Because the Santa Monica City Council has not approved a Housing Element for the city that is compliant with state laws, a number of projects could be automatically approved as reported by The Santa Monica Daily Press. 

Read More: https://smmirror.com/2022/10/nearly-4000-units-coming-to-santa-monica-as-citys-housing-element-falls-out-of-compliance/

 After nearly three years in the works, State officials on Friday certified Santa Monica's Housing Element -- but not before 14 projects were rushed into the planning pipeline.

Read More: https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2022/October-2022/10_14_2022_Housing_Plan_Delays_Led_to_Loss_of_Control.html

Santa Monica's biggest housing provider has rushed plans into the City's development pipeline to build nearly 5,000 units that require little public input, dealing a massive blow to local slow-growth activists who were caught off guard by the move.

Read More: https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2022/October-2022/10_13_2022_City_Officials_Caught_Off_Guard_by_Flurry_of_Development_Submissions.html

Get ready for Santa Monica’s next development boom. Nearly 4,000 new housing units, including a 15-story residential building at Nebraska and Stanford, could be rubber stamped in Santa Monica after the City failed to produce a compliant Housing Element in 2021.

Read More: https://smdp.com/2022/10/12/new-15-story-project-automatically-approved-due-to-late-housing-element/

Following a months-long saga, Santa Monica City Council is on track to approve and adopt a revised version of the city’s 6th Cycle Housing Element at the upcoming Oct. 11 meeting. 

Read More: https://smdp.com/2022/10/10/revised-plan-for-13000-new-housing-units-heads-to-council/

UPDATE: The Nomination Filing Period to run as a Write-In Candidate is from September 12 - October 25 and candidates will be added as they qualify. Contact the City Clerk's Office at clerk@santamonica.gov or (310) 458-8211 to make an appointment to pickup a Nomination Packet. 

Measure SMC (SMC Bond Measure): Impartial Analysis, Arguments For/Against and Rebuttals to Arguments For/Against this measure are now available (see below). For more information on this measure, please contact the College District's Office at (310) 434-4200.

Spanish Translations: Candidate statement and most ballot measure information now available in Spanish! 

Read More: https://santamonica.gov/elections/2022-11-08

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an affordable housing law that does for Los Angeles County what Mayor Sue Himmelrich's proposed transfer tax increase would do for Santa Monica.

Read More: https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2022/October-2022/10_07_2022_New_State_Law_Local_Ballot_Measure_Shoot_for_Same_Goal.html

Cypress Equity Investments (CEI) has made a presentation to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board as reported by Urbanize Los Angeles regarding their plans for 2025 Wilshire Boulevard. 

Read More: https://smmirror.com/2022/10/mixed-use-development-planned-for-wilshire-boulevard-in-santa-monica/

Property, Developments, and Listings on the Westside.
* Mixed Use Project Under Review To Replace Fast Casual Restaurants On Wilshire
* Rents Hold Steady in Santa Monica Despite National Dip
* Local Properties For Sale And Rent In Your Neighborhood!

Read More: https://smmirror.com/2022/10/rents-hold-steady-in-santa-monica-despite-national-dip/

Organizers of the rally include members of a slate of four School Board challengers trying to gain control of the School Board ("School Board Slate Eyes Major Shake-Up," September 1, 2022).

They note that School District officials have long known about the conditions at the predominantly minority school.

Read More: https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2022/October-2022/10_05_2022_School_Board_Slate_Rally_Targets_Muir_Closure.html