Santa Monica City Council
February 11, 2025

Safety Element Comments
February 11, 2025
I am writing to you today as a private resident about three concerns regarding the Draft Safety Element for your consideration:

1. PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCIES AT THE FUTURE GREAT PARK
As noted in the Safety Element, “The airport planning process will need to take into consideration the need to support the City’s emergency operations, such as emergency supply storage, communications control, and other emergency evacuation and response capabilities. The airport decommissioning process will require several measured steps to ensure that on-site and nearby land uses are not adversely affected.” These considerations are compatible with the return of our Great Park, and can be accommodated with proper direction, planning and integration into the various possible zoning vehicles to ensure the Great Park options conform with Measure LC. Santa Monica Fire Station #5 is there right now should remain in the return of the Great Park. It is one of many non-aviation uses that residents support, a basic need that everyone supports for a park of this scale.

But placing large-scale emergency operations facilities in this location will require the City Council’s attention to sensitive planning (and perhaps the consideration of other, more centrally located city sites). With these considerations we will have a safer and better park that can provide all types of emergency helicopter operations such as those recently witnessed. Let’s see what Phase 3 efforts bring forth.

2. AIRPORT CLOSURE FOR THE RECORD
The Airport Closure section is somewhat “cherry-picked’ language and not in the best chronological order:
• SMO has been the center of legal and political (if that refers to the continuous and unwavering neighborhood opposition to airport operations) for decades. • Measure LC’s 2014 victory came before (and paved the way for) 2017’s Consent Decree and City Council vote to close the airport. In fact, Measure LC was the city’s response to big aviation’s Measure D (2013) that would have ended most if not all local control of our airport land, kept the unsafe 5,000-foot runway (with no safety buffers) and ushered in the active takeover of corporate jets.

Measure D declared in 2013, “Let the voters decide” the issue of what to do with our airport land. The city responded with Measure LC to ensure local control of our Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 733 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Mike Salazar, Architect
Ocean Park/Santa Monica

airport land is in our City Charter, giving our residents “the decision” per Measure D’s declaration. Measure LC trounced Measure D, winning a 60.4% “YES” mandate for closure and the return of a Great Park. 52 of 55 precincts voted for LC and against D.

This wasn’t a vote in a vacuum for only the Great Park, as some would want you to believe.
• Measure LC contain 3 key “Sections,” of which only Section 2 is included. LC’s Section 2 that’s missing from Measure LC’s partial description confirmed the right of local control over airport land and to close the airport:
“ …the City Council shall have full authority, …to regulate use of the Santa Monica Airport, manage Airport leaseholds, condition leases, and permanently close all or part of the Airport to aviation use.”, paving the way for 2017. • Measure LC’s Section 3 is equally critical to keep in the forefront of airport closure and it’s defeat of Measure D:
“This measure is intended to compete with, prevail over, and nullify all provisions of any other charter amendment placed on the same ballot that relates to the subject of the Santa Monica Airport, including…” Measure D.
• Also missing from the Closure chronology is that the FAA failed to return our airport land to city control as promised after the end of the 1984 Agreement on July 1, 2015.

Then we had the Consent Decree with the FAA in 2017 and the closure vote. Perhaps this is considered ‘too much in the weeds’ for the Safety Element, but I cannot stress how important it is to keep these facts in the active discussion and public realm of airport closure and public safety.

3. POLLUTED RUNOFF ON A LARGE SCALE
The Safety Element describes our airport land as the largest of the worst city hazardous sites, But one last point that I may have missed in the Safety Element is the extensive hazardous runoff generated at our airport land. I would guess that we are looking at hundreds of thousands (millions?) of gallons of contaminated runoff at the initiation of every rain event. This number should be identified as a measure in need of remedy (of which airport closure is the voter-approved remedy).

