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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."

L.A. receives grant money for homeless housing

02/25/2022 9:10 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The City of Los Angeles will receive $1.7 million from the State of California to rehouse 60 individuals as part of a $50 million initiative to clear encampments.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the award of $50 million in grants to 19 communities throughout California on Thursday to provide shelter or housing for 1,401 individuals currently experiencing homelessness in encampments.

100 Families Apply for SM Program Prioritizing Housing for Historically Displaced Households

02/25/2022 9:07 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

More than 100 families have applied to a pilot program that gives priority on Santa Monica's affordable housing waitlist to the households who were displaced by the Civic Auditorium or I-10 Freeway projects in the 1950s and 1960s, civic officials announced this week.

Gelson's Proposed Project Is a Done Deal

02/25/2022 9:03 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Under SB330, which is meant to fast track new housing construction, the nearly 900,000-square-foot project -- comprised of ten five-story buildings on a 4.7-acre site -- only requires an administrative approval, Martin said.

WE CAN TALK - Charles Andrews

02/24/2022 8:56 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

YOU CAN’T STOP THIS ONE

The monster coming to plant itself at the already very busy intersection of Lincoln and Ocean Park. And this 10-building project (ugly buildings too, in my opinion), nearly a million square feet, will take out all the community-serving businesses there now – UPS store, pharmacy, low cost haircuts, sushi restaurant, dry cleaners, nail salon, optical store, pet supplies, the full-size Gelson’s supermarket.