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# A DEVELOPING STORY - EPISODE 1: THE NUMBERS GAME
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/podcasts/a-developing-story-episode-1-the-numbers-game/
- Published: 2025-11-20T06:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-18T20:54:45.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Podcast, #podcast

### Episode Notes

In the first episode of **A Developing Story**, host Brian Peter Falk introduces the idyllic beach city of Santa Monica, California, and explores how a controversial statewide development mandate, called "The Housing Element," is forcing the city to allow the construction of nearly 9,000 new apartments.