March 2, 2018 -- It wasn’t long ago that one of Santa Monica’s most aggressive grassroots organizations was best known for challenging the City’s powers that be over the amount of new development it allowed.

But check in with the Facebook page for residocracy.org these days, and a change is evident:

Concern about crime and violence is starting to dominate posts there, pushing aside -- for now, at least -- the anger over new building that gave rise to 2016’s Measure LV, which sought public votes for most development taller than two stories.

Armen Melkonians, who founded residocracy.org in in 2014, said the increasing focus on crime is a natural evolution for the organization as concern about the rise in violent crime intensifies in the community.

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