(Update: October 4, 2022 4:00 pm. – The Los Angeles District Attorney, responding to a request for more information from Santa Monica Next has confirmed that Councilmember Negrete is no longer under investigation and has not been for several months…
A group of property owners who have sought greater influence in the affairs of the organization formed the Santa Monica Bayside Owners’ Association. The group has argued that Santa Monica residents are not downtown stakeholders because they haven’t invested their money in the downtown, a view supported by Councilmember Phil Brock.
Owners of the Santa Monica Fairmont Miramar hotel revealed revamped plans for an ambitious overhaul of the historic property Thursday. The new plans for the property at Wilshire Boulevard and Ocean Avenue would see a net increase of 11 hotel…
On Friday, Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. will be celebrating Park(ing) Day, the yearly world-wide event during which people transform metered parking spaces into temporary public spaces, with its own parklet. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., the nonprofit…
Via city of Santa Monica press release. The City of Santa Monica, in partnership with Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., is launching a series of temporary artworks intended to energize the downtown area and enliven Triangle Square and Third Street Promenade…
Barnes & Noble on the Third Street Promenade appears poised to close its doors early next year after more than two decades at the location. Barnes & Noble did not respond to multiple requests for comment by press time, including…
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. After, in words taken from the staff report, “nearly six years in development” (not too much longer than it takes to get approval to build an apartment building!), Santa Monica’s Downtown Community…
The Santa Monica Police Department arrested 37-year-old Loriana Christine Tippin Saturday as a suspect in an attempted carjacking incident that led to a hit-and-run charge. The incident, according to Santa Monica Police officials, happened on 2nd Street between Broadway and…
This piece originally ran on Healthy City Local. There are good ideas in the Downtown Community Plan (DCP): ideas about the role of Santa Monica’s downtown, about nurturing community in “our town” with more and better housing and local-serving retail, about…
The following post originally appeared on Healthy City Local. It’s back! The latest (and promised final!) version of Santa Monica’s Downtown Community Plan (DCP), is being dragged through the Planning Commission, with an ultimate destination of the Promised Land, namely approval by…
After half-a-decade of planning and community outreach, city staff revealed the final draft of the Downtown Community Plan Wednesday to a full house at the east wing of the Civic Auditorium. The 300-page document, which can be downloaded here, lays…
City officials are unveiling Wednesday the “final draft” of the document that will guide the future of Downtown Santa Monica for the next two decades. The Downtown Community Plan — or Downtown Specific Plan — has gone through multiple iterations…
On April 12, the city of Santa Monica will present a final draft of the plan that will shape the future of the bayside city’s downtown for the next two decades. The most recent draft of the Downtown Community Plan…
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. As I’ve written in two recent posts, tomorrow night the Planning Commission will review the Santa Monica Downtown Community Plan (DCP). After staff makes revisions to the current draft, the City Council…
Santa Monica city planners offered a glimpse into the future of the bayside city’s thriving downtown Thursday. The new online tool lets visitors see which properties are likely to redevelop in the next 20 years and explore three dimensional renderings of…
