Our guest column this week is by SMCLC (the Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City). SMCLC is a well-established group of concerned residents that have successfully been involved for many years in addressing and improving, or stopping, numerous egregious planning issues and developments, such as the Hines project or the massive project that had been proposed for 4th/5th & Arizona, where the annual ICE event takes place. 

Your plan for this already gridlocked intersection is over one-and-a-quarter times the square footage of the Santa Monica Place Mall on a site less than half its size. Yet no consideration has been given to massing, impacts on traffic, water, or any infrastructure, and, so far, no modifications have been made based on any community concerns.

Read More: https://smmirror.com/2024/02/s-m-a-r-t-column-gelsons-looms-large/