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Strolling Through Santa Monica's Affordable Housing

02/04/2016 2:54 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

On January 30th, graduate and PhD students of urban design at UCLA, part of an official student organization called Bruins for Design and Development (BUDDY), organized a walking tour of affordable housing projects in Santa Monica.

Residents can apply for $3,000 for earthquake safety

01/26/2016 4:52 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Single family homes' details at: http://issuu.com/smdp/docs/012616/6

Santa Monica Rent Control Board Notice Inviting Applications

01/26/2016 4:47 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

See the notice regarding the unscheduled vacancy at: http://issuu.com/smdp/docs/012616/4

New code has big plans for our small city (SM.a.r.t.)

01/23/2016 6:00 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

At present, Santa Monica zoning would allow doubling of existing building areas in downtown and tripling existing building areas along our eight boulevards.

Correspondence to Santa Monica Council Now Posted Online

01/21/2016 7:28 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Letters, emails and other correspondence sent to the Santa Monica City Council will be easier for the public to find now, with City officials making good on a motion from last year to post all of the information online.

City officials are reminding members of the public, though, that they should be careful about any personal information they include in their correspondence, since access to it will be much wider now.

Santa Monica Council Considers More Protections from Ellis Act Evictions

01/21/2016 7:27 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The City Council voted unanimously to direct City staff to study giving families with children a year to relocate if those renters are evicted under the Ellis Act.

Santa Monica searching for $15 million to fund affordable housing

01/20/2016 2:57 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

City Hall wants $15 million per year to fund affordable housing and officials are asking residents if they would support new taxes to help secure the necessary money.

At their Jan. 12 meeting, council approved $60,000 to conduct a survey of Santa Monica residents asking which of several new taxes residents would be most likely to support. Options include increases to sales tax, document transfer tax or a tax on new construction.

Rent Control Board Vacancy

01/19/2016 2:19 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Applications available to fill an unscheduled vacancy.

Bill Bauer: Another beast at our doorstep

01/19/2016 2:13 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

We in Santa Monica have to contend with overly large and largely inappropriate development projects from opportunistic developers. Then, we’re forced to live with higher and more massive buildings than we’d prefer.

WHY SANTA MONICA NEEDS RESPONSIBLE URBAN DESIGN

01/17/2016 8:39 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

But over-development is consuming our city and its resources. Speculation is taking precedence over all other residents’ concerns.