Meeting Discussion and Topics:
Agenda item 16E was continued from the last council meeting when 4 council members shocked the community and voted no on a motion to extend the meeting past 11pm — without finishing the Agenda. We cannot ever remember a meeting where this occurred. Two former Santa Moinca Mayors weighed in on the shocking vote here:
Kevin McKeown | Denny Zane, plus a community opt-ed here.
Please join us – again- along with our Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance partners to support Santa Monica City Council Members Zwick, Torosis, and Mayor Davis’ Item 8K (formerly 16E) that proposes we prioritize timely and effective solutions to make our streets safe for everyone.
Voice your support in directing the City to measures that prevent dangerous motor vehicle incursions into our current and future bike infrastructure. Please join us and send your support to Council in advance of the meeting Tuesday, September 26th with this “One click to Email Council.” We encourage you to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
View our letter of support here
Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance is a collaboration of local and regional advocacy organizations and community members that together promote and support the implementation of our community’s shared goals of complete streets that are designed to be safe, equitable and welcoming to everyone.
Easy One click to Email Council
Feel free to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
Council item emails:
gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, phil.brock@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, Caroline.Torosis@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov, david.white@santamonica.gov, council@smgov.net
Please join us, along with our Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance partners to support Santa Monica City Council Members Zwick, Torosis, and Mayor Davis’ Item 16E that proposes we prioritize timely and effective solutions to make our streets safe for everyone. Voice your support in directing the City to measures that prevent dangerous motor vehicle incursions into our current and future bike infrastructure. Please join us and send your support to Council in advance of the meeting Tuesday, September 12th with this “One click to Email Council.” We encourage you to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance is a collaboration of local and regional advocacy organizations and community members that together promote and support the implementation of our community’s shared goals of complete streets that are designed to be safe, equitable and welcoming to everyone.
Easy One click to Email Council
Feel free to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
Wednesday, September 6th at the Aero Theatre, (doors open at 6pm)
The event is FREE to ALL but you must register to attend
Free Bike Valet will be provided
The Engine Inside follows six everyday people from vastly different worlds who dedicate their lives to a simple, 200-year-old machine. Their trials and tribulations reveal the bicycle’s unique power to change lives and help build a better world.
Covering many different global issues—from climate change and indigenous trauma to socio-economic inequality and more livable cities —The Engine Inside sparks hope and agency in everyone it touches.
Screening will be followed by a Live Panel Discussion with Jason Kligier, Mobility Manager at City of Santa Monica, Cynthia Rose, Director Santa Monica Spoke and
Cris Gutierrez, Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance.
The panel will be moderated by Ferris Kawar, Sustainability Manager, Santa Monica College.
See more info in our Calendar event HERE
The Details
Free Bike Valet will be provided.
Walk or Ride, don’t drive if you can.
The Aero Theater is served by Big Blue Bus lines 18, 41, and 42.
Bring your reusable water bottle!
Water is provided by the City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment
This is a zero waste event!
Enjoy the concessions, but when finished, please discard sustainably at the Zero Waste stations
August 24th:
Join us for HandleBar Happy Hour at Chez Jay
Chez Jay: 1657 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Celebrate #BikeLocalSM, our Buy Local SM businesses, happy hour + new friends at our monthly events! Learn about upcoming local bike events + find out about and connect with us at SM Spoke as we visit and introduce you to some of our Buy Local SM businesses.
Eat Local, Drink Local, Buy Local AND Bike Local SM!
September 6th:
The Engine Inside: Film Screening and Panel Discussion at the Aero Theatre
For more click the here to see our calendar event. Sign up for Bike Valet
The Engine Inside follows six everyday people from vastly different worlds who dedicate their lives to a simple, 200-year-old machine. Their trials and tribulations reveal the bicycle’s unique power to change lives and help build a better world.
Covering many different global issues—from climate change and indigenous trauma to socio-economic inequality and more livable cities —The Engine Inside sparks hope and agency in everyone it touches.
Screening will be followed by a Live Panel Discussion with Jason Kligier, Mobility Manager at City of Santa Monica and Cynthia Rose, Director Santa Monica Spoke,
More Panelists to be added.
The panel will be moderated by Ferris Kawar, Sustainability Manager, Santa Monica College.
The event is FREE to ALL but you must register to attend
ADDED: Free Bike Valet will be provided.