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Is the Big Housing Crunch Mostly Fiction?

05/23/2022 11:27 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

In some parts of California, there is definitely a housing crunch: small supplies of homes for sale, prices that escalate even when population has apparently stabilized and high prices that exclude most Californians as buyers.

But a massive, multi-million-unit shortage? Maybe not. At least, so suggests a scathing springtime report from the non-partisan acting state auditor.

SMa.r.t. Column: Failure to Plan…

05/23/2022 10:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Over the last approximately two years your City has been busy trying to respond to new California laws that are completely destroying the urban fabric and quality of life of our City. Specifically, the State’s requirement to permit least 9000 new units (including 6000 affordable units) over the next eight years has coerced a massive up zoning and eviscerated our previous planning codes.

County Supervisor candidates spar in CD3 forum

05/23/2022 10:23 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The candidates (Jeffi Girgenti, Roxanne Beckford Hoge, Craig Brill Henry Stern, Lindsay Horvath and Bob Hertzberg) were given between 30 seconds and a minute for each response, which created a lightning round ambiance, but also allowed for all candidates to cover a broad range of topics.

City budget up for discussion on Tuesday

05/23/2022 10:18 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

City Council will meet this Tuesday with an agenda that talks about council procedures, remote access meetings, budget and honoring a former Councilman.

Massive Block Apartments on Lincoln Blvd are Empty

05/23/2022 10:10 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

What was built on the former Norms restaurant site at Colorado and Lincoln Blvd at a cost of $40 million, is five stories tall and is pretty much devoid of people?

Los Angeles Metro Sees 15.9 Percent Increase in Median Rent

05/21/2022 10:28 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

From February 2021 to February 2022, there has been a 17% surge year to year of rental prices according to Zillow data. In the previous decade, those same prices were stable and usually only rose between 3% to 5% annually.

California cracks down on fraudulent practices surrounding emotional support animals

05/20/2022 2:35 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Finally, health care practitioners are not allowed to provide documentation related to an individual's need for an emotional support or comfort animal unless four boxes are checked.

Response to Himmelrich’s “We Walk the Talk” Column

05/20/2022 12:35 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Letter to the Editor

The key concerns raised by Verville that go unanswered by Himmelrich include his concerns
that such a tax would:

1) Unfairly and unnecessarily burden the residents

2) Ignore how commercial and other high-end properties will be able to structure ownership
to avoid this tax

3) Create an undisciplined spending fiasco

Christopher Dishlip Selected as Santa Monica’s New Assistant Director of Public Works

05/20/2022 12:32 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Dishlip is tasked with overseeing more than 200 staff members in Architecture Services, Engineering and Street Services, Resource Recovery and Recycling, and Water Resources.

Planning Commission Gives Enthusiastic Thumbs Up to Gehry Project

05/20/2022 12:26 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

And with an enthusiasm seldom seen in a City whose populace is skeptical of major developments, the Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a 316,750-square-foot project on one of Santa Monica's most visible sites.