Given the fact of having such a massive ‘superblock’ hardscape with hundreds of daily aircraft operations, where are the mitigation measures, if even possible? Mike Salazar, Architect
Ocean Park/Santa Monica
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Packet Pg. 734 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - DUTY 2/10/25, 10:19 AM
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Zoe <[email protected]> Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], David White <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Sir,
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from 12:30pm – 1:30 pm. PST I attended a LA Law Library MCLE class, “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Civility in the Practice of Law”. It was hosted by two prominent Judges of the LA Superior Court-- Judge Mark Juahas and Judge Robert Broadbelt. See attachment. “We conclude by reminding members of the Bar that their responsibilities as officers of the court include professional courtesy to the court and to opposing counsel. All too often today we see signs that the practice of law is becoming more like a business and less like a profession. We decry any such change, but the profession itself must chart its own course. The legal profession has already suffered a loss of stature and of public respect.... Lawyers and judges should work to improve and enhance the rule of law, not allow a return to the law of the jungle.” (Lossing v. Superior Court (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 635, 641.) It seems to me there is a crisis in your department that is escalating at wildfire pace. Would you like to discuss this in person? Perhaps you can explain better how the law works in Santa Monica. You might want to consider having your staff take this online course as soon as possible to avoid scandal and exposure to litigation.

Kindly reply, thank you.

Zoё Muntaner
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Packet Pg. 735 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Public records Request 1/28/25, 8:39 AM
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Public records Request
Rebecca Adams <[email protected]> Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM To: Zoe <[email protected]>
Good afternoon,
Attached are the response letter, business license application, and business license information for Santa Monica Beach CoLiving.

We have located responsive emails to produce for this request. However, due to these emails containing complainant information, we require proof of identity to provide the unredacted emails. Please provide a copy of your driver’s license or a similar form of identification. Once received, we will provide the nonexempt responsive email communications. Thank you for your cooperation regarding this matter.

Thank you,
Rebecca Adams
Public Records Coordinator
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
1685 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
[email protected]
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Packet Pg. 736 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Public records Request 1/28/25, 8:39 AM
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Packet Pg. 737 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - City of Santa Monica Equity Updates 2/10/25, 3:26 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=a…id=msg-a:r-2275178727972002482&simpl=msg-a:r-2275178727972002482 Page 1 of 2 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
City of Santa Monica Equity Updates
Zoe <[email protected]> Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
To: Social Justice Santa Monica <[email protected]> Hi Lisa,
I don't see the issue of the BBB Title Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and How to file a Title VI Complaint, that we addressed along with neurodiversity literacy included in the summary. I addressed it directly with the City Council and staff by email on July 24, 2024.

Here is the copy:

Dear Santa Monica City Council and City Manager David White, Please consider my comments on item 5 F.2 at last night's meeting.

Further research indicates that education to drivers of the BBB about the civil rights of riders is not included in the press release of February 28, 2024. It only includes:

The specially trained unarmed officers will ensure passengers feel comfortable and confident riding Big Blue Bus, and will help:

Assist riders with navigating the regional bus and rail network Provide guidance on Big Blue Bus fares and payment methods Address safety and maintenance concerns reported by passengers Offer support and resource materials to passengers in need Educate riders about Big Blue Bus's Code of Conduct and ensure adherence Ignoring the vital critical aspect of CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY exposes the City of Santa Monica to litigation. I want the Big Blue Bus to consider adopting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (LACMTA) commitment to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of its service based on race, color, or national origin as provided under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. In addition to Title VI, LACMTA also prohibits discrimination based on sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other protected classes enumerated in federal and state laws.

You must train the BBB drivers about invisible disabilities and de-escalation protocols. Otherwise, there is no equity in the recommended action plan in the agenda last night and the city continues to expose itself to litigation. A plaque must be installed on every single bus with the BBB CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY, along telephone number and/or email to report any type of abuse or violations to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and How to file a Title VI Complaint.

Please schedule for the next meeting. It is one of the solutions we came up with at an event we hosted for the Citywide Equity Plan.
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Packet Pg. 739 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) January 27, 2025
Ms. Zoe Muntaner
PO Box 92
Santa Monica 90406
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 03, 2025., Reference # R032594- 010325.

