Editorials
EDITORIAL: Santa Monica Housing Commission’s Affordable Home Ownership Plans Misread the Room and Need a Lot More Work
From 1984-1996, Santa Monica implemented a policy to allow renters an opportunity to purchase their units under certain conditions, one being a majority of their fellow neighbors agreed to do the same. The program, the Tenant Ownership Rights Charter Amendment, or “TORCA,” was passed by voters but, after mixed results, was allowed to expire 12 years later.
Editorial: Our Thoughts on the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
It’s been more than 10 years since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was open for business. And even in its last years of operation, the venue didn’t seem to attract much more than a string of cat shows. Nothing against cats, but this is a venue that its biggest fans constantly remind us once hosted the Academy Awards (a really long time ago). Currently, the NIMBY no-growth group Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is leading a charge to save the Civic Auditorium and is spreading misinformation and conspiracies about city staff somehow trying to scuttle the property. This is a group, mind you, that thinks Santa Monica should be a finished product and is against building anything new outside of perhaps a garden tool shed.
The State Must Deliver on Reparations Task Force Recommendations
In 2020, Assembly Bill 3121 established a Task Force to, according to the State Attorney General’s website, “Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who Are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States (Task Force or Reparations Task Force). The purpose of the Task Force is: (1) to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans; (2) to recommend appropriate ways to educate the California public of the task force's findings; and (3) to recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force’s findings.”
Beverly Hills Voters — Vote NO on Measures B & C
In just about two weeks, an obscure Special Election is taking place in Beverly Hills. On Tuesday, May 23, mail-in ballots come due and voters decide whether or not to approve the development of a massive new, super-luxury hotel to move forward in an area that now includes the now-vacant Paley Center for Media’s iconic museum and archives, at the intersection of Little Santa Monica Blvd and Beverly. We strongly encourage Beverly Hills voters to vote “No” on Measures B and C, which will prevent the ritzy Cheval Blanc Hotel to be built.
EDITORIAL: Santa Monica Housing Commission’s Affordable Home Ownership Plans Misread the Room and Need a Lot More Work
From 1984-1996, Santa Monica implemented a policy to allow renters an opportunity to purchase their units under certain conditions, one being a majority of their fellow neighbors agreed to do the same. The program, the Tenant Ownership Rights Charter Amendment, or “TORCA,” was passed by voters but, after mixed results, was allowed to expire 12 years later.
Editorial: Our Thoughts on the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
It’s been more than 10 years since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was open for business. And even in its last years of operation, the venue didn’t seem to attract much more than a string of cat shows. Nothing against cats, but this is a venue that its biggest fans constantly remind us once hosted the Academy Awards (a really long time ago). Currently, the NIMBY no-growth group Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is leading a charge to save the Civic Auditorium and is spreading misinformation and conspiracies about city staff somehow trying to scuttle the property. This is a group, mind you, that thinks Santa Monica should be a finished product and is against building anything new outside of perhaps a garden tool shed.
The State Must Deliver on Reparations Task Force Recommendations
In 2020, Assembly Bill 3121 established a Task Force to, according to the State Attorney General’s website, “Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who Are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States (Task Force or Reparations Task Force). The purpose of the Task Force is: (1) to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans; (2) to recommend appropriate ways to educate the California public of the task force's findings; and (3) to recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force’s findings.”
Beverly Hills Voters — Vote NO on Measures B & C
In just about two weeks, an obscure Special Election is taking place in Beverly Hills. On Tuesday, May 23, mail-in ballots come due and voters decide whether or not to approve the development of a massive new, super-luxury hotel to move forward in an area that now includes the now-vacant Paley Center for Media’s iconic museum and archives, at the intersection of Little Santa Monica Blvd and Beverly. We strongly encourage Beverly Hills voters to vote “No” on Measures B and C, which will prevent the ritzy Cheval Blanc Hotel to be built.
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