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It’s Time for Santa Monica to Reject Santa Monica Pulse Polls

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In its most recent article on a "Santa Monica Pulse" poll, Santa Monica Lookout writer Jorge Casuso wrote, "A monthly push poll of Santa Monica residents found the vast majority wants the City to...

LUVE: What We Don’t Need Now

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This article first appeared on The Healthy City Local. When voters submit an initiative to enact a law, Section 9212 of the California Elections Code authorizes the relevant legislative body to commission a report analyzing the...

Gruber : That Boot Dropped at SMO

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This article appeared last week at The Healthy City Local. Last week I asked whether the other shoe, namely an FAA boot, was about to drop with respect to the Santa Monica Airport (SMO), i.e., would...

Senate Bill 827, Equity, and the Need for Coalition Building in the YIMBY Movement

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Last month, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released a draft of his legislation, Senate Bill 827, which would upend zoning rules throughout California. The bill, aimed at making it easier to build housing at...

Community Voices: Why Is Everyone Else Traffic?

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This post originally appeared on the blog of local community activist and organizer Luke Klipp. It was republished on Santa Monica Next's sister site, Longbeachize. Klipp serves as a Metro Board Deputy to Long Beach Mayor...

Opinion: Is This SMRReally Happening?!

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Santa Monica Next received the following opinion piece with a specific request that we not use the writer's name. After a back and forth, we consented to publish it because the author feared reprisal,...

Community Voices: Happy Birthday, Social Security!

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The following was written by former Santa Monica resident and activist Ernie Powell. Powell is currently an organizer and consultant with Social Security Works. August 14 is Social Security’s 82nd birthday. All of us, young,...

A Cyclist and a Motorist Talk

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This post originally appeared in The Healthy City Local. For about 20 years I’ve commuted by bike from my home in Ocean Park to my office in downtown Santa Monica. My route takes me north on...

Power of Two: Pair of Public Commenters Cause Confusion and Delay Before Council Passes...

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(Note: public speaker’s names are removed because I was uncertain of the exact spelling from the audio and didn’t want to misattribute a quote, especially the anti-Semitic ones.) Never doubt the power of one speaker,...

Gruber: “Are We There Yet?”

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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 : Ernie Powell on Why He is No on LV

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(Ernie Powell was a resident of SM for 26 years and still remains active in city politics out of wanting to protect the gains we made during is time here.) The Santa Monica we all...

Gruber : Preliminary Thoughts on Last Week’s Election

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(Note : This article first appeared in the Healthy City Local. - DN) Shell-shocked after the presidential vote, I’ve been slow putting my thoughts together on the local election. In fact, when analyzing local elections...

Public Records Show Brock, Other Councilmembers, Were Warned They Were Going Over Travel Budget....

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Ahead of the July 25, 2023 city council meeting, Santa Monica city councilmembers Phil Brock and Oscar de la Torre placed a councilmember discussion item on the agenda “to assign unspent funds from the...

Editorial: In Rush to Improve Coffers, City Shouldn’t Quickly Sell Kiosk Rights

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At tonight's meeting, the Santa Monica City Council is expected to vote on whether or not to approve a contract with BIG Outdoor, an electronic billboard company, for a 20-year contract to own, operate,...

Let’s See Who Shows Up

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This piece originally ran in The Healthy City Local. Good jobs and good housing are the goals of progressive economic policies, and both are on the agenda of the Santa Monica City Council tomorrow night. Good...
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