News about rents, zoning changes, and other issues related to the cost of housing.
Less than a month after the Santa Monica City Council narrowly voted to remove the option of building 4- to 5-story apartments or condos on Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, Mayor Kevin McKeown wants to vote on whether to further…
We sat down to talk to Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, about California’s housing crisis, the need for growth around L.A. County’s transit system, and how Santa Monica, his…
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of the city. Submitting your writing does…
The Santa Monica City Council narrowly voted Tuesday to make it harder to build more housing along the city’s commercial boulevards. The 4 to 3 vote Tuesday night upheld the recommendation narrowly approved by the Council on April 15 to remove…
We sat down to talk to Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City, about California’s housing crisis, the need for growth around L.A. County’s transit system, and how Santa Monica, his…
Amid concerns that unregulated vacation rentals were exacerbating Santa Monica’s dire housing supply crisis, the Santa Monica City Council voted 6-to-0 yesterday to strengthen its prohibition on short-term rentals while allowing “homeshare.” The ordinance, which the Council passed after more than…
Santa Monica Next sat down with Dr. Frederick Zimmerman, an economist and a professor of Public Health at UCLA to talk about the impact our local and regional housing crisis has on our day-to-day lives and what can be done to…
Santa Monica Next sat down with Dr. Frederick Zimmerman, an economist and a professor of Public Health at UCLA to talk about the impact our local and regional housing crisis has on our day-to-day lives and what can be done to…
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of the city. Submitting your writing does…
Things on the dais got tense Wednesday night when the City Council deliberated whether to remove key elements of the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE), making it more difficult for future housing to be built on major boulevards. The Council…
My friend Cindy is thinking of quitting her job. It pays well and has good benefits. It is challenging, but she’s done very well at it, and has moved up the ranks. She likes her coworkers and the work environment is…
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of the city. Submitting your writing does…
Will Santa Monica face the same housing crisis as San Francisco in the coming years? Will there ever be another child care center built near the homes of the families it serves? Will our commercial boulevards become vibrant neighborhoods or…
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Healthy City Local. It is reprinted below with the author’s permission. Santa Monica Next welcomes guest contributions and editorials. We look for fact-based content relevant to the future of the city. Submitting your writing does…
After anti-development advocates successfully killed plans by developer Hines for a mixed-use housing and office project on the former Papermate site across from the future Expo light rail station at 26th Street, a new owner has filed new plans for…
