Developers Threaten Santa Monica Way of Life

Tweet by Ty Wapato The 2010 City Council election is a vivid example of how big money developers distort the truth to impose their wills on the citizens of Santa Monica. The contemptible slate mailers that misrepresented the endorsements of CEPS and the Santa Monica Police Officers Association, while they may seem like yesterday’s news, are a clear demonstration of how low the developers will stoop. The Police Association issued a statement protesting... Read More

PROJECT THREATENS SANTA MONICA WAY OF LIFE: PART ONE

Tweet Santa Monica City Council summarily rejected the appeal by a group of neighborhood citizens on Tuesday night that would have required Texas developer Trammel Crow to obtain an Environmental Impact Report before beginning risky excavation at 301 Ocean Avenue, barely 100 feet from the decaying bluffs adjoining Palisades Park. That decision is the latest action by city officials in this controversial development project that will have dire consequences... Read More