Comments submitted to HCHC during public comment period from June 24 through July 25, 2024 LET'S MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT A WIN/WIN EXPERIENCE. PLACE THE HOMELESS HOUSING OVER THE NET EXISTING PUBLIC PARKING OR EXPAND THE 14TH STREET LOT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE NET PARKING SPACE LOSS ON 16TH AND EUCLID STREETS.
PLEASE SOLVE PROBLEMS, DON'T CREATE THEM, DR SOMERS
I have lived in this town 30 years and I am completely opposed to this project.
There are far better locations to house chronically mentally ill and drug addicted people than a few blocks from schools and in the middle of our business district, which has enough trouble as it is. This is a disincentive to business, recreation and living for the middle class. People have worked their whole lives to maintain a middle class lifestyle in this part of Santa Monica. What gives chronically mentally ill, homeless, and the unemployed the right to live in Santa Monica, especially at a point in time we can't control drug addled people on our streets and there's no stopping petty crime because the police have been prevented from enforcing the law.
What's more, there aren't enough parking spaces on the street now. Not in my neighborhood, which is very close to where these projects are proposed. On top of that, the developers don't plan enough spaces for all the units? Who the hell planned this? The only ones who'll benefit are the developers and the buildings. They'll take their money and run, leaving residents with the mess. These buildings will tower over their neighbors, impacting daylight access and privacy to many existing apartments. Please consolidate courtyard and open-to-sky space towards the south and east recognizing apartment neighbors. Move more massing to the center and northwest towards the commercial buildings lining Wilshire. Consider the impact on apartments across the alley behind the Euclid site whose southwest-facing living rooms and balconies stand to lose daylight. Internally too, the present design, with multiple tall, narrow courtyards and covered outdoor space, including covered landscape areas, is more suited to a tropical climate than our coastal cool Mediterranean climate, where sunlight is a needed commodity. The Bridge Housing proposed design for this site addressed these conditions quite well, with significant setbacks and stepbacks to the south and east. Apply such massing adjustments to mitigate the overwhelming scale contrast with neighbors, as well as by limiting ceiling heights to 8'-0". Programmatically, evaluate unit size as well as corridor circulation efficiency for the benefit of massing and height reductions.
In conversation at the 7.8.2024 meeting, Kevin Daly was very receptive to design adjustments to address these impacts, saying the presented design is conceptual and there will be significant design evolution addressing these concerns. But such individual conversations at the perimeter tables at the meeting were not recorded and we neighbors are very concerned about our Please share the recordings from community town halls. Please also confirm the status of this proposal including dates for decisions and development timelines.
I wanted to thank HCHC for listening to neighbor feedback by moving the affordable housing with families to Euclid Street. As a neighbor who walks daily, I was worried the proposal was going to put young children on the busy 14th Street, which did not feel safe. I’m guessing moving supportive housing closer to UCLA might also help that group of people who might be more servicedependent.
The architect during the presentation mentioned the Euclid site will now have a playground. Can that be open to neighborhood residents/public? The street has many young children, and that seems like a great asset for everybody to enjoy. The nearest park Hi, I am born & raised here. Own [address removed] and worked for SMPD for 33yr. I took the time to speak to many neighbors and get them to sign the petition. Now I hear that the signatures have you deciding to move homeless to our street?! I raised my kids here and we are a block with many families living and walking to school. We now have a weed store at the top of the alley and all the crazy & drug addicts that get out of UCLA are all over. We can’t handle any more on our street or even near. Please reconsider these choices. We need to make Santa Monica safe and comfortable to leave your home. The police department is so short staffed it can’t handle more. Please listen & forward to the appropriate people to help the people. Thank You Not in our community!! What do you have planned for Parking.
Where are the essential service contractors for the neighborhood going to park ? Also, people visiting the neighborhood.
Plumber
A/C Heating.
Roofers
Electricians.
All the streets in the neighborhood are permit parking and they will need parking.
I would like to get more information about the affordable housing projects proposed for Santa Monica including objectives for tenant population, services to be provided, and architectural characteristics of the proposed projects.
Proposed project is way out of size and character for the Euclid Street location and will cause a parking disaster in the area by the elimination of the SM city parking lot and creation of an oversized living space building with totally inadequate parking.
Are the apartments have washer and dryer inside unit you are building in Santa .
