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City Clerk’s Office Serves as Ballot Drop-Off Location

10/11/2016 7:59 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The City of Santa Monica City Clerk’s Office is partnering with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s (LA RR/CC) Office again to serve as a Ballot Drop-Off Location for the November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election.

Opinion: SMa.r.t. - When it Rains (Money) it Pours

10/07/2016 3:16 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

For a city of only 94,000 residents, million-dollar political contributions change the basic nature of the contest. Where before this was a battle between residents with opposing views on land-use matters, it now looks more like a struggle between a grassroots citizen effort and corporate behemoths bent on imposing their will.

Injunction Filed to Halt Enforcement of Santa Monica's Short-term Rental Law

10/06/2016 1:55 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The preliminary injunction is set for a hearing October 17 in federal court in downtown Los Angeles before Judge Otis Wright II, said attorney Robert L. Esensten, who represents retired Los Angeles public school teacher Arlene Rosenblatt and others renting space in their homes short-term through platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway.

Deceptive Advertising Won't Fool the People: Measure LV Will End Over-development, Traffic

10/06/2016 11:31 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Measure LV seeks to do one thing: give voters the final say in the approval of large development projects.

Truth: Santa Monica's existing Municipal Code includes a provision for the replacement of existing structures following a natural disaster ...

State law also offers protections in California Government Code number 65852.25:

Santa Monica's Ruling Elite Opposes Measure LV, Which Would Curb Their Power

10/03/2016 9:54 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

If you follow what goes on in Santa Monica City Hall, it's really been pretty much the same since 1982. The City grants massive development permits to favored developers.

BIG Donors Pay BIG $$$ to Defeat LV

10/03/2016 7:34 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

See the donor list: BIG Donors Pay BIG $$$ to Defeat LV.pdf

Martin Expo Town Center - Olympic & Bundy

10/01/2016 9:33 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

A new grocery store, offices, restaurants, and more than 500 apartments coming to Olympic and Bundy...won unanimous approval from the Los Angeles City Council last week

The town center has also gained a few significant add-ons, namely an affordable housing component that will set aside 20 percent of the project’s 516 apartments for less-than-market rate rents. (Fifteen percent will be "workforce housing," where occupants median income can't exceed 150 percent of the area median income, and five percent will be for very low-income tenants.)

Opposition to Santa Monica LUVE Measure Raises Nearly $1 Million

09/30/2016 3:56 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

September 30, 2016 -- It won’t be known until November who wins the battle for LUVE, the proposal appearing on the ballot as Measure LV that calls for voters to have the final say on a significant number of construction projects and planning documents. But the opposition has already clinched the fundraising victory.

Santa Monica Council Incumbents Do Nearly All the Campaign Fundraising

09/30/2016 3:53 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

September 30, 2016 -- Two years after Santa Monica City Council campaign fundraising reached record levels, the 2016 edition is rather quiet.

Only five of the 10 candidates, including all four incumbents, reported raising any money at all, according to disclosure statements released this week that cover the filing period through September 24.

Santa Monica Program to Help Poor and Elderly with Rent Halted Before Starting

09/28/2016 2:35 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

September 28, 2016 -- A last-chance effort primarily aimed at saving Santa Monica's elderly and poor tenants from eviction because they can’t make the rent has stalled before it could start, after the City learned need far outstripped funding.