February 24, 2026
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A Message from Treesavers:

Positive news. The City Managers Office called and a Treesavers-requested meeting has been confirmed for April 21 with City Manager Lamont Ewell and Mayor Herb Katz to meet with a few Treesavers representatives. That is the day before Earth Day and is environmentalist John Muir’s birthday. Let’s continue emailing, petitioning, and gathering even more Treesavers support. A positive tree-friendly and Santa Monica-friendly win-win solution might hopefully be at hand. And let’s remember as Earth Day approaches that Earth Day is every day.

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Not every award or prize is a good thing. Santa Monica kind of won a Razzie this month from INRIX Inc., a firm that ranks the most congested auto traffic on the planet. In the category identifying the 10 worst stretches of roadway for traffic on earth – that’s right, the entire planet – our Santa Monica freeway was cited for the stretch of the 10 Freeway between 20th and Alameda streets.