When City Council approved the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) zoning code updates, there were a number of issues that didn’t sit well with residents.
The decoupling of
It's a transportation-heavy night for the City Council on Oct. 13.
Multiple items on the consent calendar focus on things with wheels including shared cars, bike sponsors and
Curb your DA's. No, we're not talking about District Attorneys, but rather the propensity of our planning staff to negotiate Development Agreements (DAs) with the owners
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
Editor:
The recentcolumn by Santa Monica Forward doesn't quite state the whole truth about affordable housing.
The columnsays that along with Community Corp. of Santa Monica, the other
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,
City Council will consider a bunch of intersections previously envisioned for taller and higher density developments at its meeting on Tuesday.
The activities centers, as they're called in
Big changes are coming to Santa Monica, and city planners are working hard to coordinate all the moving pieces.
On Saturday, June 20, the City's Director of Planning
Tomorrow evening, City Council will officially approve the employment contract and welcome new City Manager Rick Cole, who replaces Rod Gould. Gould completed five years as City Manager as of
A miniature furor erupted among the urban planning wonks in the city last week after the mayor put forth a suggestion to revisit a small portion of the Zoning Ordinance.
"That only took nine and a half years."
That was Mayor Kevin McKeown's comment after City Council unanimously passed a new Zoning Ordinance on Tuesday night.
