by Santa Monica High School principal Dr. Antonio Shelton to the Santa Monica High School community regarding the recent death of a ninth grade student at the school.
Dear Santa Monica High...
SMRR to members: go away
At the Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) convention on Sunday a friend asked me if it was more fun attending the convention now as a regular member than as a candidate, referring to...
Gruber: “Are We There Yet?”
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of...
When The Sky Isn’t Falling
This article was originally published on The Healthy City Local.
I’ve been mulling over an article I read in the Daily Press a couple of weeks ago. The article was about how the owner of Cars...
Beginning the End at SMO
With the latest developments concerning the future of Santa Monica Airport (SMO), I’m willing to say that we’re at the beginning of the end. One way or another, the future of the airport will...
Gruber: Multiple Character Disorder
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of...
Community Voices: A Message from Santa Monica’s Interim Chief of Police
This letter originally appeared at santamonica.gov.
Dear Community Members:
Over the last several months we have experienced a series of high profile events in Santa Monica, coupled by an increase in overall crime. Naturally, this has...
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