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City Council Candidates Share Their Thoughts on Development

10/22/2018 8:15 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

October 22, 2018 -- Unlike 2008 and 2016 when ballot measures to curb development triggered fierce battles, the development measure on the November ballot has drawn little attention and no opposition. We asked council members what that means.

City officials seem to agree there is a lull in the battle over development. Do you agree? Why or why not?

BEVERLY HILLS CITY COUNCIL PASSES URGENCY ORDINANCE ELIMINATING NO-CAUSE EVICTIONS

10/22/2018 8:14 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Beverly Hills, CA – By a unanimous vote, the Beverly Hills City Council Thursday night passed an urgency ordinance which eliminates no-cause evictions by landlords in the City. The vote comes after months of public engagement and input on the issue of the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO).

Why Vote for Measure TL (Term Limits)?

10/20/2018 8:30 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

By Mary Marlow

Passing Measure TL will break this cycle of entrenched incumbency. A reasonable limit of three council terms for a total of no more than twelve years of service will begin after the November 6 election; it is not retroactive. It will weaken the power of lobbyists and special interest groups, who will no longer be able to form deleterious long-term relationships with councilmembers.

2018 SM Rent Control Board Election Guide

10/20/2018 8:24 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Where Santa Monica Rent Control Board candidates stand on all the issues.

By Sam Catanzaro

Talk about the November election in Santa Monica has been largely centered around the race for Governor, City Council and the various ballot initiatives voters will weigh in on. Not to be overlooked, however, are the five candidates running for the Santa Monica Rent Control Board.

PART VI -- Why Do Incumbents Keep Getting Re-Elected?

10/20/2018 8:21 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

In Santa Monica, it is rare for a City Council incumbent to lose a bid for re-election. Some attribute that to the money and backing they attract, others to voter satisfaction. Here's what the Council candidates think.

Since 1994 only two incumbents have lost their bids for reelection. Why do you think that is?

Prop 10, which would expand rent control, is 'in deep trouble,' poll shows

10/19/2018 8:18 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

An initiative that would expand rent control in California faces a steep deficit as election day nears, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.

The survey found that 41% of likely voters favor Proposition 10 with 38% opposed and 21% undecided.

PART V -- Council Candidates Choose Sides in Voting Rights Lawsuit

10/19/2018 7:53 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

A Superior Court judge is expected to rule this month on a voting rights lawsuit against the City. Today City Council candidates weigh in.

City Hall is fighting a voting rights lawsuit that seeks to replace at-large elections with district elections. Do you support or oppose districts? Why?

Rent Control Board Candidate Profile: Lori Brown

10/18/2018 8:15 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Name: Lori Brown

Age: 58

Occupation: Business owner; Vice Chair of Santa Monica Recreation & Parks; Mother of a public school students.

Neighborhood of residence: Sunset Park; Pico Neighborhood and previously Ocean Park.

Own/Rent: Own the home where my family has lived since 2001; owner of a three-unit rental property since 2013; and former renter of 24 years in rent-controlled units.

Kids: Santiago, a SAMOHI graduate now attending SMC who I adopted from Colombia when he was 12. I am also the legal guardian of a teenage girl who, like most teens, hates when the adults talk about her.

VOTING IS (NOT-) INCUMBENT by Charles Andrews

10/17/2018 10:44 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO?

After the election?

I’m going to start writing about all the good things that go on in our fair city, all the good things our City staff does, all the good that comes from our elected officials. There’s plenty of it. And won’t that be uplifting? And a lot nicer for me?

However —

I can’t in good conscience do that until those people stop doing way more harm than good. I know they don’t see themselves that way, but many of us do, and that’s something they really should pay attention to. But they don’t.

For Rent Control Board you have three challengers to the all-lawyer board. One is a lawyer, also coming straight from SMRR. Of the other two, only one is a property owner and as I said last election, it’s not right to not have them represented, with at least one member, since all the RCB business concerns also property owners. It makes sense to get them in the mix for the best outcome for our many renters. I will bullet vote for only that one.

Rent Control Board Profile Candidate: Naomi Sultan

10/17/2018 10:43 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Read her profile and responses at: http://www.smdp.com/rent-control-board-profile-candidate-naomi-sultan/170082