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Santa Monica Development News Year-End Wrap-up: the Gelson's Project and Recourse Against the "Bombshell" Builder's Remedy

12/16/2022 5:20 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

As this year ends, we want to update you on our ongoing involvement regarding important issues our city is facing:

The Gelson's teardown project (Lincoln and Ocean Park Blvds): In late July, the City issued a lengthy non-compliance letter to the developer detailing necessary project revisions. No revised plans have been filed.

City Hall braces for the Builder’s Remedy development boom

12/15/2022 12:24 PM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Overview:

Developers have begun filing permits to build large housing projects throughout the city that far exceed local zoning restrictions and while those permits are subject to cursory review, the City lacks any clear path to head off construction of more than 4,500 new units.

What Rent-Controlled Tenants and Landlords Need to Know After the Passage of Measure RC

12/15/2022 9:07 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Measure RC reduces this year's 6% increase to Maximum Allowable Rents (MAR) in effect on August 31, 2022 to a 0.8% increase from February 1, 2023 through August 31, 2023. The result is an annual increase for the year (from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023) that averages 3%. Similarly, other units with higher rents that received the maximum increase of $140 will have the monthly increase reduced to $19 starting in February. Measure RC requires this Adjusted General Adjustment so that the average rent increase for the year (from September 2022 to August 2023) does not exceed 3% or $70 per month, whichever is less.

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.