Dear Ms. Zoe Muntaner,
The City of Santa Monica received a public information request from you on January 03, 2025. Your request mentioned:
"I have a public records request from the Code Enforcement Violation reported to the City Of Santa Monica on August 21, 2024. I would like to get a record of all the letters and communications from Everth Gonzalez, Maurice Cochee, Daniel Mick, and the property owners, agents, and anyone else involved with the property located at 643 Pacific Street Santa Monica, CA 90405. I would also like to receive the record of the Complaint I filed with the City Attorney's Office Consumer Protection Unit, on August 22, 2024." With this letter, the City is providing the business license application and business license information for Santa Monica Beach CoLiving.

We have redacted personal and private contact information pertaining to individual citizens, including email addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and phone numbers, as the information is exempt from disclosure under Section 7922.000 of the Government Code. This section permits a public agency to withhold a record where “the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.” In enacting the Act, the California Legislature was “mindful of the right of individuals to privacy.” (Gov. Code, § 7921.000.) When it comes to disclosing personal information under the Act, the public interest which must be weighed is whether such disclosure “would contribute significantly to public understanding of government activities” and serve the legislative purpose of ‘‘shed[ding] light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties.’’ (City of San Jose v. Superior Court (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 1008, 1019.)
Recognizing that the California Constitution grants individuals the right to privacy, the California Legislature enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), effective as of January 1, 2020, to require businesses to implement security measures to safeguard personal information. The term personal information, as defined in Civil Code section 1798.3(a), covers a wide range of data. “The term ‘personal information’ means any information that is maintained by an agency that identifies or describes an individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, social security number, physical description, home address, home telephone Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 740 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) number, education, financial matters, and medical or employment history. It [also] includes statements made by, or attributed to, the individual.” In weighing the public interest, the City finds that disclosure of personal and private contact information pertaining to individual citizens would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The public interest served by nondisclosure such information clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure. Disclosure of the private and personal contact information reveals little or nothing about the City’s business and operational functions while disclosure would compromise privacy rights of individuals. Under the circumstances presented here, the City determined that disclosure of the withheld information would compromise substantial privacy interests. (Gov. Code § 7922.000.) To locate potentially responsive email communications, the City performed the following search of the City server:

From/To/Cc: Everth Gonzalez, Maurice Cochee, Daniel Mick Keyword: 643 Pacific
Timeframe: 2024-08-21 - 2025-01-03
The City has located responsive email communications. However, due to these emails containing complainant information, we require proof of identity to provide the unredacted emails. Please provide a copy of your driver’s license or a similar form of identification. Once received, we will provide the nonexempt responsive email communications. Thank you for your cooperation regarding this matter.

Sincerely,
City of Santa Monica
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Packet Pg. 741 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - City of Santa Monica Equity Updates 2/10/25, 3:26 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=a…id=msg-a:r-2275178727972002482&simpl=msg-a:r-2275178727972002482 Page 1 of 2 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
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Zoe <[email protected]> Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
To: Social Justice Santa Monica <[email protected]> Hi Lisa,
I don't see the issue of the BBB Title Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and How to file a Title VI Complaint, that we addressed along with neurodiversity literacy included in the summary. I addressed it directly with the City Council and staff by email on July 24, 2024.

Here is the copy:

Dear Santa Monica City Council and City Manager David White, Please consider my comments on item 5 F.2 at last night's meeting.

Further research indicates that education to drivers of the BBB about the civil rights of riders is not included in the press release of February 28, 2024. It only includes:

The specially trained unarmed officers will ensure passengers feel comfortable and confident riding Big Blue Bus, and will help:

Assist riders with navigating the regional bus and rail network Provide guidance on Big Blue Bus fares and payment methods Address safety and maintenance concerns reported by passengers Offer support and resource materials to passengers in need Educate riders about Big Blue Bus's Code of Conduct and ensure adherence Ignoring the vital critical aspect of CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY exposes the City of Santa Monica to litigation. I want the Big Blue Bus to consider adopting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (LACMTA) commitment to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of its service based on race, color, or national origin as provided under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. In addition to Title VI, LACMTA also prohibits discrimination based on sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other protected classes enumerated in federal and state laws.

You must train the BBB drivers about invisible disabilities and de-escalation protocols. Otherwise, there is no equity in the recommended action plan in the agenda last night and the city continues to expose itself to litigation. A plaque must be installed on every single bus with the BBB CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY, along telephone number and/or email to report any type of abuse or violations to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and How to file a Title VI Complaint.

