Expo Phase Two to Santa Monica Opens
The day Los Angeles transit enthusiasts have been waiting for finally arrived this morning when the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opened, bringing passenger rail back to the westside of L.A. County for the first time since 1953.
May 23, 2016
Santa Monica Really Wants to Make It Easy for You to Go Multimodal
Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere.
May 20, 2016
Santa Monica Lawmaker Takes Aim at California’s Housing Shortage
California State Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has set his sights on tackling the dire shortage of homes—and the resulting affordability crisis—currently facing the state.
March 16, 2016
Expo Line to Santa Monica to Open May 20
Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on Friday May 20, Metro officials announced today.
February 26, 2016
Want to Slow Displacement? Then Build More Housing, Says Legislative Analyst’s Office
What will it take to make sure there’s a future for lower- and middle-income people in California? Anyone who has tried to look for a place to live recently knows that question is much more than an abstract policy discussion.
February 11, 2016
L.A. Coalition Opposed to Proposed No-Growth Ballot Initiative Grows
Communities United for Jobs and Housing, a growing coalition of affordable housing developers, community leaders, climate activists, transit advocates, and elected officials, has formed to oppose efforts by no-growth activists to pass a November ballot measure that would severely curtail, among other things, the city’s ability to address Los Angeles’ worsening housing shortage.
February 2, 2016
Caltrans Seeking 5,000 Drivers to Try VMT Fee Instead of Gas Tax
As the value captured from the state's gas tax continues to fall, and the conditions of the California's roads and bridges continues to worsen, state leaders unveiled a plan last week to pilot a program that could lead to replacing the gas tax with a road user fee based on vehicle miles traveled. A summary of the report can be found here.
January 21, 2016
Support Our Bid for an LA2050 Grant and Help Us Make L.A. an Affordable Place to Live for All
Note: California Streets Initiative, the nonprofit that publishes Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog California, Longbeachize, and Santa Monica Next, is teaming up with Abundant Housing LA (AHLA) to compete for an LA2050 grant to help make LA an affordable place to live for all.
October 20, 2015
Can High-Density Housing Solve Our Regional Housing Crisis? The Answer: It’s Complicated
Southern California Public Radio affiliate KPCC, in partnership with the Milken Institute, assembled a panel of experts Wednesday night to answer the question: can high-density housing solve the housing crisis currently facing L.A. County and California?
August 31, 2015
Infographic: Historic Housing Trends in Santa Monica
The above infographic traces the historical trends of housing in Santa Monica. Data are from existing housing stock. As is clear from the graphic, in the last thirty years relatively little housing has been built due to zoning restrictions and political obstacles. While Santa Monica’s population has remained relatively static over the last several decades, the county population has doubled.
July 23, 2015