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Council to study uses for property at 4th and Colorado

10/27/2015 1:37 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

City Council will meet for the third time in three weeks Tuesday to discuss a mix of old business and some new items covering Santa Monica’s perennial conversation points such as transit, development, historic preservation and government practices.

County Prosecutors Reject Santa Monica Council Member Probe

10/27/2015 1:34 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

October 27, 2015 -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has rejected investigating allegations of wrongdoing by Santa Monica Council member Pam O’Connor, saying the statute of limitations has expired on the controversial case of the hiring and firing of Elizabeth Riel.

City Increases Conservation Rebates for Santa Monica Residents

10/23/2015 3:52 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

October 23, 2015-- Now that El Niño is twice the size of the continental United States and is almost assured to bring major rains this winter, Santa Monica homeowners and businesses stand to reap extra benefits from the City's expanded rain barrel and lawn-swap rebate programs, officials said Wednesday.

Plaza downsized but moving forward

10/22/2015 4:43 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The City of Santa Monica owns the property located along Arizona Avenue between 4th and 5th streets, giving the city unique leverage to control development on the parcel.

Santa Monica Council Still Split on Controversial Plaza Project

10/22/2015 4:41 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

MCB is seeking to build about 195 hotel rooms, 206,800 square feet of office space, 42,200 square feet of retail space and 48 affordable residential units on Arizona Avenue. The 12-story structure would be built on City owned land in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica.

64-Unit Affordable Housing Complex Proposed for Downtown Santa Monica

10/22/2015 4:38 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

October 21, 2015 -- With a dearth of housing funds, Santa Monica is turning to private developers to build projects such as the proposed 64-unit affordable housing development reviewed by the City's Architectural Review Board (ARB) on Monday.

An urban plaza (Michael Feinstein)

10/20/2015 4:12 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The public planning process around the 4th/5th/Arizona mega-parcel goes back many years.

An open letter to the City Council (5th and Arizona)

10/20/2015 4:10 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

I see the development proposal before you, on city-owned land on Arizona, between 4th and 5th Streets as harbinger of a potentially threatening, irreversible future ...

How diverse do you wanna be? [Bill Bauer's column]

10/19/2015 3:18 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

ONE OF THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS proffered for building more low-income housing here is to maintain community diversity. “We don’t want Santa Monica to turn into another Beverly Hills,” is a frequent comment from the prodevelopment/affordable housing/Santa Monica Forward lobby

Santa Monica Council Takes Another Look at Major Downtown Project

10/19/2015 3:16 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

October 19, 2015 -- Facing stiff opposition from slow-growth advocates, the Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday will explore ways to reduce office space at a major mixed-use development proposed for a City owned site in the heart of Downtown.