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Open Letter: Protecting Santa Monica bikeways from motor vehicle incursions

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To:  Santa Monica City Council, Santa Monica Planning Commission, City Manager David White, Mobility Manager Jason Kligier, Director of Public Works Rick Valte,   Subject: Protecting our bikeways from motor vehicle incursions Dear Council Members and City...

Metro Should Treat Walk and Bike Projects with the Respect They Deserve

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This article first appeared at Streetsblog L.A. The author is none to Streetsblog but wished to remain anonymous because they work for a government agency. Like many people around Los Angeles, I was excited about...

A Taco Stand on the Corner in Santa Monica Is a Great Place for...

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In the 2016 presidential election, a Trump surrogate promised a taco truck on every corner if Hilary Clinton won. This is one of many reasons I supported Hilary.  However, as with most policy positions,...

Donate Today to Support Santa Monica Next in 2024 and Beyond…

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Like any non-profit publication, Santa Monica Next relies on reader donations to continue publishing and plan for the future. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished in 2023, speaking truth to power on a shoestring...

OpEd: It’s Safe to Ride Transit

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The following op/ed first appeared in Streetsblog California and uses examples from the Bay Area Rapid Transit System, BART. However, the lessons and messages apply well to Metro and the Big Blue Bus as...

Waymo Arrives in Santa Monica

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Waymo has arrived in Santa Monica. Yes, for several months Waymos have been riding around town gathering data and testing. Sometimes there's a test driver, other times there's not. But Waymo is a passenger service,...

Far Right Epoch Times Swings at “Dangerous” Santa Monica

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Yesterday, the far-right news outlet Epoch Times featured Santa Monica resident, delivery driver and content maker Matt Wilson on its California Insider YouTube series. "Resident Tells How California's Famous Beachtown is Unsafe" is a...

The Clock Is Ticking to Submit Comments on Plans for Grant Elementary…Including a Car-Centric...

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Want to submit a comment? Submit your comment on the Draft EIR as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 to Cupton@smmusd.org Grant Elementary School in Sunset Park, where my...

Gruber : Santa Monica and the California Voting Rights Act, the case continues

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The following first appeared on The Healthy City Local. The California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) case brought by lawyer Kevin Shenkman on behalf of plaintiffs the Pico Neighborhood Association and Maria Loya against the City...

Covering for Covered 6: Santa Monica’s Institutions Failed on Bungled Security Contract

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At last Thursday’s meeting of the DTSM Inc. Board Meeting, they announced that the contract with Covered 6 to provide additional private armed security patrols, with one member lethally armed at all times, to...

More Media Friendly Polls Reflect/Manipulate the Public Mood

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It's been just over a month since the last "Pulse Poll" was conducted and released by the anti-union dark money organization "Eyes on 11." This newest poll shows "residents" doubted that a new city...

California Can’t Be a Climate Leader Until it Stops Building Freeways

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This piece first appeared at Streetsblog California. Representatives from the State of California are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates right now for COP28, the climate summit where world leaders make agreements to reduce greenhouse gas...

Gruber : Does Racially Polarized Voting Exist in Santa Monica?

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This post first appeared on The Healthy City Local. The next step in an analysis of the California Supreme Court’s decision in the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) case the Pico Neighborhood Association brought against...

Council Will Discuss Lottery to Pick Members of SMO Development Committee

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When I interviewed Jesse Zwick for the first What’s Next podcast on Santa Monica Next, he proposed for our second segment a discussion of public participation. He argued that the current public participation process...

Simple Proposal : The Bigger the Vehicle, the Higher the Cost to Park It

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This article first appeared at Streetsblog USA. Big news out of Montreal: Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town. In the...
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