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Housing Bills Will Bring Upheaval to Family Homes, Zoning and Local Plans
By Ileana Wachtel Sacramento lawmakers on July 27 will begin voting on controversial land-use and h
Planning Commission supports eliminating downtown development agreements
Development agreements for housing projects in downtown Santa Monica could soon be a thing of the past. The Planning Commission ...
Planning Commission to consider doing away with downtown development agreements
The city of Santa Monica could streamline the approval process for large housing projects downtown as part of ongoing efforts ...
Housing could be easier and cheaper to build under new city plan
In Santa Monica, both market-rate and affordable developers must guide housing projects through a re
State may require Santa Monica to build 9,000 units
Santa Monica and other Southern California cities with abundant jobs and transit may be required to
Council rejects appeal of neighborhood garden project
A proposed educational garden and kitchen at 4th Street and Montana Avenue will be able to hold frequent classes and ...
Planning Commission revisits zoning code
By Lea Yamashiro Daily Press Intern After hundreds of meetings spread across several years, Santa Monica updated its Zoning Ordinance in ...
The magic of adaptive reuse
Two years ago, Mario Fonda-Bonardi wrote a review of the benefits and advantages of re-using and adapting existing buildings instead ...
Santa Monica citizens in the dark as planning goes rogue
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of columns on the neighborhoods of Santa Monica, addressing resident experiences ...
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