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  1. Santa Monica Coffee Cup 2026

    🗓️ Start: September 19, 2026 8:30 am
    ⏳ End: September 19, 2026 5:00 pm
    📍 Location: UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd, 90405, Santa Monica, United States

    socalgo.org/event/santa-monica

  2. #California - #WildlifeCorridors and #HabitatConnectivity

    #CLAW envisions a connected network of habitat throughout the #SantaMonicaMountains, and beyond.

    "For thousands of years, wildlife has been traversing the Santa Monica Mountains along well-established migratory patterns in order to find food, water, shelter, and mating opportunities. As urban sprawl spreads through this region, access to these routes becomes blocked or dangerous.

    What CLAW is doing

    CLAW is taking a multi-pronged approach to protecting connected habitat blocks and wildlife corridors in #LosAngeles.

    - Wildlife Corridor Ordinance: CLAW successfully advocated for the City of Los Angeles to designate the eastern Santa Monica Mountains (between the 405 and 101 Freeways) as LA's first #WildlifeDistrict. The City Planning Department’s preliminary work for this ordinance can be seen in the Wildlife Pilot Study.
    UPDATE: In December 2022, LA City’s Planning Commission voted to support the Wildlife Ordinance! The last step before a full City Council vote is the Planning and Land Use Committee. Follow our advocacy on this ordinance here.

    - Land Acquisition: CLAW and partner organizations fundraised over $1.6 million to acquire 17 acres of critical connective habitat in #LaurelCanyon in our Let's Buy A Mountain campaign. CLAW's nature cam documented the use of this land by multiple species of animals, including mountain lion and gray fox. This land, one of the largest parcels in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, is a keystone portion of an established wildlife corridor.

    - #ConservationEasements: CLAW holds a conservation easement on a parcel of open space habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains. Conservation easements are binding agreements that ensure the land will remain natural and undeveloped in perpetuity.

    - Corridor Watchdog: In April 2018, CLAW filed an appeal against the approval of an 8,000 square foot house planned for development over an ecologically unique hillside stream area with multiple protected trees. The Los Angeles Planning Department failed to properly evaluate the importance of this land as a wildlife corridor connecting two crucial habitat hubs. Unfortunately, this construction project is continuing with full approval. CLAW will continue to monitor critical connective habitat sites to ensure that environmental review is thoroughly analyzed and considered."

    Learn more:
    clawonline.org/wildlifecorrido

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandIsLife
    #WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #CaliforniaWildlifeCrossing #SantaMonica #Reconnection #WildlifeCorridors #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

  3. Greater Los Angeles protests today, January 30:

    • Los Angeles City Hall at 1 p.m.

    •ICE Detention Center in downtown at 3 p.m.

    • Temple Grounds in Echo Park at 7 p.m.

    • Amazon Water Garden in Santa Monica at 10 a.m.

    • The Culver Steps in Culver City at 3:30 p.m.

    • First Unitarian Church in Koreatown at 5 p.m.

    • The Valley Mall in El Monte at 5 p.m.

    • Monrovia Library Park at 5 p.m.

    • San Fernando Mall at 6 p.m.

    • Little Company of Mary Torrance at 11:30 a.m.

    • Burbank City Hall at 12:30 p.m.

    #LosAngeles #Protest #FuckICE #ICEOut #Burbank #Torrance #SanFernando #Monrovia #ElMonte #SantaMonica #CulverCity #DTLA #ACAB #Protests #Koreatown

    laist.com/news/politics/la-nat

  4. #Landlords gouge victims of #LAFires

    by Judd Legum and Noel Sims, Jan 14, 2025

    "The devastating fires in Los Angeles have killed 24 people. The fires have burned tens of thousands of acres, and hundreds of thousands of #Angelenos have been forced to evacuate. The blaze has destroyed at least 12,000 structures and thousands of people have nowhere to live.

    "For most people, this is a horrific tragedy. But numerous landlords in the area are treating it as a #MoneyMaking opportunity.

    "A review of rental listings revealed dozens of properties where the landlords have sharply increased their prices since the fires began on January 7. Popular Information used Zillow to identify rental homes in communities near the areas impacted by the fires — including #PacificPalisades, #SantaMonica, #ManhattanBeach, #HuntingtonBeach, and the #SanFernandoValley — that have increased their asking price over the last week.

    "While not every rent increase is evidence of #exploitation, the timing and scale of many increases strongly suggest #PriceGouging is occurring.

    "In Manhattan Beach, for example, Popular Information identified a five-bedroom home listed on December 31, 2024, for $8,750 per month. By Monday, the rent was bumped up 125 percent to $19,750 monthly.

    "But it is not only luxury properties with ocean views whose prices have skyrocketed in the last week.

    "A three-bedroom home in #Tujunga, listed for $4,100 on December 28, was increased to $8,500 on January 7, the day the Pacific Palisades fire broke out, 93 percent higher than its initial listing price."

    Read more:
    popular.info/p/landlords-gouge
    #PredatoryLandlords #CapitalismKills #CapitalismMustDie #RentGouging #Unhoused #California #UnaffordableHousing #Housing