The Increase Was Determined By The Consumer Price Index, Which Is Set At 75% For The 12-Month Period Ending In March. The Santa Monica Rent Control Board announced that there will be a mandated 2.8% […]

WS Communities Will Receive Several Incentives, Including The Ability To Combine Affordable Housing Requirements From Different Projects Into A Single Location And Increased Allowable Parking In Their Developments. The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously […]

The Mobility Landscape Has Started To Abruptly Change In Santa Monica Because Of New State Laws Banning Parking Minimums In New Developments. Parking Wars (part1)The mobility landscape has started to abruptly change in Santa Monica […]

The Median Rent In Santa Monica Increased by 0.8 Percent In April, Marking The Second Consecutive Monthly Increase After a Six-Month Decline. According to a monthly report released on Thursday by Apartment List, the median […]

Senator Catherine Blakespear Believes That Her Bill Could Be A “Transformational Idea” To Tackle Homelessness In California Senate Bill 7, authored by Democratic Senator Catherine Blakespear from Encinitas, would mandate cities and counties to plan […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a recent hearing and voted 9-2 to advance SB 567. However, that move was contingent on removing a rent cap decrease. By Zach Armstrong A legislative committee canceled a rent […]

Median rents in the Los Angeles market saw a decline of .8% during March compared with the same time period last year. By Zach Armstrong Median rents in the Los Angeles market saw a decline […]

SMart (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow)  Last week’s column was Part 1. If you did not have the opportunity to read Part 1 then, you can find it here.  Part 2 The city’s […]

Apartment Association of Greater LA and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Sue Los Angeles will delay spending most of the money collected from a voter-approved “mansion tax” until the legal challenges against the initiative are resolved, […]