How do you apply for the apartments you are building in Santa Monica. Do you have to go through Santa Monica housing My concern is about the removal of parking, which will negatively impact that already bad business outlook for the area, and the risk for the neighborhood coming from mentally ill individuals attracted to the three developments. Neither of these concerns have been addressed so far.
I am in favor of affordable housing in Santa Monica, but as a nearby resident I am concerned about taking parking lots away from the business on Wilshire Blvd. Parking for those establishments has always been at a premium, and if all these lots are taken away, where will patrons park? These businesses are the lifeblood of our community, and with no parking, they will die.
I am deeply troubled by the city’s housing proposal for 14th, 16th and Euclid buildings in Santa Monica. The city and HCHC have not been transparent about the intended use of these buildings and the safety threats they will introduce to nearby residents. These city-owned properties should be used to the benefit of city residents and tax payers, for example: by investing in affordable daycare centers given the severe lack of childcare options in Santa Monica. It is irresponsible to use taxpayer funds in this manner and without community consent. Furthermore, the height of these buildings is incongruent with neighboring what exactly does affordable mean?
When is the work supposed to start?
What will be the impact on the safety of the neighborhood and the market value of surrounding apartments? Yes. I am concerned about this project being located near residential areas with kids and families. I would like to better understand whether this will be affordable housing for teachers, police officers, fire fighters (=great idea) or for challenged communities (=extremely concerning)
I have a young and growing family and am extremely concerned by having rehab services next door. We have enough problems with homeless people with mental issues in the area. Additionally the entrance to our building will have significant issues if a building goes in on Euclid.
What will security be like if including tri-morbid tenants? What is your plan for ensuring the safety of students going to and from Lincoln?
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Date:7/8/2024•
To:Santa Monica City Council; Santa Monica City Planners; Hollywood Community Housing; smdemandsafety•[email protected]• From:Concerned Santa Monica Resident of 46 years 1218 14th St. [email protected]• Subject:Planned Development 1217 Euclid / 1211-1217 14th Street • •
I am discussed that the people who were elected to City Council to represent and protect the residents of Santa Monica have failed the hard working people. •
The planning of the above properties has been moving forward for years and due to lack of transparency by City Council and lack of community outreach and input on the project, we find ourselves with a mental institution being built in the middle of a neighborhood of children, dog walkers, shoppers, senior citizens and people who are just trying to get by in life. City Council is shoving this project down our throats. This brings to mind that you are fulfilling a false mandatory request to address Homelessness and mental illness by making decisions that benefit yourselves and if a few residents get hurt in the process, oh well, it is just the price to pay, we know better how to ruin the city better than you. • This building and all other development in Santa Monica is all over 6 stories and will change everyone’s life in the neighborhood. The Mom & Pop business will now be going out of business as there will be NO PARKING, removing 100 public spots and EV Charging stations will kill the neighborhood. No parking =’s no commerce. Patients wanting to park for a UCLA doctor’s appointment now have no options but paying $25.00+ in an office parking structure or get a pricy parking ticket or towed. •
How dare you think the neighbors wants a building that is an out of size /scale building in a quiet neighborhood. How can you think that a 6 story building placed in front of a two story building will not shut out all light and breezes and be replaced with a canonized alley? Where is the quality of life with a mental institution and homeless feeding station in your backyard? Where is the security to protect residents? •
Still the City Council is hiding the intent of the 1217 Euclid property. They waited till the last minute to inform the community of the plans for a tri-morbid (homeless, chronically mentally ill, disabled, violent, drug or ETOH addicted) people who don’t belong in this neighborhood. City Council is hiding that this facility will be a homeless feeding station and homeless resource area. What happened to OPCC and putting this facility near those resources that can leverage each other? Why would you put these sick people near at least two pot shops? Schools? Seniors? Stupid. Why not switch out the 1217 property with the 1211- 1217 property so that, once again, you can leverage the services of UCLA with this new housing plan and resources. • An interesting fact, most of the people who spoke out about these awful plans at the recent City Council meeting were assault Most of the conversation concerning parking has been about the impacts of losing the public lot. Lost in the mix is more conversation about the impact of parking in the neighborhood for residents. No matter what is done to push for use of mass transit, there is going to be an increase of autos from these apartments. This neighborhood is already strained to the max for permit parking because of the constraints caused by Wilshire to the north of the projects and UCLA Hospital to the east. Even with increased usage of mass transit (which we do), there is still a need for a car in LA, especially for families with children (a huge ingredient of the 14th St project). What will entice a resident of these affordable housing projects to lease a spot in the buildings if available rather than just get a $25 permit from the City to park on streets in a 2-block radius already constrained? Housing for formerly homeless people as in HCHC's proposal brings profound safety concerns and does not belong in a residential neighborhood, and especially not on a neighborhood street like Euclid Street. Height and massing of buildings in HCHC's proposal do not respect existing neighbors. Massing should step down to reflect the height of adjacent buildings.
