SMa.r.t.

This is the 4th of a 5 part article outlining serious issues Santa Monica residents and the City Council are facing.

And Santa Monica’s response has been a rapid transition from a history of courtyard housing to beach barracks stacked in blockhouses! And this stain on Santa Monica has spread to market rate housing as well as affordable. The photos accurately express the broken, faceless, and fractured direction of our residential housing – whether fronting on streets or alleys – totally lacking the greenery of a frontyard setback, courtyard, or terrace! This can’t be what $3,500-5,500 per month buys one! And sadly, these developers are hiring Santa Monica attorneys and architects to do their bidding in implementing this disaster.

Read More: https://smmirror.com/2022/01/santa-monicas-future-will-developers-or-residents-rule-part-4-our-residential-neighborhoods/