Affordable Housing / City Council / City Planning / Executive Committee / Steering Committee
by admin · Published March 1, 2014 · Last modified April 26, 2020
By Sonya Sultan, SMRR Steering Committee On February 4, the Santa Monica City Council voted 4-3 to approve the controversial Hines Development Agreement (DA) with only minor revisions and certify the environmental impact report...
Affordable Housing / Rent Control Board / Renters' Rights
by admin · Published August 1, 2013 · Last modified April 26, 2020
By Marilyn Korade/Wilson, Rent Control Board Commissioner Thirty-four years old and still counting! When the newly organized Santa Monicans for Renters Rights placed Proposition A on the April, 1979 ballot, rent control was born....
By Denise McGranahan, Senior Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) Over the past year, LAFLA attorney Denise McGranahan, Western Center on Law & Poverty attorney Sue L. Himmelrich, the SMRR Housing Committee,...
Affordable Housing / City Council / City Planning / Elections / Renters' Rights
by admin · Published March 1, 2013 · Last modified June 24, 2019
By Councilmember Kevin McKeown Elections matter. SMRR-recommended candidates won every Santa Monica seat in November 2012, adding two of our fellow SMRR members to the City Council: Tony Vazquez and Ted Winterer. Tony returns...
Affordable Housing / Arts and Culture / City Planning / City Services / Non-Profit Agencies / Education / Environment / Executive Committee / Mobility and Transportation / Open Space, Parks, Recreation / Rent Control / Renters' Rights / SMRR History / Steering Committee
by admin · Published March 1, 2006 · Last modified April 26, 2020
At least a dozen By Denny Zane, Genise Schnitman & Michael Tarbet 1. Bringing Rent Control to Santa Monica & Maintaining our Diverse Character: In the late ‘70s, an era of rampant speculation, seniors &...