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...
LUVE’s Labour’s Lost
Residocracy wants to reduce traffic—the time price of accessing Santa Monica—by limiting the number of people who live here. That’s like trying to reduce the cost of the box seats behind home plate by...
LUVE: What We Don’t Need Now
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...
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...
DNA/Next/NOW Candidate Mixer Is TONIGHT!
Tonight!
Candidate Forum and Mixer
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October 18, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Brew Works
1920 Colorado Avenue
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Join DNA, NOW Santa Monica, and Santa Monica Next for a night of...
Community Voices : Ernie Powell on Why He is No on LV
(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...
Does Santa Monica’s Measure LV keep you from remodeling your condo?
When does the city-wide voter approval requirement in Santa Monica’s Measure LV apply to an existing building? I’ve heard people say that LV would apply for everything from repair after an earthquake to replacing...
UPDATE NEW VENUE: Join Santa Monica Next for the Vote Local Ballot Initiative...
UPDATE :
Residocracy has called on its supporters to turn tonight's Vote Local Happy Hour into a "Yes on LV" party and show up with signs and flyers. As a result, we have decided to...
Santa Monica’s Final Election Results Show Strong Support for Incumbents, Rejection of Ballot-Box Planning
The final vote counts for Santa Monica’s local elections are in, showing big wins for incumbents and an unambiguous rejection of the no-growth ballot initiative, Measure LV.
The final tallies, which were officially certified by...
Fake News: Santa Monica Edition
For a city its size, Santa Monica has a robust media ecosystem of locally-focused print and digital news publications. With a population just shy of 100,000, Santa Monica boasts several print papers and two...
Sierra Club: No on LV
It's getting crowded on the "No on LV" bandwagon.
Earlier today, The Sierra Club has announced its opposition to Measure LV Sunday. The Sierra Club joins what Santa Monica Forward's "No on LV" committee is...
No-Growth Ballot Initiative Goes “Too Far,” Say Santa Monica City Councilmembers
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...
VOTE LOCAL Q AND A: HOW DO WE GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CIVIC...
Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on...
Opinion: Is This SMRReally Happening?!
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,...
Looking Back at the News Stories That Defined Santa Monica in 2016
This past year, Santa Monica continued to advance some very progressive policies aimed at sharing the city’s increasing prosperity with as wide a swath of residents, workers, and other members of the community as...
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