Please schedule for the next meeting. It is one of the solutions we came up with at an event we hosted for the Citywide Equity Plan.
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Zoё Muntaner
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Packet Pg. 743 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) January 27, 2025
Ms. Zoe Muntaner
PO Box 92
Santa Monica 90406
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 03, 2025., Reference # R032594- 010325.

Dear Ms. Zoe Muntaner,
The City of Santa Monica received a public information request from you on January 03, 2025. Your request mentioned:
"I have a public records request from the Code Enforcement Violation reported to the City Of Santa Monica on August 21, 2024. I would like to get a record of all the letters and communications from Everth Gonzalez, Maurice Cochee, Daniel Mick, and the property owners, agents, and anyone else involved with the property located at 643 Pacific Street Santa Monica, CA 90405. I would also like to receive the record of the Complaint I filed with the City Attorney's Office Consumer Protection Unit, on August 22, 2024." With this letter, the City is providing the business license application and business license information for Santa Monica Beach CoLiving.

We have redacted personal and private contact information pertaining to individual citizens, including email addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and phone numbers, as the information is exempt from disclosure under Section 7922.000 of the Government Code. This section permits a public agency to withhold a record where “the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.” In enacting the Act, the California Legislature was “mindful of the right of individuals to privacy.” (Gov. Code, § 7921.000.) When it comes to disclosing personal information under the Act, the public interest which must be weighed is whether such disclosure “would contribute significantly to public understanding of government activities” and serve the legislative purpose of ‘‘shed[ding] light on an agency's performance of its statutory duties.’’ (City of San Jose v. Superior Court (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 1008, 1019.)
Recognizing that the California Constitution grants individuals the right to privacy, the California Legislature enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), effective as of January 1, 2020, to require businesses to implement security measures to safeguard personal information. The term personal information, as defined in Civil Code section 1798.3(a), covers a wide range of data. “The term ‘personal information’ means any information that is maintained by an agency that identifies or describes an individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, social security number, physical description, home address, home telephone Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 744 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) number, education, financial matters, and medical or employment history. It [also] includes statements made by, or attributed to, the individual.” In weighing the public interest, the City finds that disclosure of personal and private contact information pertaining to individual citizens would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The public interest served by nondisclosure such information clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure. Disclosure of the private and personal contact information reveals little or nothing about the City’s business and operational functions while disclosure would compromise privacy rights of individuals. Under the circumstances presented here, the City determined that disclosure of the withheld information would compromise substantial privacy interests. (Gov. Code § 7922.000.) To locate potentially responsive email communications, the City performed the following search of the City server:

From/To/Cc: Everth Gonzalez, Maurice Cochee, Daniel Mick Keyword: 643 Pacific
Timeframe: 2024-08-21 - 2025-01-03
The City has located responsive email communications. However, due to these emails containing complainant information, we require proof of identity to provide the unredacted emails. Please provide a copy of your driver’s license or a similar form of identification. Once received, we will provide the nonexempt responsive email communications. Thank you for your cooperation regarding this matter.

Sincerely,
City of Santa Monica
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Packet Pg. 745 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - My scooter was stolen 1/31/25, 1:30 PM
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…msgid=msg-f:1822798642486047261&simpl=msg-f:1822798642486047261 Page 1 of 2 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
My scooter was stolen
Unagi Scooters Billing <[email protected]> Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM Reply-To: Unagi Scooters Billing <[email protected]> To: Zoe <[email protected]>
Hey Zoë,
Thanks for reaching out and letting us know this happened. We completely understand these circumstances are challenging, not to worry, we will be providing you with more details on how best to get this resolved! One of the benefits of the All-Access program is that it protects you against loss or damage. First, a deductible of $300 needs to be paid. This will be charged using the current card on file ending in 2084. If you would like to use another card, please get back to us within 24 hours. You can also make the payment by clicking the highlighted section that says 'Pay Online' in the attached invoice.

A police report is also required. On the police report, the Unagi scooter must be clearly referenced as the stolen item.

