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WHAT: FREE MAKE MUSIC DAY CONCERT
WHEN: WED, JUNE 21, 5-8 PM
WHERE: REED PARK, NEAR MILES PLAYHOUSE
WHY: THREE BANDS---PLUS FOOD AND DRINK                            AND IT IS ALL FREE!
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HOT E-PETITION


Stop the proposed 12-story (148-foot tall) "Plaza at Santa Monica" development project at 4th/5th and Arizona Ave. 

The proposed project at a glance:

Located between 4th and 5th Streets south of Arizona Avenue in the downtown area of the City of Santa Monica, the property consists of a little over 2.5 acres and is a "Resident-owned" property.

The City of Santa Monica is currently proposing to build a massive mixed-use commercial development project on this "Resident-owned" property.

The proposed project consists of the following:

  • 12-story (148-ft tall) high-rise
  • 420,000 sq. ft. of total building (nearly the same size as the Santa Monica Place Mall)
  • 225 room hotel
  • 200,000 sq. ft. of commercial work-space
  • 40,000 square feet of retail
  • 48 affordable housing residential apartment units

Impacts to Residents:

  • A commercial development located on this "Resident-owned" property would eliminate the potential for a grand 2.5-acre downtown green-space park for generations to come.
  • Severely alter the Santa Monica skyline.
  • Creating shadows from the 12 story (148-foot) tall structure.
  • Blocking the sun and ocean breezes.
  • Severely impact traffic and congestion.
4th/AZ is an E-Petition on the Residocracy site.

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Last Tuesday developer NMS Properties and Neil Shekhter, its founder and CEO, were found by the Los Angeles Superior Court to have committed “massive, intentional, coordinated efforts to destroy evidence,” “fraud,” and “perjury.
JUDGE RULES NMS TO PAY 6 MILL IN ATTORNEY'S FEES AND CEDE CONTROL OF PROPERTY TO OPPONENT

Santa Monica tops statewide list for a variety of jobs:

  • Police Chief: $478,000, highest statewide.
  • Police Sergeant: $475,546 highest statewide.
    At $393,603, $385,000 and $380,000, Santa Monica police sergeants also occupied the 4th, 6th and 7th highest spots on the statewide list.
  • Deputy Police Chief: $455,914, highest statewide.
  • Assistant City Attorney: $442,414, highest statewide.
  • Assistant City Manager: $440,661, highest statewide.
  • City Attorney: $439,969, 2nd highest statewide.
  • Farmers’ Market Supervisor: $142,903.
  • Assistant City Librarian:$220,558.

This excess is pervasive throughout the City, with Santa Monica outspending its peers in total department wide spending as well:  (more)

SM Lookout News

Watch SM City Council Candidate Forum


Only incumbents have excepted campaign contributions from developers and do not support the LUVE initiative, a resident sponcered initiative

Santa Monica traffic 'has finally hit the tipping point' 


LA Curbed article

"Sustainability on the backs of Santa Monica Residents"

SM Dispatch Article


By  on  in SMa.r.t. Thinking


Make Music Day June 21
Presented by Wilmont
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NEXT WILMONT MEETING
Annual Meeting
 
Sat, June 24, Noon - 3pm
Reed Park, Community Rm
1133 7th St. at Wilshire Blvd
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
Tue, Jun 27, 4:30 pm, City Hall
Special Meeting
Tue, Jun 27, 5:30 pm, City Hall
Regular meeting
Mon, Jul 10, 5:30 pm, City Hall
Special Meeting
Tue, Jul 11, 4:30 pm, City Hall
Special Meeting
Tue, Jul 11, 5:30 pm, City Hall
Regular Meeting
PLANNING COMMISSION
Wed, Jun 21, 6:30, City Hall
Wed, Jul 05, 6:30, City Hall

SM Outlook
The Downtown Community Plan
Santa Monica City has released its final draft
of The Downtown Community Plan. 

You can view and download the plan here: http://www.downtownsmplan.org/


According to Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City the DCP "proposes fast-track approval, with limited community input, for most downtown development, and 3 massive projects, defined by luxury hotels, soaring to 130 feet, two along Ocean Avenue and one redefining the center of downtown. The total new building would surpass 3,000,000 sq. ft. in our small 6 by 8 block downtown. There would be too little true public open space. Increased traffic gridlock and congestion would follow."