I am a reporter with the Westside Voice covering this meeting for a story Yes I have a lot of concerns about the safety of my elderly parents that just moved in 1 month ago and the value of my property going down. Also the concern of not having any quest parking available if you dont have a permit. I understand the need to help the needy but they should be in a mental health facility outside of the city where they can heal from their traumas and their addictions and slowly get introducted back to sociaty. They are impredictable and dangerous at times and im very scared for the safety of my parents who are very vulnerable. •
Parking problems
If the developments have no setback, what’s the plan for the large •cus trees on sight? • Will updates to the development plan be re-presented to the public? • Is there a chance HCHC funding could run out and if so, who becomes responsible to complete the developments? • Will the 3 sites be developed simultaneously or sequentially? If simultaneous, how do you respond to concerns on the impact to the neighborhood with traffic, detours, removal of all business parking at the same time, resource constraints with people, My family of 6 has lived in a one bedroom apartment for over 25 years in Santa Monica and we have applied for housing assistance over the years and have never received any help. How likely is it that we will be able to receive any assistance this time around or what is the process we should follow to ensure possible help? Are the buildings ready to move in or they are going to be billed and haw soon in the future are new construction is going to be happening and how many
1. Create a working group with residents, business owners, and Lincoln Middle School PTA within a .25-mile radius of these developments. •
2. Disclose Schedules and Dates for the Project so the community is fully educated on the process and, most importantly, has the opportunity to participate. This is a public project on public land with public money, and we demand transparency and accountability, •
3. Full disclosure of the ownership and investor structure behind Hollywood Community Housing Corporation. •
4. Please address open lawsuits against HCHC in the Venice project and •nancial audit concerns regarding TPC. •
5. Remove the Supporting Housing from this project. •
6. Keep the number of public parking spots available as is. •
7. Conduct infrastructure, traffic, pedestrian safety, and utilities assessments and adjust building sizes to the level that can be Concerns for security and safety with treatment center. • Crowding the neighborhood with such volume of additional housing brings tra•ic and parking issues. • Euclid Court (alley) traffic and waste management. Alley is 20 feet wide and high traffic already. Dangerous exit onto Wilshire, Arizona not much better. Most residents exit thru the parking lot which would be no more. • I live on 14th Street between Idaho and Washington. I became aware of this development from a flyer handed out by neighbors opposing the locations of the buildings, in particular the one on 14th. I find the NIMBY-ism and accompanying scare tactics being used by the opposition to be disappointing to say the least and hope that the loudest voices do not win the day.
Absolutely. Very concerned. This will negatively affect the quality of life in the neighbourhood. The proposed structure will not fit the overall concept of the surroundings and will dominate other buildings. The biggest issue is that will present a safety issue for the residents. It will be conflicting with the interests of nearby businesses. Besides, there is a dispensary next door, how’s this Yes. Did you see the comments at the city council meeting on June 25? SO MANY neighbours incensed about the entire project! So be thankful that my concerns are more modest: if this is a "done deal" regarding "homeless housing", then at a minimum I would insist on (1) much more parking, even 2 spaces for the larger units (2) NO homeless services near us AT ALL (no food, counselling, etc. - that should be downtown or at the People Concern near the freeway, and (3) bring the height down to match the rest of the neighbourhood: 3 stories max!!! Yes. Why was this decided on before the public k ew about it (or if it was, it was very poorly advertised) Is it true that one of the buildings will house homeless individuals who are not fully recovered from mental illness or substance abuse, and that there will be a public window available for anyone to walk in for assistance? (1) I have walked by each of the three proposed building sites on Euclid St., 14th Street and 16th Street. Each of the three now city parking lots were at capacity around noon on a Wednesday. I'm concerned that the Wilshire Blvd businesses immediately in front of the parking lots will suffer from the loss of nearby parking. To that end, wouldn't the upfront expense of including underground parking in the proposed building sites be mitigated by the city pro•ts from future parking fees?• •
(2) In the apartment building where I live, there are six apartments and five garages at the back of the property, which are accessed through the alley. (For reference, the front building is currently under going renovations. ) • •
When all of the apartments were inhabited, not one of the renters used a garage to park their cars. They all parked on the street in front of the property or parallel to the garage doors in the alley. My question is, is there any way to require the property owners to assign a garage to at least five of their renters? The rental agreement clearly states that *renters* are required to use the garages only for vehicle parking, rather than for storage or other uses. The agreement doesn't say anything about it being okay for the property owners to rent out the garages to third-parties for storage, which they have done in a few cases. (I have walked past people who were clearing out these storage spaces on at least three separate occasions.) • •
Recently, one of the five garages has been converted to an electric room. Why can't these new meters be mounted on the side of Concern about homeless services being planned. This is unacceptable. Please consider safety of neighborhood. Also concerned about the loss of parking. Please add more parking spaces also for nearby businesses which will lose their parking lots.
