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A Tale of Two More Projects : The Miramar and Two Apartment Projects on...

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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...

Coming Up: Help Santa Monica Combat Homelessness, Voting Continues for 2015 Streetsies, Big Blue...

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Welcome to 2016, everyone! We hope you were able to enjoy some downtime before coming into the new year. As we get ready for an exciting new year, we're still want to hear from you...

Is Housing A Priority for Santa Monica’s City Council?

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In early 2013, the City Council met to set criteria that would get certain projects prioritized. With about 35 development agreements then pending, the Council wanted to make sure that the projects that moved...

Coming Up: Pirate-themed Kidical “Mass-IVE,” 10th Annual Alt Car Expo, Discuss the Future of...

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Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day with a family-friendly, buccaneer-themed bike ride, find out the latest in environmentally-friendly vehicle technology at the Alt Car Expo, and learn about what Santa Monica can do to...

Is AirBnB Making Our Housing Crisis Worse?

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According to a report released Wednesday by pro-labor group, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), AirBnB, a short-term rental listing website, is making the regional housing crisis even worse and driving up...

Santa Monica Seeks Input on New Electric Vehicle Action Plan

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Santa Monica residents will have about three weeks to weigh in on the city's new draft Electric Vehicle Action Plan. The plan is a hundred page document that outlines policies and infrastructure goals to accommodate...

Legislative Update: Student Transit Passes, ATP, Equity in Climate Policies

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This post originally appeared on Streetsblog California. This week in Sacramento, policy committees are rushing through a last-minute load of bills. The July recess is looming, and this week is the last opportunity to pass...

An Unfortunate Backlash: A Conversation with Ethan Elkind, Part Two

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We sat down to talk to Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, about California’s housing crisis, the need for growth around L.A. County’s transit...

More Housing, Less Sprawl: Tackling the Regional Affordable Housing Crisis through Smart Growth

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(Note: This article was originally published at Los Angeles Streetsblog. The issues, however, are regional and remain vitally important to the future of smart urban planning in Santa Monica and other cities in the county.) It...

Expo-Adjacent “Kaufmann Apartments at Step Up on Colorado” Opens in Downtown Santa Monica

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Downtown Santa Monica is one of the few places in the city where any new housing gets built, including affordable housing. The Kaufmann Apartments at Step Up on Colorado is the latest project to...

Editorial: Yes on H and HH

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Santa Monica, like its neighboring cities, is currently in the midst of an unprecedented housing affordability crisis. Rising rents and stagnant wages are putting unsustainable financial strain on working families. Santa Monica, in an effort to help...

No-Growthers Now Want All Projects in Santa Monica Put on the Ballot

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No, this isn't an out-of-season April Fools joke. The conservative no-growth group, Residocracy, has decided that virtually every project in Santa Monica going forward should be approved by the voters. The group, whose opposition to...

Op-Ed: Silicon Beach Misses Chance to Curb Rising Rents

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For being the envy of entrepreneurs the world over and the vanguards of the global economy, the tech superstars of Silicon Beachers are oddly oblivious to what goes on in their own backyards. Assuming,...

The 12-Story Version of the Plaza at Santa Monica Project Gets Go-Ahead

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Last night, the City Council chose between two design concepts for the Plaza at Santa Monica, a mixed-use development slated for 2.5 acres of City-owned land a block east of the 3rd Street Promenade. Despite...

The Downtown Community Plan On Its Final Stage

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This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. After, in words taken from the staff report, “nearly six years in development” (not too much longer than it takes to get approval to build an apartment...
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