Downtown Santa Monica: Where It Doesn’t Take A Village (With Lots of Pictures!)
The following post originally appeared on Healthy City Local.
It’s back! The latest (and promised final!) version of Santa Monica’s Downtown Community Plan (DCP), is being dragged through the Planning Commission, with an ultimate destination of the...
Bill to End Statewide Limits on Rent Control Fails in Committee
Last Thursday, the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee narrowly killed a controversial bill that would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which limits local jurisdictions’ ability to enact or strengthen...
Senate Bill 827, Equity, and the Need for Coalition Building in the YIMBY Movement
Last month, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released a draft of his legislation, Senate Bill 827, which would upend zoning rules throughout California.
The bill, aimed at making it easier to build housing at...
Santa Monica’s Sunset Park Is Mansionizing: What We Do about It Will Reveal What...
Carter Rubin is a Santa Monica resident and serves as an advisory board member of Santa Monica Next. Carter has served as an appointed member on the Santa Monica Housing and Planning Commissions. Carter...
It Would Take More than 60 Years for Santa Monica to Build Its Share...
A new report by the California Housing Partnership Corporation released Monday revealed that L.A. County was short more than half a million affordable rental homes to meet the needs of the region’s low-income residents.
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Richard Bloom Talks Cap and Trade, Local Issues with Streetsblog
Assemblymember Richard Bloom sat down with Streetsblog's Melanie Curry last week for an interview about budgeting and the state's cap-and-trade funding schemes. As is often the case with Bloom, the discussion strayed into local...
Santa Monica Assemblymember’s Ellis Act Reforms Advance in Sacramento
Via press release from the Office of Assemblymember Bloom :
Ellis Act Legislation Passes Out of Second Policy Committee
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s (D-Santa Monica) bill to protect California tenants from eviction passed out of its...
City Updates “Granny Flat” Regulations. New Rules for ADU’s Could Start As Soon as...
Via Press Release:
At its meeting on Tuesday, May 22, the Santa Monica City Council approved an ordinance to amend the City’s Zoning Ordinance regarding standards for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). An ADU is a...
CA Legislature Passes Cap & Trade Bill; Questions Remain
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California.
In case you hadn’t heard, last night the California legislature passed a legislative package to extend the state’s cap-and-trade system until 2030. It’s a landmark victory for proponents and...
A Tale of Two More Projects : The Miramar and Two Apartment Projects on...
This post first appeared on The Healthy City Local.
Earlier this year I wrote a post about two development projects that were staggering through the approvals process in Santa Monica. One was an apartment building on Lincoln...
Santa Monica to Host “Community Conversation” on Homelessness, Public Safety
Santa Monica City officials want to hear from the community at an upcoming meeting addressing public safety, the growing homelessness crisis, and community policing.
On Monday, December 11 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., public safety...
L.A. County Homelessness Crisis Continues to Grow Amid Housing Shortage
The numbers from L.A. County's recent homelessness count released Wednesday revealed a bleak picture, with the number of people sleeping on the streets, in shelters, or in their cars jumping 23 percent to 57,794.
The numbers...
Amid Regional Housing Crisis, Santa Monica’s Homelessness Count Highest Since 2009
Santa Monica released the results of this year’s annual city-wide homelessness count Tuesday, showing a major uptick in the number of people struggling with homelessness in the city, underscoring the growing regional housing affordability...
Santa Monica’s State Senator Wants to Make It Easier for Cities to Raise Funds...
Legislation authored by Senator Ben Allan, S.B. 961 is winding it's way through the state legislature. The "Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvement Districts Legislation" would allow municipalities to raise funds through infrastructure finance...
Eyes on the Street: The Office Park That Could Have Been a Neighborhood
When opponents of the proposed Bergamot Transit Village project gathered signatures to overturn the City Council's approval of the mixed commercial and residential plans, they promised the developer would come back with a better...
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