How much do I need make in taxes to qualify?
I do not believe the homeless supportive housing should be on Euclid. That lacks common sense. Have you even walked that neighborhood?•
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The current designs do not take the neighborhood into consideration. They are being proposed to maximize scale and not integrate with the surroundings. The surrounding areas generally feature two to three-story residential buildings. The RFP asks that the design be appropriate for the surrounding neighborhood, which it clearly is not. The proposed designs have the bare minimum setbacks to the much smaller neighboring buildings. This is unacceptable for a city-led project. It is being built like a forprofit developer would build it. The design is ugly. Nothing about the neighborhood is being considered. All you are doing is I attended the presentation portion of the meeting so missed a chance to give positive feedback. I want to say how much I admire the design (especially the passive ventilation!) and the goals of the project. With very best wishes, [name removed] In addition to hearing the Development Team presentation, I'm very interested to hear the City of Santa Monica representatives responsible for the projects.
Can you please share the recording from this meeting? I was not able to attend and am interested in hearing the conversation and outcome.
I support adding Permanent Supportive Housing alongside A•ordable Housing, with on-site sta•. • •
However, I feel there is too much on-site parking, which may increase car use among tenants. This area has incredible transit access and access to current and future protected bike lanes. Providing free parking to tenants would discourage alternative sustainable transportation and encourage car ownership that is a huge financial burden for the low income tenants. It will increase local car trips, thereby worsening livability, air quality, and endangering pedestrians, especially children going to school. Instead, replace parking with additional residential units— Each additional unit offered will radically change the lives of additional Santa Monicans that can reside there. Rather than including parking, focus should shift to supporting transit and I make comments both here and in meetings, and give my contact information but have received no acknowlegement or any response or communications from HCHC or the City. I know I'm not alone in feeling the community is not being heard.
I need the meeting passcode to get in.
I appreciate there’s a need for affordable housing but my big concern is that from what I understand these will house mentally ill and potentially drug users. I think this is very dangerous to put in a dense neighborhood with families and children, not to mention 2 blocks from a school. Especially if there are wrap around services which would bring more mentally ill or drug users in on a daily basis. I question whether our citizens are equipped to handle mentally ill and drug users as we see already with the issues we have all over Santa Monica. I believe this will exacerbate the issue.• •
I would ask - have the developers engaged experts in that space to understand the dangers or how to mitigate dangers of locating We need more affordable housing in SM
Concerned about the new planned development on 1217 Euclid Avenue and the negative effects it will have on the community I support more affordable housing in Los Angeles Country, including in Santa Monica. The construction of affordable housing will result in more housing supply (which California has a huge deficit of), reduced rents, and more people living where they work.
Concern for the large old shade trees on Euclid lot and 14th street…in addition to parking, congestion, garbage, overcrowding , construction. It seems like there is more concern for everyone but the people who have worked hard to buy homes and selected this neighborhood for the demographic it has.
