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Path cleared for new housing developments along Expo Line

01/03/2022 9:01 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The plan, called the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan, allows for dozens of new buildings to be constructed, including some along Olympic Boulevard between Centinela and Barrington just outside Santa Monica city limits that are zoned to stand 10 to 12 stories tall.

California's Public Golf Courses to be Converted to Public Housing in Latest Progressive Initiative

12/31/2021 11:28 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

A bill now pending in the California State legislature proposes to convert the State's municipal and public golf courses into affordable housing.

What You Need to Know About SB9

12/29/2021 10:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

What is SB9?

SB9, also known as the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act, is a state bill that requires cities to allow one additional residential unit onto parcels zoned for single-dwelling units. This law will allow up to a total of two residential units in single-dwelling unit zones, excluding any accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The law, which passed in September 2021, will go into effect across California on January 1, 2022. Once active, SB9 will only apply to property owners in the R1 (Single-Unit Residential) and OP1 (Ocean Park Single-Unit Residential) Zones.

Santa Monica’s message to people evicted long ago for the 10 Freeway: Come home

12/27/2021 10:12 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Starting in January, the city will offer affordable housing to those forced out by freeway construction and those removed in the late 1950s when the city bulldozed another Black area, Belmar Triangle, to build the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Children and grandchildren of those who lost their homes also are eligible.

Starting Jan. 1 all Santa Monicans must recycle their organic waste

12/27/2021 10:10 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

In order to do their part, residents must put all of their organic waste into their green bin and ensure it stays out of their black trash and blue recycling bins.

Redistricting creates strange bedfellows

12/22/2021 9:20 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Beginning in 2022, Santa Monica’s assembly district will include some new territory: Griffith Park. The new Assembly District 51 cuts inland, rather than along the coast, combining Santa Monica’s two-and-three-quarter miles of coastline with 4,210-acre Griffith Park, and most everything in between along Santa Monica Boulevard.

Council calls for comprehensive information on homeless resources

12/20/2021 10:08 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

In a Dec. 14 meeting Councilmembers voted unanimously to have staff consolidate a wide range of information on services pertaining to homelessness, so that gaps can be identified and direction given for supplementing resources.

The request, which was submitted by Councilmembers Phil Brock, Christine Parra and Oscar de la Torre asked that a specific list of data, information and suggestions be made available to Council and the public.

City Manager David White Appoints Susan Cline as Santa Monica’s Assistant City Manager and Rick Valte as Public Works Director

12/20/2021 9:51 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Her role as Assistant City Manager began December 19, 2021 with a salary of $294,360

He is the current president of the City and County Engineers Association of Los Angeles and will take the helm of Public Works on December 19, 2021 with a salary of $253,716.

SMa.r.t. Seismic Water Resiliency

12/19/2021 9:35 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Quakes, fires, tidal waves all involve the same temporary displacement of residents. Thus it would be beneficial for our City to have pre-identified landlords, hotels and individuals willing to participate in such a short term emergency response program similar to the way local fire departments and police departments have mutual aid agreements to send reinforcements to each other when the local resources are overrun.

Stagnant Rent Growth Forecasted

12/19/2021 9:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC has revealed its annual Casden Real Estate Forecast for multifamily rental properties in the state of California for the first time since 2019. In the Westside area, from Beverly Hills to the coasts, the forecast is that rents will remain slightly in decline for 2022.