Streetsblog San Diego reporting and commentary from a wide range of voices working to make San Diego a better place to live and get around, including leaders and advocates from San Diego 350, Bike SD, Ride SD, Build SD and many others. Our goal is to create a place where people working on transportation, climate, housing and urbanism can share ideas while also providing independent journalism about the decisions shaping the region. In addition, a core team of Streetsblog California Staff and Board Members and other volunteers are working everyday to keep Streetsblog strong.

Damien Newton

Damien is the first editor of Streetsblog Los Angeles, the current editor of Streetsblog California and Santa Monica Next, and executive director of the California Streets Initiative, the non-profit that publishes Streetsblog California. He has been honored for excellence in journalism by the Los Angeles Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, and was a 2011 Annenberg School of Journalism “Online Health Journalism Fellow.” Follow Damien on Blue Sky.

Anar Salayev

Anar is the executive director of BikeSD and a member of the Streetsblog San Diego Steering Committee. He believes some of the most exciting work on transportation, housing, and urbanism is happening right here in San Diego, and that it deserves a national audience. He wants Streetsblog San Diego to be the place that tells those stories.