I strongly support the inclusion of Permanent Supportive Housing in addition to Affordable Housing, so long as there is robust tenant selection and appropriate on-site sta• to support and monitor. • However, I am concerned there is too much parking provided in the current design, which will encourage more car use by tenants. This is especially true as 100% affordable housing is exempt from AB 1317 (requiring parking charges to be separate from rent), thus these parking spaces would be free to tenants and there would be little incentive to choose other forms of transportation. Ultimately this increases VMT and puts pedestrians (especially kids walking/biking to nearby schools) in more danger of being harmed in traffic collisions-- the biggest cause of childhood fatalities. Additionally, the average cost of car ownership in CA is over $12,000/yr-- a massive financial burden for any qualifying PSH or Low income tenants and thus efforts I'm a 40 year resident of Santa Monica and I've seen a dramatic change during that time in which moderate and lower income people -- ordinary families and people who staff our schools and businesses -- can't afford to live anywhere near our city. (Not to mention our kids and others who have grown up here.) This results in impossible traffic congestion in and out of Santa Monica, stress on working families, and air and noise pollution. We need more local affordable housing that regular people can afford to I want to share my support for the affordable housing that the City is developing on its public parking lots. The more housing we Looking forward to hearing how quickly we can get these desperately needed units online.
Many valued members of our city’s community and workforce are living without secure housing (or no housing at all).
Affordable housing projects like this are crucial to ensuring that we build an inclusive, safe, and livable city for all Santa Monicans.
Housing is a human right. There are many valued members of the Santa Monica community living on the street, in their cars, or jumping from couch-to-couch. If we truly want to make an impact on the homelessness crisis, we need projects like these. Many renters today are just one or two pay checks away from being homeless themselves due to high rent costs. Affordable housing helps to diversity the rental market and diversify our community.
More housing, all over town, 20 years ago please! I spend all my time and money in Santa Monica when I lived in LA from 2022- 2024. I’d prefer to live in SM now but am priced out since there’s 1 home for every 10 people who want to live here.
I'll call in to strongly support the three affordable housing developments planned in Santa Monica.
I’d like to voice my favor for these apartment blocks on unused land. I’d like to see more parking lots converted to housing in future too. I am a resident of a rented apartment on 11th and Wilshire (right by these blocks) and see this as a welcome development for our city and neighbourhood!
We desperately need more housing in Santa Monica. I support this plan. The only thing that would make it better is adding more floors!
I already attended the in-person meeting. After attending, I had more concerns than before. How will you GURANTEE the safety of families living there (the proposed housing on 14th) if 30% is going to supportive housing. Why can't it all just be 100% lowincome affordable housing? Is there a requirement that you have to take in mentally ill and those struggling with substance abuse? and why build that so close to Lincoln Middle School? • I plan to attend to support these projects though I have another longstanding commitment to an in person event with UniteHERE from 5-8. I will bring my laptop and try to find somewhere and some time when I can log in and stay for a bit. Will there be a time for questions and testimony of support?
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I want to share my enthusiastic support for new affordable housing in Santa Monica, as a resident and homeowner in this city.
The housing crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing Santa Monica's leaders. The only way to meaningfully address this crisis is by building new housing, so it's been disheartening to see housing production happening at a snail's pace or not at all in my neighborhood. I also want to see Santa Monica help address the climate crisis by adding new housing in our most walkable and transit-connected neighborhoods. Affordable housing that also meets our sustainability and climate goals are urgently needed.
Support the projects
I’m very excited for this project and want to thank all the people putting in the work to make it happen! Will you develop and re-build alley in the back for Euclid project? Who can live in these new apartments?
Thank you! We desperately need more affordable housing. Please don't be discouraged by a small but very vocal minority of complainers.
How can you be positive that the background check companies, such as Rentgrow are aligned with your same values and lense for equity? Who will fill this housing? What does this housing offer that other affordable housing in Santa Monica does not offer? We need the under ground parking to replace the surface parking being eliminated And parking fir the residents AND employees My family has owned the property at 1402 Wilshire Blvd. for over 100 years and in that time it has gotten harder to attract national tenants. The newly installed bus stop in front of our business and the proposal to develop the parking lot behind us will leave us with no parking for our customers and no way to move merchandise into the building. This is irresponsible and short sighted of the city to take all of this public parking away without any plans to replace it. That parking lot no only serves our store but also the hospital and other nearby businesses. It is always full. Our property has always been able to attract national tenants, first Music plus, Blockbuster Video and currently Petco Unleashed. This brought much needed services and tax dollars to the community.
One of my concerns is the potential net change in neighborhood parking. The street parking is already saturated, where is everyone going to park?
