A couple of weeks ago, a group of local apartment owners sued the City of Santa Monica's Rent Control Board alleging that prohibiting them from charging tenants for
It looks like Armen Melkonians and his Residocracy movement has been successful in floating a ballot measure that would require voter approval for overly large developments within our borders.
Melkonians
Dear Editor:
As a slow-growth Councilmember caught up in Santa Monica's development wars, I'm careful to respect divergent opinions. Everyone has one, as is their right.
With an election coming in eight months, the question is whether the local political powerhouse Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR) will be able to maintain its grip for
To the editor:
Thank you to Bill Bauer for highlighting my office’s Meatless in March Challenge for city staff in his most recent column. While he mischaracterized it as
Assemblyman Richard Bloom likes to beat dead horses. Once again, he's floating another proposal for a “sugar tax.” Never mind that two previous efforts of mandating a statewide
A few days ago, the Planning Commission voted 6 to 1 to recommend that City Council approve a development agreement for a seven-story (84 foot) mixed-use apartment building at 500
Apparently, City Hall staff is worried that many will not be aware of Metro's Expo light rail service when it begins operation to Santa Monica, May 20. That&
Signature gathering to place the LUVE (Land Use Voter Empowerment) ballot initiative before Santa Monica voters in November kicked off yesterday at a rally at the Robert Berman Gallery in
I heard from our city manager, Rick Cole, last week. He wanted to discuss my column last week about the draft Downtown Community Plan (DCP).
“Our goal is to establish,
