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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
Opinion: Three-Month Expo Bike Path Closure Offers Win-Win Safe Streets Opportunity
At L.A.-Santa Monica border, a stretch of Expo bike path will soon close for maintenance. The temporary closure is an opportunity for implementing temporary safe bicycling improvements.
August 14, 2017
Santa Monica City Council Pushes for Dedicated Funding, Staff for Safer Streets
Santa Monica's City Council is moving to take Vision Zero more seriously.
May 10, 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.
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
Lack of Housing Growth Compounding Inequality, Says CA Housing Dept.
Housing affordability in California is the worst it has been in state history according to a report from the CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
The affordability crisis is due to a dire housing shortage and an overall failure of CA cities to allow enough new housing growth to absorb growing demand.
January 6, 2017
Santa Monica To Open Real-Time Bike Traffic Counter on Main Street
Santa Monica tomorrow will join the ranks of cities using real-time information to encourage biking, through installation of an automated bike counter located at Main Street just south of Colorado Avenue. The official ribbon cutting will be tomorrow-Wednesday at noon.
December 20, 2016
The California Incline Is Open Again, and a Safer Place for All Road Users
(This story first appeared at Santa Monica Next.)
September 2, 2016
Venice Opens First Official Breeze Bike Share Hub
Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez early Monday morning to officially install the first of five Breeze Bike Share hubs in Venice.
August 15, 2016