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# City council renames California Incline the California Decline after commuter confusion
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/040106-story-20060401-12/
- Published: 2006-04-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:28:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Boogaloo Shrimp/Daily Mess After 24 hours of debate, with hardly any breaks, city officials finally voted to rename the California ‘Incline’ the California ‘Decline.’ The moniker was changed after commuters said they got confused driving up an incline. Smokers go underground after council bans tobacco

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)