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# Council Debates Adding 1,712 Downtown Parking Spaces Versus 712
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/031306-story-20060313/
- Published: 2006-03-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:21:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Downtown, #archive-import

The City Council has put the brakes on a plan to expand parking in Santa Monica by 1,712 spaces. Some councilmembers are calling for the plan to shift to providing only 712 additional spaces instead. They cite community sentiments that call for limited development downtown and say that if development is limited, the extra 1,000 parking spaces will not be necessary. Under the plan for less spaces, existing parking structures would be enhanced rather than building new ones.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Do you support the building of new parking garages in Santa Monica? Why or why not?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 13, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031306.pdf?ref=smdp.com)