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League of Women Voters / CRJ Candidate Forum: City Council

09/20/2022 1:20 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Sunday, Oct. 2, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. PST Zoom meeting open to all: Register in advance to receive a link for this zoom : https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L_pS6VJ-RmmzoG4aEatbLg

Call Joanne at 310-422-5431 for more information

No on GS

09/20/2022 8:25 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Letter to the Editor from: Peter Borresen, Santa Monica

Combined, the loss of property tax paying buildings, the increase in new residents whose buildings don’t pay taxes for their schools and police, and the delayed uplift in regular property taxes from delayed property sales will have a severe impact on regular city tax revenues, lowering monies for police and schools.

Final Draft Housing Element on track for approval

09/20/2022 8:22 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The 185-page Final Draft Revised Housing Element states that the City of Santa Monica has identified “the capacity to accommodate at least 13,600 units providing a 53 percent buffer above the City’s RHNA of 8,895 units,” later adding that, “The buffer accounts for the likelihood that not all identified SSI sites may be necessarily developed by a property owner for housing. The land inventory includes capacity for 521 extremely low, 2,819 very low income, 2,703 low income, and 1,901 moderate income units.”

Transfer Tax Battle Could Shatter Fundraising Records

09/20/2022 7:59 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

To date, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Co-Chair Michael Soloff had donated $335,000 -- easily shattering the record for an individual -- to the Measure GS campaign sponsored by his wife, the mayor.

Santa Monica Real Estate Report – August 29th, 2022

09/19/2022 9:53 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

See Video at: https://smmirror.com/2022/09/lionsgate-looks-to-sublet-office-space-at-santa-monica-headquarters-santa-monica-real-estate-report-september-19th-2022/

SMa.r.t. Column: Gelson’s – Compliant? Or Not!

09/19/2022 9:51 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The poster child for over-development known as The Gelson’s project, located at Lincoln & Ocean Park Blvd’s has had its application deemed ‘complete’ by the City. Accomplished in part perhaps by avoiding/ignoring inquiries of concerned residents and local groups that had questions regarding compliance with various applicable codes and regulations; issues that could significantly impact and potentially require a reduction of the almost one million sq. ft. project.

Council Takes Steps to Boost Input from Section 8 Advisory Board

09/19/2022 9:46 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

After a lengthy debate, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to radically shrink -- and rename -- an advisory board comprised of Section 8 tenants to give it a stronger voice.

Design Board to Review Another Tight-Fitting Downtown Project

09/19/2022 9:45 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

A month after taking up a tight-fitting hotel project, Santa Monica's design board on Monday will review an affordable housing development that squeezes an eight-story 38-unit building into a single-family-sized lot.

Tenants in Rent-Controlled Apartments Are Urged to Apply Now for One-Time Rent Relief

09/14/2022 8:37 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

On Monday, September 19 at 6 p.m. applications will close for the “Rent Control Adjustment Relief” (RCAR) program which provides one-time rent relief to help rent-burdened Santa Monica households in rent-controlled apartments unable to afford the Rent Control General Adjustment that took effect on September 1, 2022.

Council Race Could Test SMRR's Clout

09/14/2022 8:25 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

This year's City Council election could be a major test of the political clout Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR) has wielded for four decades.

Questions that were raised when two of the three Council incumbents backed by the group were swept out of office in 2020 have resurfaced after a record-low turnout at Sunday's SMRR convention.

Sunday's low turnout helped the local hotel workers union, whose caucus accounted for a fifth of the ballots cast, cement an endorsement for its chosen candidates -- Caroline Torosis, Ellis Raskin and Jesse Zwick ("Hotel Unon Flexes Muscle at SMMR Convention," September 12, 2022).