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  • 02/07/2017 11:29 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    February 6, 2017 -- Landlords are vowing to appeal a court ruling last week that upheld a Santa Monica law banning income discrimination against the holders of Section 8 vouchers, the federal subsidies used to help low-income tenants find housing in privately owned apartment buildings.

    The January 30 ruling in Los Angeles County Superior Court stemmed from a 2015 lawsuit by the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) that alleges the City's anti-discrimination law is invalid.

    Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2017/February-2017/02_07_2017_Landlords_to_Appeal_in_Santa_Monica_Legal_Fight_Over_Section_8_Vouchers.html


  • 02/07/2017 11:00 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    February 7, 2017 -- The construction of new apartments in Santa Monica earmarked for lower-income earners is dropping again in 2017, a trend that could continue over the next few years, according a new City report.

    The City finished the 2015-2016 fiscal year with 19 percent of all new multi-family housing units set aside for very low income to moderate-income earners, or 34 units of a total of 175 units.

    But that percentage -- down from past years -- is already dropping.

    Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2017/February-2017/02_07_2017_Construction_of_Affordable_Housing_in_Santa_Monica_Expected%20to%20Drop_Again.html


  • 02/06/2017 8:10 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    To some, preserving a neighborhood might mean buildings. To others, it’s the trees. To Ayde Gonzalez, the new Neighborhood Preservation Coordinator for the City of Santa Monica, it’s the people.

    “The goal of the role is really to keep Santa Monicans housed,” Gonzalez said in an interview at City Hall, “and right now I’m focusing on tenant protection programs that are in place.”

    It’s a broad job with the possibility of big impact: about 70 percent of the City’s population rents. Right now, the City has no idea how many tenants are considering leaving their buildings – rent controlled or otherwise – because of issues with their landlord.

    After just three weeks on the job, Gonzalez is still sifting through a complicated web of rules, tenant protections and regulations that spans at least five departments in the City. As she tries to understand what exactly she can do to help renters who feel like they’re being forced from their homes because of construction or poor management, she’s realizing the complicated picture they face.

    Read More: http://smdp.com/city-hires-new-staffer-to-defend-renters-rights-and-keep-them-in-their-homes/159612


  • 02/06/2017 8:04 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Recent storms across California were a welcome relief from five years of record low rainfall for Los Angeles, but Santa Monica’s groundwater, the City’s major supply of water, will take years to rebound from the drought.

    Due to the long-term effects of drought, the City of Santa Monica will maintain its current drought restrictions including water use allowances and penalties for exceeding allowances.

    Read More: http://smmirror.com/2017/02/drought-remains-despite-the-rain/


  • 02/06/2017 7:30 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    In a new case filed against Santa Monica’s biggest developer, NMS Properties, a hedge fund accuses the major Los Angeles developer of acting like a “criminal enterprise” that operates through forgeries, lies, threats and sham lawsuits.

    The latest lawsuit filed by AEW alleges NMS’s CEO Neil Shekhter’s misdeeds go far beyond submitting forged documents to the court. The lawsuit claims he has sent fake contracts to banks and lenders to confuse the terms of a joint venture agreement (JVA) between the two companies worth more than half a billion dollars.

    Read More: http://smdp.com/new-management-takes-over-former-nms-buildings/159620


  • 02/04/2017 8:20 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Ordinance Number 2535 clarifies regulations governing online booking services for home sharing and vacation rentals. Internet companies that serve as hosting platforms and charge a fee for facilitating short term rental transactions, will be responsible for collecting Transient Occupancy Taxes (“TOT”) and held accountable for booking illegal rentals. 

    Read More: SMDP, Feb. 3, 2017, pg. 5: http://backissues.smdp.com/020417.pdf


  • 02/03/2017 11:14 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)
    SEMINAR

    Owning Rent-Controlled Property in Santa Monica March 7, 2017 – 9:30am*-Noon 

    Read More and Register:  http://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/Rent_Control/Home/Seminar%20-%20March%207,%202017.pdf


  • 02/03/2017 8:00 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    In this world of blossoming fake news and alternative facts – as recently evidenced in City staffs’ presentation of the hugely and unnecessarily costly addition to City Hall (an extra $75m in construction and financing) – how do we hold onto truth as a basic value?

    What’s happening nationally is happening locally. Residents of Santa Monica, more than at any time in the past need to stay involved. 

    Read More: http://smmirror.com/2017/02/smart_beautiful_day_neighborhood/


  • 02/02/2017 7:27 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Santa Monica based Westside Rentals has been sold to the CoStar Group, operator of Apartments.com.

    The sale was announced this week and the new owners said the local company will keep its Santa Monica headquarters. The company will decrease focus on its brokerage sales and leasing services to maximize its inventory of available rental properties.

    Read More: http://smdp.com/apartments-com-buys-westside-rentals/159548


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