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Back to Normal? Charles Andrews

04/07/2021 8:30 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

HOUSING

Seems all you ever hear, for decades. Housing, housing, housing..“Affordable” housing. To preserve our diversity (what’s left of it). First of all, we don’t have a housing crisis here. We have an affordability crisis. And the Council/staff solution? Build our way to affordability. Ask any local real estate agent if that will work.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/smdp_backissues/040721.pdf

Homeless Shelters Proposed Across The Westside

04/06/2021 8:42 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

L.A. Councilmember Mike Bonin proposed several new shelters for unhoused people, including Will Rogers State Beach and Fisherman's Village.

Council Paves Way for Tesla "Supercharger" Station

04/06/2021 8:07 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The 62-stall recharging facility that would flank the alley near 14th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard had been put on hold before the Council took steps last Tuesday to exempt it from a moratorium on commercial development.

City Council Continues Housing Element Process

04/05/2021 11:50 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Santa Monica must pass a housing element update that accounts for mandates to increase the city’s housing stock by about 9,000 units. The discussion last week centered on options for densifying existing neighborhoods as a way to acknowledge the impact past discriminatory practices have had on housing development.

Time for the School District to Adopt 20th Century Capital Project Financial Reporting

04/05/2021 10:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

There has been significant confusion and debate surrounding the financial performance of the many SMMUSD facilities projects. The absence of clear and accessible financial performance reporting is the cause.

Plans for Downtown Santa Monica Mixed-Use Project Double in Size

04/05/2021 10:27 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

As reported by UrbanizeLA, an apartment building at 1427 Lincoln Boulevard will now include a new property at 1431 Lincoln Boulevard. This makes the project five stories instead of four with thirty apartments instead of fifteen. The new plans will also feature an underground parking structure with enough room for thirty vehicles.

New bill in Legislature would sharply limit Ellis Act evictions

04/02/2021 10:09 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Lawmakers recently revived legislation that would severely curtail when property owners can invoke the Ellis Act, which gives them a path to exit the rental market by evicting tenants if they plan to move themselves or family members in, sell the units or demolish the building. Tenant rights groups argue that the law has morphed into a tool for speculators to flip a dwindling supply of affordable rental housing in the state.

California Eviction Moratorium Extended to June 3, 2021

04/02/2021 9:53 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed legislation to extend the eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021.

Time to Move Out: Santa Monica is Coming For Your Home

04/02/2021 9:51 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Dressed up in the language of compassion and social justice, the City Council's vote on March 30 to accommodate 6,168 affordable housing units, 70% of whatever new housing is built, and then to disperse these affordable units throughout the city, including along Montana Avenue and Main Street, is in reality a despicable theft of the earnings of hardworking residents and will end up benefiting no one.

Two Santa Monica Sustainable Housing Proposals to Get State Funding

04/02/2021 9:43 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Two Santa Monica proposals to promote sustainable housing development will receive a slice of $4.8 million in State funding from The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the agency announced Thursday.

Santa Monica's proposals were among 26 projects to get the green light Thursday from SCAG’s Regional Council as part of its 2020/2021 Sustainable Communities Program (SCP).