By SMa.r.t. on July 9, 2016

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns on the neighborhoods of Santa Monica, addressing resident experiences with the impacts of development.

Northeast Neighbors made front-page news in 2013 when the neighborhood group exposed a “mistake” on the official planning map in the City of Santa Monica’s new general plan, the Land Use and Circulation Element. A small surface parking lot behind the Bank of America property at Berkeley Street and Wilshire Boulevard had been changed from residential to commercial, and this change made it possible for the developer to plan a 5-story, 100-unit mixed-use project to be built across the two properties.

Read More: http://smdp.com/santa-monica-citizens-in-the-dark-as-planning-goes-rogue/156167