Santa Monica Next
Streetsblog California
SaMo Councilmember Brock Yanks Motion Calling for More Info/Options on 17th Street Bike/Ped Project
Before the meeting, Council inboxes were flooded by emails generated by dueling action alerts.
June 14, 2023
SaMo Councilmembers Ask for Report on Bike/Ped Project…Before Construction Is Completed
Santa Monica City Councilmembers Phil Brock and Oscar de la Torre are asking city staff to report “regarding bicycle and pedestrian improvements installed on 17th Street from Pico to Wilshire.”
June 13, 2023
Who Needs A Border Wall When We Have Exclusionary Zoning?
It’s a good time to remember we have a weapon that’s far more effective at keeping the poor and huddled masses off our (unsustainable) lawns than a border wall: exclusionary zoning.
February 15, 2019
Santa Monica City Council Unanimously Rejects Hard Cap on E-Scooters, Moves Forward with 16-Month Shared Mobility Pilot
Santa Monica rejected a proposed 500 devices per operator cap on e-scooters and e-bikes while approving new shared mobility pilot regulations
June 14, 2018
With California Lawmakers Back from Recess, Housing Crisis Is in the Crosshairs
It won’t be an easy task to get the votes necessary to pass some of bigger-ticket legislation, like S.B. 2 and S.B. 3.
August 22, 2017
Bill Affirming That Cities Can Require Affordable Housing Advances in CA
“Given our state’s severe housing crisis, it is critical that we give local governments every tool to address affordable housing needs,” said Richard Bloom, one of the bill's authors. “This bill returns one of our most important and effective tools.”
May 5, 2017
California Lawmakers Call for Affordable Housing Funding, Fewer Obstacles to Growth
“We have a housing crisis and we need to act now,” said Assemblymember David Chiu. In Sacramento, momentum is clearly building to address the housing crisis; Chiu noted that there are currently 130 bills pending in the state legislature that address housing.
April 18, 2017
Don’t Look to Sacramento to Fix California’s Housing Crisis, Says New Report
A report by California's Legislative Analyst’s Office released Wednesday lays out the limits of state power to solve California’s worsening housing crisis. It has bad news for those hoping Sacramento would be able to rescue the state from decades of local anti-development policies.
March 10, 2017
Can We Cool It with the Ballot Box Planning Measures Already?
With defeats of Measures S and LV, voters have rejected the myth that the problems of urban planning can be solved with a simple yes-or-no vote at the ballot box
March 8, 2017
State Legislators Put California’s Housing Crisis in the Crosshairs
At a press conference in San Francisco Friday, state legislators announced their plans to tackle California’s growing housing crisis.
March 7, 2017
