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Planning Commissioner Ellis Raskin declares Council candidacy

03/04/2022 10:13 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Ellis said he is not a hawker of development who is willing to be fast and loose with the environment regulations and development standards. However, at the same time he views himself as a progressive and said he is committed to ensuring that the City develops in an equitable manner and is able to meet its state mandated requirement to build almost 9,000 new units by 2029.

Angelenos Can Apply For Additional Rental Assistance Through March 31

03/03/2022 11:10 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The application period for a state program providing assistance to people with unpaid rent or utilities due to COVID-19 will close at the end of the month, the Los Angeles Housing Department announced Thursday.

California Must Build 2.5M Houses By 2030

03/03/2022 11:06 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

With housing prices skyrocketing, and the homeless crisis worsening statewide, a new report released Wednesday determined that California needs to build another 2.5 million homes in the next eight years in order to ease the housing crisis.

Envisioning Santa Monica’s Future

03/03/2022 8:55 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

March 2, 2022 10:58 AM
by David White

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and the City of Santa Monica hosted the annual State of the City on February 15, 2022. The complete event video is available on YouTube. This is the second in a two-part blog series covering City Manager David White’s State of the City address. The first part looked back at 2021.

Santa Monica’s Year In Review for 2021

03/03/2022 8:54 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

March 2, 2022 10:47 AM
by David White

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and the City of Santa Monica hosted the annual State of the City on February 15, 2022. In this two-part blog series, we share excerpts from City Manager David White’s address, which can be viewed on YouTube. First, we look back at 2021 before exploring what lies ahead.

The Buck Stops with the Council

03/03/2022 8:43 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Dear Editor,

It is an outrage that the project at Lincoln and Ocean Park Boulevards will be administratively approved without any City public hearings and without possible appeal to the Planning Commission and the City Council ("Gelson's Proposed Project is a Done Deal," February 23, 2022).

Santa Monica Rents Drop Again

03/02/2022 9:38 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Rents in Santa Monica dipped for the fourth straight month in February, after rising steadily during the first ten months of 2021, according to Apartment List's monthly report released Tuesday.

The 0.4 percent dip comes after rents in Santa Monica fell by 0.5 percent in January, 2.8 percent in December and 1.8 percent in November.

Real Estate Firm Plans to Redevelop Three Wilshire Properties Into Hundreds Housing Units

02/28/2022 10:14 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The first project that CEI is conducting community meetings and applying for City entitlements for is at 2025 and 2501 Wilshire. Both buildings would be a mixed-use combination of residences and ground floor commercial space.

SMa.r.t. Column: Parking, Density and Inequality

02/28/2022 10:11 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Parking. In buildings. On the street. How important can that be? Who does it impact? And after decades of discussion, why is it still a controversial topic?

This, like several other state land use and urban planning policies, has as its key impact the increase in inequality.

How do we find a way to stay unique?

02/25/2022 9:19 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Phil Brock

"You had a well defined community complete with its own feeling of culture and above all - a distinct difference than LA," states second generation native Phil Brock. "We knew we were not LA and we were proud of it."