What parking alternatives will be provided as a result of building a complex on the current 80 space parking lot on Euclid Street? What are speci•c design features of this building that are customized for our neighborhood? • Does your design include any green space between buildings or for your own residents?• What’s your security plan to keep current residents on the block safe, and to protect children as they walk to Lincoln Middle School (ie is there 24/7 security onsite, how many, where will they be posted)? Does the design feature a gate? • Who will live here, how do they qualify, do they have criminal records or are they registered sex o•enders?• Where will your funding come from, is the plan sustainable or are we going to be stuck with loss of funding within a few years?• Do you prioritize housing for local homeless people, if so, who can we contact to make sure our homeless neighbors are offered services?•
Is there a number we (residents on the same block) can call to contact onsite employees in case of emergency or problems?• What are sta• to resident ratios? What medical professionals will be on site, and during what hours?• Will there be food distribution at that site?
Where will the parking be that is removed by the new structures? Will there be public parking available on site? If not, where will the public parking be? Is the Developer responsible for providing public parking replacing the current parking that will be removed?
Yes, see opposition letter submitted on July 8,2024 to City based on City’s failures to comply with CEQA I mentioned my concerns in my previous message. safety first for my elderly parents I live at [address removed] and I’m in 100% support of all three projects. We NEED affordable housing and we NEED supportive services.
I have a single garage in the building that I use for storage. If parking becomes more difficult, I can rearrange my storage to park my car in the garage. I expect many of my neighbors who will complain about parking have similar parking or driveways available that they choose not to use for parking.
Full disclosure: I’m an architect who previously worked for Kevin Daly and on projects for HCHC, but that is not a factor in my Why isn’t this development closer to the ocean? There’s plenty of space to the west.
Will our taxes go down now that the value of the surrounding homes will be diminished with public housing? Is this project set in stone as of July 8 or is there still votes by the city Council before it is approved? And if there are no votes when was this brought up for community discussion? And where are those notes to be read by people who live in the community.
I hope I can apply for a senior low housing rental ?
I want to apply for a senior low housing rental .
would like to do this virtually
Can you please explain what qualifications will be needed for someone to live here? How long is the minimum lease length?
How will this affect property values in the neighborhood? Can you please give exact addresses of the same type of development built by this developer/architect/service provider? Thank you!
Yes. Did you see the comments at the city council meeting on June 25? SO MANY neighbours incensed about the entire project! So be thankful that my concerns are more modest: if this is a "done deal" regarding "homeless housing", then at a minimum I would insist on (1) much more parking, even 2 spaces for the larger units (2) NO homeless services near us AT ALL (no food, counselling, etc. - that should be downtown or at the People Concern near the freeway, and (3) bring the height down to match the rest of the neighbourhood: 3 stories max!!!
There’s a lot of fear surrounding this project, because people are misinformed about what it is really like to have a mental illness. This fear allows the “ othering†of disabled people. Everyone deserves housing, not just people from the dominant culture.
Is this a city or Government plan?
Help us understand the sustainability and climate measures vividly as we welcome potentially new residents with this development.
What attention will there be to neighbors in need of assistance in completing the application to live here? I am supportive of making sure folks omitted from earlier opportunities for affordable housing are duly included.
How many units are affordable? Who gets the priority for these units? Who will handle filling these units? Concern about homeless services being offered in the proposed development. This should be avoided.
Concern about the removal of parking spaces which will negatively impact residents and businesses in the area.
Your voice message reflects meetings that are almost four months ago.Why do you not have any meetings for the upcoming months in July, August?And because the residents in this community have a right to know about these projectshere and there's not a lot of openness about this.
People thought they voted for City Council members to protect the residents of Santa Monica. Mayor Brocks recent comments in the SMDP were shameful. He is rolling over for the BIG developers and is not fighting for our community. He is allowing the unelected, City, State and Federal Bureaucrats to dictate the future of Santa Monica to implement phony, arbitrary regulations to strangle its citizenry.
Mayor Brock noted we need to work with developers to co-exist, just follow our rules. At the recent meeting at St. Anne’s (NOTE:
NO City Council Member attended) where HCHC Architect Kevin Daly felt he was being disrespected by the neighbors attending the meeting. DISREPECTED ARE THE PEOPLE YOU TOLD TO “SHUT UP” AND SWALLOW THESE HORRID PLANS WITH NO COMMUNITY INPUT which started in 2020! You would not allow for general comments, your plan was to split the attendees into small groups so that you can divide and conquer the community. You plan to RUIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR LIVES. You have WEAK, WEAK, WEAK Security plans. Were you really surprised we are outraged no one wants a mental institution with lack security in the once quiet neighborhood? Isn’t it enough the people of Santa Monica have to walk over dozens of homeless people of all kinds within a few block of your home to get to the post office or Vons? I love the fact that the Developers provide plenty of money to the City funds to implement their genius plans. There is no diversity in City Council, you all think a like and you are all benefiting from the destruction and over development of a once beautiful beach city.
