>> Santa Monica’s got a new green street on the 100-block of Bicknell Ave. (between Barnard and Nielson). The good news: The street “now can probably infiltrate and treat the runoff generated by a Class 5 hurricane,” writes Mark Gold of Heal the Bay. The bad news: That block cost a cool $1 million. Mark suggests more green streets made more cheaply:

Every significant street project should have a green-street component designed to infiltrate a three-quarter inch or one-inch storm, instead of an El Nino-driven deluge.

>> Los Angeles has the 3rd highest number of solar roofs and the 4th highest solar capacity among Californian cities, according to Environment California’s new report, California’s Solar Cities (via LAT)

>> Los Angeles is the 13th most sustainable large city, according to National Resources Defense Council’s Smarter Cities (via Grist).

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