News about local politics in Santa Monica.
The Los Angeles League of Conservation (LALCV) voters released a statement earlier this week urging Santa Monica voters to reject the Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative. LALCV argues the anti-growth initiative will both hinder the city’s ability to provide…
At the Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR) convention on Sunday a friend asked me if it was more fun attending the convention now as a regular member than as a candidate, referring to the fact that at the 2012…
Santa Monica Next received the following opinion piece with a specific request that we not use the writer’s name. After a back and forth, we consented to publish it because the author feared reprisal, both professional and personal. We are…
Citing concerns over its impact on housing costs, L.A. County Supervisor for the 3rd District Sheila Kuehl announced her opposition to the Land Use Voter Empowerment (LUVE) initiative Monday. Kuehl, whose 3rd L.A. County Supervisorial District includes Santa Monica , noted…
The following post was authored and submitted by Bryan Schonfeld, a Ph.D student in Politics at Princeton University. Last week, the United Kingdom voted, via referendum, to leave the European Union, harming its economy and much of its political system in…
This article first appeared on The Healthy City Local. When voters submit an initiative to enact a law, Section 9212 of the California Elections Code authorizes the relevant legislative body to commission a report analyzing the impacts the initiative would have,…
[pullquote align=left] When it comes to the goals of the anti-development side, as soon as one goal is achieved, a new, more extreme goal is created. [/pullquote]After Tuesday night’s City Council meeting Councilmember Sue Himmelrich might understandably have a “no…
The social and economic justice organization, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), recently decided to oppose the Residocracy-backed Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative, citing concerns it would unduly burden low-income people. Over the course of two meetings…
Citing concerns that the anti-development Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative would only exacerbate Santa Monica’s housing affordability crisis, the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing (SCANPH) voiced their opposition in a letter to the City Council last week. In…
This article originally ran on The Healthy City Local. [pullquote align=left]The proponents of LUVE know that they have a problem politically with the housing issue. In their statements and writings in support, they deny that LUVE would prevent housing from…
The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday night unanimously voted to have city staff study potential impacts of the Residocracy-backed no-growth Land Use Voter Empowerment (L.U.V.E.) initiative before making a final decision next month about whether to put it on the…
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. I’ve been traveling most of the past month, to places as far away as medieval Spain or as close as the contemporary music scene in Ojai. It’s hard to get Santa…
This week, the City Council will consider what to do with the no-growth L.U.V.E. initiative, planning begins on Santa Monica’s newest park, and Santa Monica Spoke hosts “Dinner & Bikes + Cupcakes.” City Council Looks at No-Growth Ballot Measure The…
The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica on Saturday announced its opposition to the Residocracy-backed anti-growth ballot measure that will go before voters in November, joining a growing list of opponents to the initiative. [pullquote align=right] “The initiative, when…
The so-called “Land Use Voter Empowerment” (L.U.V.E.) initiative, which would require a vote on nearly every new building over two stories, has qualified to be on the November ballot, Santa Monica Next has learned. The initiative, backed by the extreme…
