Editor:
Anna Sklar is not alone in her "frustration and anger with the present City Council's blithe advancement of development" in Santa Monica ("Recall now,
The City Council last week agreed to allow the redevelopment of Village Trailer Park, much to the dismay of tenants who have been fighting the park's closure for
CITYWIDE — Rents are the highest they've ever been for rent-controlled units in Santa Monica, making the city by the sea an increasingly inaccessible place for many people, according
Editor:
I was shocked, shocked to read that Community Corp of Santa Monica (CCSM) was opening yet another multi-family low-income housing project in the Pico Neighborhood ("Opening day,"
CITYWIDE— A minimum wage worker cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States, and Santa Monica is at one of the extremes, a national study examining housing affordability
LOS ANGELES — A coalition of nonprofits representing the poor and disabled filed suit against the Los Angeles Superior Court system over a proposed plan to cut costs that they say
Worthe Real Estate Group and M. David Paul Associates have announced a major, new Downtown development. It's a 22-story luxury hotel designed by Santa Monica's own
Editor:
I am a NIMBY ("Consultant refuses to remove ‘NIMBY' comment," March 5). Every true American is a NIMBY. If Americans were not we would still be
A recent Daily Press article revealed that City Hall put no money toward affordable housing in the last fiscal year. That fact calls into question City Hall's ability
CITY HALL — The Rent Control Board on Thursday will get a look at a plan to raise registration fees on rent-controlled apartments and shift some of that cost to landlords
Editor:
Here they go again. The Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights-controlled City Council wants to give city staff authority to approve development of a 50-unit low- and extremely-low-income rental
CITY HALL — Candidate and independent expenditure campaigns spent over $350,000 on local education-related races and measures on the Nov. 6 ballot, according to recent financial filings.
The election was
