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  • 11/12/2018 8:48 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    When Santa Monica voters in Tuesday’s election granted overwhelming approval to term limits for the City Council, they were also blasting out a stern warning, says the City Hall watchdog who helped craft Measure TL.

    “We’re watching you,” said Mary Marlow, who authored TL with Councilmember Sue Himmelrich, who was elected to a second four-year term Tuesday.

    “Voter expectations of what is expected of the council has risen.”

    Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/November-2018/11_09_2018_Term_Limits_Landslide_Win_Sends_Strong_Message_Sponsor_Says.html

  • 11/09/2018 10:32 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)
    Emergency messages and important community updates when you need them, where you need them.

    Read More: https://cityofsantamonica.bbcportal.com/

  • 11/09/2018 9:00 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Don't expect the issue to go away

    The defeat of a ballot measure that would have allowed for the expansion of rent control across California has buoyed landlords and left tenants pinning their hopes on the state’s new governor for relief.

    Proposition 10 failed resoundingly with nearly 62% of voters rejecting the initiative as of results tallied Wednesday. The initiative would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which bans cities and counties from implementing more aggressive forms of rent control. The result means those prohibitions remain in place.

    Supporters of expanding rent control, however, said the campaign pushed tenant concerns to the forefront of the state’s housing debate. They’re also taking solace in a pledge from Democratic Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, who has said that he will try to strike a deal on new rent control policies upon taking office. Newsom opposed Proposition 10, saying that he preferred amending Costa-Hawkins rather than repealing it.

    Read More: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-proposition-10-rent-control-next-20181108-story.html

  • 11/08/2018 6:21 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Chaos ensued at a sit-in and rally in Santa Monica Wednesday, a day after voters rejected Prop 10, which would have expanded rent control.

    Read More and see video: https://abc7.com/politics/protesters-arrested-during-santa-monica-rally-over-rejection-of-prop-10/4643556/

  • 11/08/2018 7:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Pam O’Connor lost her bid for a seventh term on the City Council last night becoming just the third incumbent in the City’s history to be voted out of office. However, a possible appointment could reinstate her for two years.  Voters chose businessman Greg Morena

    Read More: http://backissues.smdp.com/110818.pdf

  • 11/08/2018 7:29 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    A vacant apartment building in Mid-City that has stood boarded up and surrounded by construction fencing for 18 years is finally getting a makeover.

    The Architectural Review Board approved plans to construct a two-story, four-unit multi-family building at 3004 Broadway at its meeting Nov. 5, with board member Kevin Daly calling the existing building the city’s last “haunted house.”

    Read More: http://www.smdp.com/plans-to-develop-nightmare-project-passed-at-arb/170632

    AND

    http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/November-2018/11_08_2018_Saga_of_Abandoned_Santa_Monica_Building_Finally_Comes_to_an_End.html

  • 11/08/2018 7:15 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    The controversial San Francisco homeless tax that pitted tech billionaires Marc Benioff and Jack Dorsey against each other passes

    • San Francisco's Proposition C, which will tax the city's biggest businesses to raise funds to combat homelessness, passed Tuesday.

    Read More: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/san-francisco-proposition-c-homeless-tax-passes.html

  • 11/07/2018 2:47 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Local Santa Monica Election Results: Measure TL, SMS, SM all approved.

    Greg Morena will join incumbents Sue Himmelrich and Kevin McKeown on the Santa Monica City Council. Greg Morena, a restaurant owner, won election to be the newcomer on the Council. Pam O'Conner, who has been on the City Council since the Reagan administration, was somehow turned out by voters. She has voted for every large development project ever proposed in Santa Monica, and voters evidently finally understood that.

    Lori Brown lost her bid to be the only landlord on the Santa Monica Rent Control Board.

    Read More: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/11/06/news/smrr-city-council-to-continue-but-pam-oconner-finally-loses-her-seat-local-santa-monica-election-results-measure-tl-sms-sm-all-approved/3705.html


  • 11/07/2018 8:47 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    California voters on Tuesday rejected a controversial ballot measure known as Proposition 10 that would have expanded local government authority to enact rent-control laws on residential property, according to an NBC News projection.

    Read More: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/california-voters-reject-rent-control-measure-proposition-10.html

    AND

    http://www.smdp.com/california-voters-reject-rent-control-expansion-measure/170610

  • 11/07/2018 8:30 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    State Measure 10

    EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or considerably more.

    Candidate(s) Votes Percent
    Yes 893,769 47.16%
    No 1,001,443 52.84%

    4,728 of 4,728 precincts reporting (100.00%) | Majority of votes cast

    Read More: https://www.lavote.net/electionresults/text/3861

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