Once the deductible has been charged and the police report has been provided, you have the option to get a replacement scooter or cancel your subscription.

I look forward to hearing back.

Best,
Lisa
Customer Service Supervisor
On Fri, Jan 31, 2025, at 08:29 PM, Unagi Scooters Billing <[email protected]> wrote:

Hey Zoe,
Thank you for reaching out to Unagi Scooters! We’ve received your message and will respond as soon as possible.

Just a quick note: requests are addressed in the order they come in, so sending multiple messages may slow down response times.

Curious about when your order will ship?
Our current shipping SLA is 7 days from the date of your order and we are working diligently to process and ship orders as quickly as possible.

Have specific questions or concerns?
You can access our 24/7 chatbot here for instant answers to FAQs and any issues you may be experiencing with your scooter.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We look forward to assisting you! [Quoted text hidden]
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Packet Pg. 746 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - My scooter was stolen 1/31/25, 1:30 PM
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Packet Pg. 747 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - City of Santa Monica Equity Updates 2/10/25, 3:28 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…msgid=msg-f:1810663233960255700&simpl=msg-f:1810663233960255700 Page 1 of 4 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
City of Santa Monica Equity Updates
Social Justice Santa Monica <[email protected]> Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 2:56 PM To: Social Justice Santa Monica <[email protected]> Hey everyone,
Big thanks to all of you who joined our recent community workshops! Your participation has been instrumental in our process for creating our city's first Equity Plan. With over 100 of you stepping up to lead events, your dedication is truly inspiring, and we feel lucky to have such an engaged community. Here’s a short summary of what we heard from you:

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Packet Pg. 748 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - City of Santa Monica Equity Updates 2/10/25, 3:28 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…msgid=msg-f:1810663233960255700&simpl=msg-f:1810663233960255700 Page 2 of 4 City
Operations
and
Inclusivity:

You told us
that you want
to see more
diversity in
leadership
roles within the
city. You also
want better
support for
people with
disabilities,
stronger
partnerships
and
communication
within our
community,
and more
efforts
to increase
cultural
awareness
and combat
anti-Semitism.

Economic
Development:

On the
economic front,
you
emphasized
the need to
empower
marginalized
communities by
supporting
minority-owned
and queerowned
businesses.

You also
stressed the
importance of
enforcing antidiscrimination
measures at
workplaces,
offering
financial
literacy
courses, and
stimulating
economic
growth through
job training and
fairs and
special
economic
zones,
especially in
areas like
Belmar.

Housing: You
showed strong
support for
creating more
affordable
housing
options and
providing
specialized
services for
seniors,
Communities
of Color,
students, and
people with
disabilities.

Preventing
displacement
through
expanded rent
control and
Right
to Return
eligibility to
counteract
gentrification is
also a top
concern.

Public
Safety:

When it
comes to
public safety,
you asked for
more
diversity
training for
officers and
better
strategies to
combat hate
crimes, with
enhanced
protections
for vulnerable
communities.

Community
Programs and
Events: You
highlighted the
importance of
fostering
engagement
and inclusivity
through
mentorship
programs,
cultural
competence
training, and
community
dinners.

Ensuring
transparency
by providing
accessible
information
through
newsletters
and other
channels was
also
mentioned.

Repairing
Harm:

Addressing
past harms
against
Communities
of Color that
the City took
part in was
another main
theme that
emerged from
your feedback.

These include
the destruction
of the Belmar
Triangle, the
construction of
the 10
Freeway
through the
City’s
multicultural
Pico
Neighborhood,
and the taking
of land from
the Tongva
people.

Our next step is to share the plan with community groups and members to get your input before we present it to the city council for adoption in January.

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Packet Pg. 749 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - City of Santa Monica Equity Updates 2/10/25, 3:28 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…msgid=msg-f:1810663233960255700&simpl=msg-f:1810663233960255700 Page 3 of 4 Fall Focus: Developing a Reparations Program
This fall, we're excited to be developing a community-driven reparative justice program aimed at addressing the harms done to BIPOC communities in Santa Monica. This comes as a response to the council direction coming out of recommendations from the Reframe
Initiative to create a plan for addressing harm done to multiple different communities. We are currently slated to go to the council on November 12 with our proposal, and we welcome your interest and input to the council on what you would like to see in the plan. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions or to find out how to get involved.