HCHC is still confused as they do not have any idea on how to resolve the lack of parking? Have they ever seen the lots completely full on most days? They don’t understand how come there is little use of the parking at night. (Oh what a waste to We, as long term residents on Euclid St., have many concerns as to height of new development, loss of public parking, safety of children in area.
The local businesses in the area rely on the public parking lots for their customers. There are many empty storefronts on Wilshire Blvd. The loss of the public parking lots would create a parking mess! I am disappointed with the lack of transparency from the City of Santa Monica and Hollywood Housing. I never received any notification of these developments in our neighborhood where we live and our kids are students of Santa Monica Malibu School District.
Foremost, our concerns are safety and security. Children are walking to and from school and during the winter months it is not light as long. Our community wants to encourage multi mobility options so that needs to apply to these new residents and at the same time assists our students safety in walking and biking to school. It is better that those who are mentally disabled have housing, but it needs to be appropriate housing that supports their needs so the neighbors will not have to endure the lapses.
Below are some specific suggestions that not only address safety, but parking congestion in the neighborhood that already is impacted by UCLA's Hospital at Wilshire and 15th.
1) Having only 10 parking spots for 20 apartments on 16th and Wilshire is inadequate. I believe it will impact our businesses as well as our residential parking. Other upscale cities have implemented parking permit bans to developments that do not provide sufficient parking. We understand that the state has mandated that cities cannot require parking for certain housing applications but that does not mean the whole neighborhood should bear the burden. Let's encourage these residents to use other forms of mobility - biking, walking, public transit and shared rides. 2) Why did the City of Santa Monica inform the state they are going to exceed the prescribed increase in housing units? This burden is being bared by all those who moved to Santa Monica because it was an oasis in Los Angeles County. Where is the green space going to be to support all these families in multi residential units. The schools are not always open to the public because the schools are trying to gain much needed revenue. So that leaves the airport that many developers are targeting for more housing. The citizens of Santa Monica deserve to understand the comprehensive plan to accommodate all these new residents so they too can enjoy what makes Santa Monica special. 3) What are we doing to protect an active business community? All these residents will need services but if the businesses do not feel safe they will move out. Apparently, Phillz Coffee left because of how exposed they felt to the mentally ill and unhoused.
We hear more businesses are leaving as well for these reasons. 4)In addition, we have two new marijuana shops in the this neighborhood where you are trying to put housing to support the To whom this may concern,
It is inconceivable what all the development that is already in process will do to life in SM. Not to mention ALL the development that hadn’t even started. We’ve all heard that the “demand for new housing” is per the state of CA, but really, what infrastructure do you require the developers to create? What green spaces are you creating and not just for the tenants of an 8 story building.
The streets are already impacted and the new VONS on Lincoln won’t even be built for another while! Why don’t you focus on dealing with the more aggressive unhoused people, loss of business and tourism in response to crime, greedy commercial realtors, ground squirrel over population and the security of the already existing residents before green lighting more Why are you taking a lovely, nice family neighborhood and trying to turn it into a potential slum? And what is the advantage in making my property value diminish?
Please keep your hands off my condo and leave us alone. There are plenty of other sites you could trash, so go trash them and go away.
The degree to which Santa Monica is allowing building is at this point irresponsible. I have no idea how we will keep up with water demands in drought years. The already congested roads are in poor shape and there seems to be no interest in creating green space around the new buildings. Lincoln boulevard is a concrete, hot, uninviting mess. It’s a very sad state of affairs and in hindsight I think the decisions being made now will not be viewed as good, rather as very destructive to our community.
Hi, I'm hoping that you respond to e-mails, but I'm a little bit concerned that this istotally outdated recording information on this Dear Hollywood Community Housing Corporation,
Where can I find recordings (video, audio, or written) of the concerns of the residents neighboring the properties to be developed at 1217 Euclid Street, 1211 - 1217 14th Street, and 1146 16th Street in Santa Monica.
