Monday night is the beginning (and possibly end) of the end for development at the once-controversial former Papermate factory.
Reoccupation of the site is imminent and the Architectural Review Board
In an annual tradition the month of July was celebrated nationally as Parks & Recreation month. From their inception, parks were created to serve the people - to give them
A newly formulated Planning Commission approved development agreements for two new buildings owned by NMS Propertiesthis week.
NMS has applied to build an 84 foot (six-story) building of approximately 52,
The Planning Commission will debate two development agreements with NMS properties for new, mixed-used projects in Santa Monica at itsJuly 22 meeting.
Staff members are recommending development agreements for the
At its July 14 meeting, the City Council will take on several controversial issues and few housekeeping items.
LOBBYING
The council will hear the first reading of proposed rules to
Jim Ries, who joined the Planning Commission in 2007, left the dais as a commissioner for the last time, urging future commissioners to reach across the aisle.
Ries was up
Last Tuesday, City Council was scheduled to make three appointments to the seven-person Planning Commission. Itfailed to perform that simple task. Of course, it all had to do with politics,
Philosopher Alain de Botton wrote that "bad architecture is a frozen mistake writ large. We owe it to the fields and trees that buildings we cover them with will
Despite complaints from numerous neighbors, the Planning Commission agreed to let a residential child care center double the number of kids allowed on site.
The Activity Place, which currently looks
It says something about the significance of development issues in Santa Monica that one City Council member had to be coaxed back to the dais after storming off during a
I love it when a local activist or watchdog group digs in, uncovers alleged wrongdoing, exposes it and takes action. So my cap is off, way off, to Mary Marlow
