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  • 10/31/2016 10:57 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA BUILDING AND FIRE-LIFE SAFETY COMMISSION 

    City of Santa Monica Seismic Retrofit Program. The Building and Fire-Life Safety Commission will hold a Special Meeting to hear recommendations to updates to the requirements for mandatory seismic retrofit for certain buildings that are potentially at risk. The buildings affected by the updates include: Soft-Story-Tuck Under Parking buildings; Non-Ductile Concrete buildings; Unreinforced Masonry buildings; Concrete buildings with Flexible Diaphragms; Welded Steel Moment Frame buildings. The technical requirements and administrative-procedural standards will be presented. 

    When: Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 6:00 pm 

    Where: SMI Conference Room, Civic Center Parking Structure 330 Olympic Drive, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica

    Read More: SMDP, Oct 31, page 5: 

    http://backissues.smdp.com/103116.pdf


  • 10/31/2016 10:44 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    ...the City Council last week approved an ordinance requiring all single-family homes constructed in Santa Monica to achieve “zero net energy (ZNE).”

    The ordinance also requires that single-family homes and "low-rise" multi-family homes be designed to use 15 percent less energy than allowed in the most recent California Energy Code. High-rise multi-family homes and non-residential projects must be designed to use 10 percent less energy than the code requires.

    Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2016/October-2016/10_31_2016_Council_Adopts_Zero_Net_Energy_Requirement_for_New_Santa_Monica_Homes.html


  • 10/29/2016 9:21 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Members of SMa.r.t. and others in our city have identified many continuous problems with planning oversight in Santa Monica.

    Read More: http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Opinion-SMart---Santa-Monicas-Divine-Comedy/46212

  • 10/28/2016 4:26 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    It is with heavy hearts that The Daily Press announces the passing of longtime columnist and friend Bill Bauer.

    Read More: http://smdp.com/columnist-and-friend-bill-bauer/158440

  • 10/27/2016 11:18 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    October 27, 2016 -- Still scrambling for financing, Santa Monica has fallen far short for the second year in a row of meeting the voter-imposed minimum for building new affordable housing, according to a new City report.

    Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2016/October-2016/10_27_2016_Santa_Monica_Again_Fails_to_Meet_Affordable_Housing_Mandate.html

  • 10/26/2016 8:42 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    by CalRHA | Sep 19, 2016

    The concept of rent control, once found mostly in large cities, is spreading to the Bay Area’s suburbs, even though virtually every economist thinks it’s a bad idea.

    Read More: https://cal-rha.org/rent-control-spreading/

  • 10/26/2016 7:36 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Name: Elaine Golden-Gealer 

    Age: Youthful 

    Occupation: Nonprofit Association Executive and Gadfly 

    Neighborhood of residence: North East Santa Monica 

    Read More: http://backissues.smdp.com/102616.pdf

  • 10/26/2016 7:32 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Meet the Candidates of this years Election

    “I think there is a lot that could be done at the local level, we really need to ensure that we are maintaining and returning local control to Santa Monica to make decisions about when units can be removed from the rental market.”

    See video: http://smdp.com/torosis-talks-local-rent-control/158350


  • 10/26/2016 7:29 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

    Meet the Candidates of this years Election

    “We need to make sure that landlords have all the tools they need to maximize their returns. That’s what measure GA is designed to do, that’s what the incremental steps up in rents are designed to do.”

    See video: http://smdp.com/foster-talks-landlords-and-rent-control/158352


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