Frank Gruber is running for City Council. The following answers were submitted in response to questions from the Daily Press.
Name: Frank Gruber
Age: 62
Occupation: Author and lawyer
Neighborhood:
CITY HALL — The owner of a haunted-looking half-built apartment complex, which has been sitting vacant since the 1990s, was denied a request for special exemptions just in time for Halloween.
MY WRITE — Two weeks ago (Oct. 13, 2014) I wrote about a new apartment building proposed for
500 Broadway at Fifth Street (formerly Fred Segal) that was before City Council
BROADWAY — When the four-unit apartment project on Broadway at Stanford Street got its permits, Bill Clinton had recently been reelected, Pacific Park had just opened up on the Santa Monica
PICO NEIGHBORHOOD - A controversial 21-unit condominium project proposed for the Pico Neighborhood may be put on ice thanks to a nominationfrom the Landmarks Commission last week.
The project, slated
Illogical and false
Editor:
The pro-Measure D ad in the Oct. 16 issue of the SMDP is illogical and false from start to finish. Consider this simple fact: Measure LC,
BROADWAY — A plot currently occupied by the shell of a mini-mall and a parking lot could be replaced by a 7-story, 330,000-square-foot mixed-use development project.
Many businesses inside the
CITYWIDE — Candidates are collecting cash and loaning to themselves in large numbers in advance of the November election.
City Council candidates were required to file their campaign finance disclosure statements
Residocrazy
Editor:
As a long-time activist in our School District, I was rather shocked to learn about Residocracy's endorsement in the School Board race for the first time
MY WRITE — This election, three City Council seats are up for grabs. Incumbents Kevin McKeown and Pam O'Connor are running for their fifth and sixth terms respectively. Bob
PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Good news and bad news for fans of affordable housing.
Good news first: High Place East, an affordable housing complex available to low-income families earning up to 60
