In an effort to assist renters with limited means affected by the COVID-19 crisis, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has provided $100 million in CARES Act funds to create a COVID-19 Rent...
Affordable Housing / Co-Chairs Letters / Housing Commission / Rent Control / Renters' Rights
by admin-smrr · Published August 8, 2020
By Mike Soloff, SMRR Co-Chair Many talk about the affordable housing crisis. SMRR acts to help our neediest neighbors. In 2015 SMRR leaders first imagined the City creating an innovative and highly cost- effective...
Affordable Housing / Rent Control / Rent Control Board / Renters' Rights
by admin-smrr · Published August 8, 2020
by Naomi Sultan, Rent Control Board Vice Chair Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Santa Monica City Council enacted a temporary moratorium on evictions, which is currently in effect through September 30, 2020*. The...
Affordable Housing / City Planning / Environment / Renters' Rights
by admin-smrr · Published May 21, 2020
Affordable Housing / Arts and Culture / City Council / City Planning / City Services / Non-Profit Agencies / Co-Chairs Letters / Education / Environment / Mobility and Transportation / Open Space, Parks, Recreation / Renters' Rights
by admin-smrr · Published May 5, 2020 · Last modified May 21, 2020
Important Information for Santa Monica Residents and Santa Monica Workers Regarding New Opportunities to Apply for Affordable Housing and for Rent Subsidy Programs Beginning on May 1st, at 8:00 a.m., the City will accept...
Affordable Housing / Renters' Rights
by admin-smrr · Published March 17, 2020 · Last modified April 26, 2020
A message from SMRR as we adapt to the recommendations of local and statewide health and safety officials during the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) health pandemic. SMRR will continue to be there for you...
January 17, 2020 Members of the California State Senate Appropriations Committee, State Capitol, Room 2206, Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: SB 50 (Wiener): Opposed Senators: Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) urges you to Vote...
URGENT: RENT-BURDENED SENIORS SHOULD APPLY FOR CITY RENTAL ASSISTANCE STARTING NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Visit this website for more information: www.smgov.net/pod Thanks to the efforts of SMRR and its allies, the City is about to...
Affordable Housing / City Council / Rent Control / SMRR History
by admin-smrr · Published June 28, 2019 · Last modified April 26, 2020
As Sung by SMRR In 1981, the first elected SMRR City Council majority’s first major act was to put a moratorium (something courts don’t allow now) on commercial development until new Land Use Plans...