More Opportunities to Get Involved
Join the City Clerk's Office for Free Oct.
5 Event on Voting: The City Clerk's Office
invites you to "Loving Democracy: Why We
Vote" on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. The event is open to people of all ages
and backgrounds and will include
a discussion, workshop and fun activities to
highlight the importance of voting. Light
refreshments will be served. RSVP is
required. Click
here to register and learn more about the
event.

Host a Community Conversation on the
Airport Conversion: Departments throughout
the City are beginning to embrace the
microgrant community workshop model that
many of you participated in to inform the
Citywide Equity Plan, and there is another
opportunity
to host a listening session to inform what
happens with the
Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project. To
participate and receive a grant of $500, please
fill out the application (click
for English,
click for Spanish) before Oct. 16, and host
your event by Oct. 31. Please submit any
questions you have
through
this link, and we hope that you will take
advantage of this opportunity to help shape
this historic improvement in Santa Monica.

Your voice is vital in creating a city that values equity and inclusion. Stay tuned for more updates and opportunities to contribute.

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Best,
Lisa, Delana and David
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Packet Pg. 754 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Copy of City Hall and Virginia Park Camera footage 2/11/25, 11:53 AM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…sgid=msg-f:1823791996446258030&simpl=msg-f:1823791996446258030 Page 4 of 4 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zoe <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc:

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:52:35 -0800
Subject: Copy of City Hall and Virginia Park Camera footage

EXTERNAL
Hi,
The City Clerk sent me this email to file a request for a copy of footage from the Parking area in front of the Thelma Terry Virginia Park in Pico Neighborhood and the second floor of the Santa Monica City Hall.

Kindly reply with the protocol for the request. Thank you.

Zoё Muntaner
“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?"- Tao Te Ching IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed to and may contain privileged and confidential information. You, the recipient, are obligated to maintain it safely, securely, and confidentially. Unauthorized re-disclosure or failure to maintain confidentiality may subject you to federal and state penalties. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify me by return email and delete this message from your computer.

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Packet Pg. 755 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) City of Santa Monica
Boards and Commissions Applicants
Public Safety Reform and Oversight
Commission
Name Application Date
Bannister, Xavier H.

Duncan, Jeffrey P.

Graber, Stuart B.
07/19/2024
06/18/2024
06/17/2024
Kennedy, James G. * 06/18/2024
Muntaner, Zoë 05/14/2024
Singer, Donald I.

Winnemore, Paul Lee †
05/28/2024
01/20/2025
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 7
*Currently serves on the Clean
Beaches & Ocean Parcel Tax Citizens
Oversight Committee
†Currently serves as a non-voting exofficio of the Public Safety Reform and Oversight Commission
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Packet Pg. 756 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Public records Request 1/28/25, 8:39 AM
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=a…msgid=msg-f:1822453165799717778&simpl=msg-f:1822453165799717778 Page 1 of 2 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
Public records Request
Rebecca Adams <[email protected]> Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM To: Zoe <[email protected]>
Good afternoon,
Attached are the response letter, business license application, and business license information for Santa Monica Beach CoLiving.

We have located responsive emails to produce for this request. However, due to these emails containing complainant information, we require proof of identity to provide the unredacted emails. Please provide a copy of your driver’s license or a similar form of identification. Once received, we will provide the nonexempt responsive email communications. Thank you for your cooperation regarding this matter.

Thank you,
Rebecca Adams
Public Records Coordinator
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
1685 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
[email protected]
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is a confidential attorney client communication and attorney work product. This message is intended only for the use of the individual(s) it is addressed to above. Please do not forward or produce pursuant to a Public Records Act request. The information in this message may be protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (310-458-8336) and delete the original message. Thank you.

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Packet Pg. 758 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Appointment of Dr. Luis Barrera Castañon 2/10/25, 4:09 PM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=…gid=msg-a:r3596216136723964863&simpl=msg-a:r3596216136723964863 Page 1 of 1 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
Appointment of Dr. