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Santa Monica Reopens 'Limited' Relief Program Amid Rising Rent

12/14/2022 12:10 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Santa Monica has reopened applications for rental relief.

Applications for the Rent Control Adjustment Relief program closed on Sept. 19, but the city set a new deadline for those who qualify.

Applications reopens Monday and will remain available through Jan. 11, 2023 to the following households:

- Households in Rent Control units that received a rent increase notice dated after the original Sept 19th RCAR deadline. Rent increase notices must be clearly signed and dated by property owner/manager after Sept. 19.

WSC Submits Plans for First Builder's Remedy Project

12/14/2022 11:48 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

WSC last week submitted its first full proposal for one of the 15 projects it rushed into Santa Monica's planning pipeline under the "builder's remedy" provision in State Housing law.

The detailed project plans filed Thursday are for a 75-unit, 10-story high-rise apartment building at 1238 7th Street -- one of 16 builder's remedy projects for which preliminary proposals were submitted.

Elaine Speaks to the City Council

12/13/2022 11:12 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

During the first Public Comment, it soon became clear who constituted the crowd packing the room: supporters of Mayor Sue and her pseudo Marxist/crony capitalist agenda. The speaker was retired landlord and business owner Elaine Golden-Gealer, and she presented a PowerPoint criticizing Himmelrich's term and warning that the now-former mayor intends to maintain power over tens of millions of dollars via the recently passed Measure GS, which imposes an 8-fold increase in property transfer taxes, ostensibly in order to provide housing for the homelesss.

Maximum Lawful Rent

12/13/2022 11:07 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Per Measure RC, effective February 1st, (absent an individual adjustment per a decision), MARs that were originally increased by either 6% or the $140 maximum (for MARs of $2,325 or more) will be reduced to a 0.8% increase above the rent that was in effect on August 31, 2022, with a new maximum increase of $19.  

New Mixed Use Building ‘The Charlie’ Ready To Welcome Renters: Santa Monica Real Estate Report – December 12th, 2022

12/12/2022 10:20 AM | Victoria Palomino

Property, Developments, And Listings On The Westside.
* New Mixed Use Building ‘The Charlie’ Ready To Welcome Renters
* Plans Submitted for Mixed-Use Building on 19th and Wilshire Blvd
* Local Properties For Sale And Rent In Your Neighborhood!

Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Development Nearly Complete in Santa Monica

12/12/2022 10:16 AM | Victoria Palomino

The Los Flores apartment complex in the Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica is almost complete as reported by Urbanize Los Angeles. This development is a mixed-use affordable housing project and the developer is Community Corp. of Santa Monica.

Gleam Davis Selected as Mayor for One-Year Term, Phil Brock as Mayor for One-Year Term, Lana Negrete as Mayor Pro Tempore for Two-Year Term, and Councilmembers Installed

12/08/2022 10:26 AM | Victoria Palomino

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Last night, Santa Monica welcomed two new Councilmembers and one returning Councilmember in an installation ceremony. Following Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan's certification of the final results for the 2022 General Election, City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren swore in Councilmembers Caroline Torosis and Jesse Zwick, elected to four-year terms, and returning Councilmember Lana Negrete, also elected to a four-year term.

The newly installed City Council selected Gleam Davis to serve a one-year term as Santa Monica's mayor with Phil Brock serving a one-year term for the second year of the two-year mayoral term. Lana Negrete was selected as mayor pro tempore for two years.

LA Council could bypass public bid process on land for affordable/homeless housing project

12/07/2022 10:02 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

The Los Angeles City Council will vote on a motion submitted by councilmember Mike Bonin to remove a public bidding process for selling land to a nonprofit organization for affordable housing.

The motion–set to be voted on Wednesday– cites an Administrative Code that allows the private sale of city-owned Property, avoiding what is otherwise required as a public process.

The Property, located adjacent to Venice High School at 12901 Venice Blvd., is being used by the nonprofit organization Disability Community Rights Center (DCRC).

Davis, Brock to Serve Year Each as Mayor

12/07/2022 9:42 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

After a halting start and three quick rounds of voting, the City Council Tuesday night elected Councilmembers Gleam Davis and Phil Brock to serve one year each as mayor.

Davis -- who was mayor in 2019 -- will serve the first year and Brock will hold the mostly ceremonial post when he runs for reelection in 2024. Councilmember Lana Negrete will serve both years as mayor pro tem.

Homeless Programs Are Political Payback

12/07/2022 9:40 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

You might as well have $42.5 billion, and it would go to friends of the elected officials. As it stands now in Santa Monica your $42.5 million homeless budget is essentially a jobs program for the loyalists who support the liberal left that you keep electing in the city.