There are a series of Planning Commission meetings coming up on the plan and we have identified four of them where our attendance and participation is crucial.

Wednesday, April 26th
This will be the first meeting and the introduction of the plan.

Thursday, May 11th
The subject of this particular meeting is on Development Standards in the DCP

Wednesday, May 17th
The subject of this meeting will be, again, Development Standards as well as the Overview Process and Project Requirements in the DCP

Wednesday, May 31st

This is the day that the Planning Commission is set to vote on the DCP

All of these meetings are scheduled to be held at:   

6 pm - City Hall - 1685 Main Street

Astonishing Figure: City will spend $141,000,000 to build a 50,000 sft building


Council approves
$1M for Pier Concert
$300K for COAST



POST LV:
WHAT HAPPENS NOW
SM  ELECTION 
2016 Results


It’s called “the list,” a compilation of proposed building projects being tracked by City planners, or all plans in Santa Monica's development pipeline.  (more)

The Downtown Community Plan will open the floodgates to massive development

Santa Monica Lookout Article


            
    Join
 Wilshire  Montana
 Neighborhood  Coalition

Battle Pits Residents Against Big Hotels Slated for Downtown SM

Slow Growth Activists Girding For Fight Against "Plaza At Santa Monica" Downtown


Downtown Community Plan approaches final stage


CALIF INCLINE AND IDAHO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES BOTH OPEN

Santa Monica Mirror 

SM Rent Control Board Demands Ellis Act Study

July 15, 2016 -- Could certain factors lead Santa Monica landlords to get out of the rental business and evict tenants as allowed by California’s Ellis Act? Rent Control Board members want to know and have asked the City Council to call for a study.

Santa Monica Lookout Article cont.

Planning Commission Endorses Major Downtown Santa Monica Project

The SM Planning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend the City Council approve a development agreement for a seven-story, mixed-use structure at 500 Broadway, replacing a Fred Segal complex.....

Mario Fonda-Bonardi, who cast the lone opposition vote, said it was “way too big” and would cause a significant amount of traffic.


BillBauerMemorial.jpgSeptember 10, 2015 -- County prosecutors will review allegations that Councilmember Pam O’Connor waged a secret battle to fire a newly hired communications director who had opposed her candidacy nearly a decade earlier, a Santa Monica activist group said.

SM Lookout Article continued

Council approves Park list for county research study

Santa Monica Daily Press

LOCAL GROUP CLAIMS O'CONNER VIOLATED THE LAW

On Aug 24, 2015, SMCLC (Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City) released the following:

SMCLC recently obtained private emails, sworn testimony and other documents in Elizabeth Riel’s lawsuit against the City.

These documents show City Council member and then Mayor Pam O’Connor relentlessly pressured then City Manager Rod Gould to fire Elizabeth for having made a donation to an SMCLC political mailer in 2006.

The mailer disclosed campaign contributions to O’Connor from a major developer with business before the City. See http://www.smclc.net/OConnor-Riel.htm

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Attention Wilmont Members

Wilmont is working to promote the interests of our residents, such as speaking on behalf of our neighborhood at City Council and Planning Commission meetings and creating new committees to keep you updated on the big issues facing our city. Please take a look at the committees list below and consider spending a few hours a month and taking a more active role in our city’s future.

-DEVELOPMENT-Big Projects like the Miramar, etc.

-TRANSPORTATION-Traffic, Parking, Big Blue Bus, etc.

-OUTREACH-Website, Events, Flyers, Membership, etc

-ELECTIONS-City Council, etc.

-ZONING-Downtown Plan, Zoning Ordinance Update, etc.

Ed Hunsaker,  Alin Wall

-WILSHIRE BLVD PLANNING-“Activity Center”, Developments, etc.

-HOUSING-Renters Rights, Taxes, etc.

If you would like to sign up, contact us at:

Email: wilmontinfo@gmail.com
Phone:       310-359-8238

or come to our next meeting.


 "Santa Monica Named Drunkest City in CA 
...by a landslide"

A website called Roadsnacks makes this claim based on the number of bars, liquor stores, wineries, and related tweets such as
#Drunk, #Party, #Beer, #Wine and #Cocktails. Divorce rate was also factored in.

This is leading some residents to ask if there are limitations to the number of liquor licenses that allowed to be issued.


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