A recent study commissioned by City staff has some of Santa Monica’s elected officials echoing the words of City Hall’s staunchest critics - alleging incompetence, wasted tax dollars and suspicious back-room decisions. 

The concerns of Rent Control Board members over a recent Ellis Act report delivered by Keyster Marston Associates reveals how the City is still reeling from the fight over Measure LV, even as the 2016 election ebbs to make way for the politics of November 2018. RCB members are ostensibly elected to protect Santa Monica’s man-made non-renewable resource: relatively cheap housing for those who have rented in Santa Monica for decades...

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