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Members of black and Latino families displaced generations ago by the Civic Center and 10 Freeway would be given priority for affordable housing under a proposal by Santa Monica Council member Kevin McKeown.

The Council last Tuesday voted unanimously to explore the "restorative justice" measure as a way to commemorate the Belmar Triangle neighborhood that was destroyed in the 1950s to pave the way for the Civic Auditorium.

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When the next Santa Monica election rolls around Nikima “Niki” Newsome will be charged with making sure everything runs smoothly.

Newsome was tapped by City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren as Santa Monica's new Assistant Director of Records and Election Services/Assistant City Clerk.

Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2019/April-2019/04_02_2019_Santa_Monica_Hires_New_Assistant_City_Clerk.html

AND: https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2019/04/02/nikima-newsome-selected-as-assistant-city-clerk

See the list compiled by the National Multifamily Housing Council: https://www.nmhc.org/globalassets/advocacy/rent-control/Rent-Control-by-State-Chart.pdf

 The Consumer Protection Division of the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office, along with the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, Santa Monicans for Renters Rights, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) and ACTION Apartment Association will co-sponsor the workshop Fair Housing Issues in Rental Housing on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 9 am to 12 pm at the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

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by Robert Kronovet

How is it possible that everyone finds protections under the umbrella of the Santa Monica City government: the hotel worker, every single laborer, all tenants, every man or woman with various sexual orientations?

The only individual that enjoys no protections but consistent prosecution is the woman housing provider, the lady landlord.

Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/letters/Letters-2019/04_01_2019_LETTERS_Protect_the_Local_Landlady.html

A Los Angeles program for developing affordable housing continues to discriminate against people with disabilities, producing kitchens, bathrooms, balconies and other living spaces that aren’t safely accessible to wheelchair users, federal officials said Monday.

In a 19-page letter, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said city officials failed to provide adequate oversight of the developers who built low-income apartments with federal funds.

Read More: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-disabled-housing-investigation-20190401-story.html

Santa Monica has become a city separated by a rental divide, with some tenants paying triple what their next-door neighbors pay for a similar unit.

Market-rate tenants in the beach city paid more than twice as much as long-term tenants irregardless of the unit's size or location, according to the Rent Control Board's annual report.

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Developers temporarily will be unable to build housing for extremely low-income households as City Hall refines its affordable housing rules.

The City of Santa Monica requires developers to include affordable units in their projects or pay into an affordable housing fund. For the past seven years, they have had the option to set aside five to 7.5 percent of the units for households making 30 percent of the Los Angeles area’s median income, depending on the project’s size, rather than including more affordable units restricted for households making 50 or 80 percent of the median income.

Council believes the option incentivizes developers to include the smallest number of affordable units possible and voted Tuesday to suspend that option while the City revises the Affordable Housing Production Plan.

Read More: https://www.smdp.com/council-passes-temporary-ban-on-new-extremely-low-income-housing/173866

New study analyzes benefits of a potential $4 fee to enter parts of Santa Monica

Read More: https://www.smdp.com/new-study-analyzes-benefits-of-a-potential-4-fee-to-enter-parts-of-santa-monica/173827