Santa Monica City Council Narrowly Votes to Roll Back LUCE Vision
Things on the dais got tense Wednesday night when the City Council deliberated whether to remove key elements of the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE), making it more difficult for future housing to...
Legislative Update: Tracking Some of California’s Housing Bills
Affordable Housing, Displacement, and Regional Housing Needs
The elephant in the housing legislation room is S.B. 827, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). This bill, which has sparked furious debate among housing and economic justice...
Santa Monica Loses Another Opportunity for Much-Needed Housing Growth
Santa Monica has a housing problem: there’s not enough of it. The city’s population has seen a net increase of less than 10,000 people since 1960.
It’s clear to anyone who has tried to move...
Downtown Santa Monica Goes Digital in Community Outreach Effort
Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. wants to know what you love -- and what you don’t -- about the beachside city’s thriving urban core.
To that end, the nonprofit that manages Santa Monica’s downtown area is...
Kuehl, Bloom Talk Housing and Homelessness at Santa Monica Dem Club Forum Tonight
The Santa Monica Democratic Club will host L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, and City Manager Rick Cole tonight for a forum on housing and homelessness.
From 6 to 9 p.m. at the...
SaMo Gets Its First In-Depth Look at Koolhaas Project for 4th/5th and Arizona
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It has been seven years since the City began buying up parcels to piece together the 2.5 acre plot of prime real estate in Downtown Santa Monica that it hopes to transform...
Eyes on the Street: New Affordable ‘Arroyo’ Apartments Going Up on Lincoln Boulevard
Community Corporation of Santa Monica, the city's lead nonprofit affordable housing provider, held a ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the organization's newest project, The Arroyo.
The new building at 1626 Lincoln Blvd., which Community Corporation of...
Santa Monica Officials Extend Community Process for Downtown Plan
City officials announced Tuesday that the community process for Santa Monica's Downtown Community Plan, which will guide the future of the city's thriving core for the next 15 years or so, would be extended...
Santa Monica’s Failure to Grow Could Threaten Rent Controlled Homes
For decades, Santa Monica has prided itself on being a statewide leader in efforts to build and preserve affordable housing. Now, in the context of local, regional, and statewide housing affordability crises, the bayside...
Staff Report Shows Nearly All Development Agreements Paying Off for Santa Monica
In order to assure the city benefits from some of the larger real estate development projects in town, the City Council negotiates development agreements (DAs) which guarantee affordable housing, traffic mitigation, money for parks, and...
Get A Peek at the Downtown Santa Monica of 2030
Santa Monica city planners offered a glimpse into the future of the bayside city's thriving downtown Thursday.
The new online tool lets visitors see which properties are likely to redevelop in the next 20 years and...
City Goes Two for Two on “Short Term Rental Lawsuits” This Week: Rulings Could...
As much as many like to complain about the legal fees racked up by the City of Santa Monica, the City Attorney's Office is on a winning streak when it comes to the city's...
Governor Brown to City Governments: It’s On You to Make California Affordable Again
Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, released earlier this week, has some good news and some bad news for housing in California.
California remains in the throes of the worst housing shortage in generations and Brown’s...
Updating Santa Monica’s Zoning: What’s at Stake?
Will Santa Monica face the same housing crisis as San Francisco in the coming years? Will there ever be another child care center built near the homes of the families it serves? Will our...
Downtown Santa Monica Ain’t Broke
This piece originally ran on Healthy City Local.
There are good ideas in the Downtown Community Plan (DCP): ideas about the role of Santa Monica’s downtown, about nurturing community in “our town” with more and better...
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