I would like to review comments made by both those that are supportive of these projects, as well as comments made by people with questions and concerns.
"Yes, my name is [name removed]. I'm very much interested in your project and I am at Zoom today.Apparently there was a Zoom meeting and I cannot, I don't have an access codemeeting ID so it's not provided so I'm not able to connect I wonder if anypossibility of you know in person meeting [number removed].I appreciate the call back and the email [name removed] thank Comments on proposal to eliminate parking at 1217 Euclid Street to be added to the record please Please add this to the file of public comments on the proposal to develop the city-owned parking lot at 1217 Euclid Street.
Good afternoon. My name is[name removed]. I have a question about the meeting. And canyou please give me a call at [number removed]? I left a couple messages. Nobody called me.Again, [number removed]. My name is [name removed]. Thank you and have a nice day. Bye-bye.
Hello, my name is [name removed] and I wanted to know about how one would go about applyingfor for housing with theHollywoodCommunity housing how one would go about doing thatIf anyone could I live in Los AngelesI'm 65 and I'm disabled.
Anyway, if anyone could give me a jingle back. My number is 929All right, thank you so much.
SHUT DOWN PLANS FOR PROPERTIES 1217 Euclid and 1211-1217th street Please listen to the residents of Santa Monica, we fear for our safety Date:6/30/2024
To:Santa Monica City Council; Santa Monica City Planners; Hollywood Community Housing; smdemandsafety•[email protected] From:Concerned Santa Monica Resident of 46 years [name removed] Subject:Planned Development 1217 Euclid / 1211-1217 14th Street I am discussed that the people who were elected to City Council to represent and protect the residents of Santa Monica have failed the hard working people.
The planning of the above properties has been moving forward for years and due to lack of transparency by City Council and lack of community outreach and input on the project, we find ourselves with a mental institution being built in the middle of a neighborhood of children, dog walkers, shoppers, senior citizens and people who are just trying to get by in life. City Council is shoving this project down our throats. Do payoffs come to mind? This building will change everyone’s life in the neighborhood. The Mom & Pop business will now be going out of business as there will be NO PARKING, removing 100 public spots and EV Charging stations will kill the neighborhood. No parking =’s no commerce. Patients wanting to park for a UCLA doctor’s appointment now have no options but paying $25.00+ in an office parking structure or get a pricy parking ticket.
How dare you think the neighbors wants a building that is an out of size /scale building in a quiet neighborhood. How can you think that a 6 story building placed in front of a two story building will not shut out all light and breezes and be replaced with a canonized alley. Where is my quality of life?
Still the City Council is hiding the intent of the 1217 Euclid property. They waited till the last minute to inform the community of the plans for a tri-morbid (homeless, chronically mentally ill, disabled, violent, drug or ETOH addicted) people who don’t belong in this neighborhood. City Council is hiding that this facility will be a homeless feeding station and homeless resource area.
What happened to OPCC and putting this facility near those resources that can leverage each other? Why would you put these sick people near at least two pot shops? Schools? Seniors? Stupid. Why not switch out the 1217 property with the 1211-1217 property so that, once again, you can leverage the services of UCLA with this new housing plan and resources. I am degusted with the plans for the above properties.
What are you thinking? This is the worst idea you have ever made. How do you expect any citizen of Santa Monica to approve of this lunacy?
There is no other place in the city that has this type housing. Who would put up and house chronically mentally ill people near a school, up ending the whole safety of the neighborhood.
Is it not enough that every time you walk in Santa Monica you are subject to running into many homeless mental ill people walking in the streets and threatening your quality of life and your physical threatening your life in general. This plan is out of scope for this neighborhood.
The Architects are confused, "they are sensitive to shade" , that is nice you considered the shade issue, but you can't put up a 6 story building in front of a 2 story building, you have SHADE not only shade but the canonization of the alley, there will never be any sun or breezes, just more darkness and homelessness.
Regarding lack of parking, you are removing more than 100 city metered parking spots. How dare you, again your planners "don't understand the parking needs" WHAT???? Have you asked anyone who parks in the open lot, what are you here and if you take away this parking where would you park, NO WHERE, there are not enough street meters, there are not enough preferential parking, you will ruin the whole neighborhood business and just plan piss off everyone trying to park their car. Will you be forcing people to pay $25.00++ in near by office buildings...NO....
Also, why would you put the mental institution in a residential neighborhood? Why would you not put the 1217 property backed