Curb appeal has never been just a buzzword in Southern California real estate. When potential buyers pull up to your home, they make up their minds faster than you think—long before they step through the […]
Last week’s SMa.r.t. article was from a guest columnist, Dick Platkin, who is writing about the Big Lies that the building and financial industries perpetuate in their quest for profits using the wedge of new […]
GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, the largest solar nonprofit in Southern California, announced today that it would construct multiple solar arrays in March on one of Community Corporation of Santa Monica’s Broadway properties serving low-income […]
There are plenty of places to live, but only one Santa Monica, California, and this tech savvy beach-side town just landed a spot on Livability’s list of Top 100 Places to Live. Find out Why.
The Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office is inviting the public to a unique symposium about the past, present and future of civil rights in housing. The free event is on January 18, 2018 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the […]
By Richard Hilton The City of Santa Monica has experienced a lot of affordable housing accomplishments in the last two years; I’ll describe some of our more notable achievements. HUD/Section 8: Our federally-funded Voucher […]
CRJ’s workshop on Jan.7th will feature a panel including Michael Soloff from the Housing Commission in Santa Monica, Robbie Jones (a local Black historian & activist) and Maria Loya from the Pico Neighborhood Assoc. to discuss […]
By Tom Elias It’s already well established that the tax “reforms” now being hashed out in secret by a joint committee of Republicans from the Senate and the House of Representatives will likely cost Californians […]
As California’s housing supply has stagnated while demand has risen for years, legislators in Sacramento passed fifteen bills — signed by Gov. Brown in October — designed to fund and facilitate the development of housing […]
By Staff Writer As a first step toward providing services appropriate for women, L.A. County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Kathryn Barger directing the County to […]