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SM.a.r.t Column: Fact-Checking Election

10/14/2024 8:12 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Teamsters endorse Safer Santa Monica slate

10/14/2024 8:07 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The Teamsters Joint Council 42 endorsed the Safer SANTA MONICA Slate of Brock, de la Torre, Putnam, and Roknian for Santa Monica City Council. Teamsters Joint Council 42 represents the Public Services, Passenger Transportation, Freight, Motion Picture & Theatrical Trade, and Building Material & Construction, among other trade divisions and conferences.

Westside rental market noted as least competitive in CA

10/14/2024 8:01 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Both apartment and housing costs remain exorbitant in Santa Monica, with one new report stating that the swath of Los Angeles that includes the city is an outlier in the competitive California rental market due to the pricing, while another report lands the city near the top of the most expensive home buying zip codes in the nation.

SM.a.r.t. Column: Vote

10/14/2024 7:49 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

In a polarized country or City every vote counts. Regardless of which side of any issue or candidate you support, your viewpoint will not prevail unless enough of you and your supporters actually vote. Voting fortunately is very easy in California.

Political Establishment Engaged in Panic Peddling

10/14/2024 7:42 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

As the election season intensifies, renters in Santa Monica are banding together to counter misinformation campaigns aimed at discrediting the Safer Santa Monica candidates: John Putnam, Dr. Vivian Roknian, Oscar De La Torre and Mayor Phil Brock.

$1 Million Per Unit Affordable Project Takes Next Step

10/14/2024 7:40 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The development by EAH Housing at the former site of Parking Structure 3 behind the Promenade is scheduled to be completed in 2029 and add 122 units towards the State's mandate to plan for 6,168 affordable units through 2029.

The Puritans Jeopardize Public Safety

10/14/2024 7:37 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

City Manager David White, backed by his chief City Council enablers -– Jesse Zwick and Gleam Davis –- continue to permit County Health Czar Barbara Ferrer to conduct the absurd program of distribution drug paraphernalia, including dangerous breakable glass and needles with potentially deadly fentanyl residue particles in our parks (primarily Reed Park at Wilshire and Lincoln Blvd and Palisades Park, both city landmarks).

SM Police Officers Association Throws Support Behind Brock, De La Torre, Roknian and Lesley

10/04/2024 8:05 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

See Video: https://smmirror.com/2024/10/video-sm-police-officers-association-throws-support-behind-brock-de-la-torre-roknian-and-lesley-in-upcoming-election/

To renovate an apartment — and not jack up the rent: These property owners have found a way

10/03/2024 8:03 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

But affordable housing advocates say there doesn't have be a choice between renovation and affordable rent. A number of models exist to repair older properties and keep rents low — including nonprofit ownership and certain bond financing programs. They just need public subsidies and the political will to preserve them or get new ones off the ground.

What is Santa Monica’s state-mandated housing unit requirement?

10/02/2024 11:52 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

By Marc L. Verville

Despite anecdotal Council acknowledgement of the general scale of potential development and insufficient State subsidies, there was neither a staff analysis of these issues nor was there any direction to staff to produce such analyses.

Consequently, the city acquiesced to the state’s RHNA allocation without an understanding of the unprecedented demands on City financial and natural resources a 63% increase in residential units would create. In addition, there was no City analysis on the impacts of awholesale policy to dispose of public land that is dedicated to city-revenue generating commercial infrastructure. In 2019, business-related commerce supported 54% of the General Fund’s revenues.