Arboretum Compliance Still Delayed:

At its Sept 14 meeting, the Santa Monica City Council delayed further discussion for the required improvements with affordable housing at the Plaza at the Arboretum. This action will bring one of Santa Monica’s largest sources of affordable housing in line with the City’s current Affordable Housing Production Program rules while also providing consistency in monitoring and enforcement.

The City amended the building’s development agreement in 1995 to include affordable housing that was never met by the property owner, leading to a suit from the City in February of this year. CSHV Arboretum, LLC is the owner of the property at 2200 Colorado Avenue since 1987. The City Council caught the building out of compliance when controversy hit for the city not following through with annual reviews for such development agreements.

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News August 3, 2016

Santa Monica History Museum Presents Hands on History Workshop for Children:

The Santa Monica History Museum is excited to invite children and their families to our FREE Hands on History workshop on Saturday, August 20th from 11am to 12 pm at the Santa Monica History Museum at 1350 7 th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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News August 27, 2016

Being Paid to Line Up? Perhaps:

Last month a California judge allowed a class action suit, filed on behalf of warehouse workers, to proceed against a subsidiary of Staples Inc. Among other things, workers said they were not being paid for time they spent – up to a half hour – standing in line waiting to undergo security checks. They’d have to go through the line when leaving for lunch, too, which ate into the time the 30 minutes they actually had to eat.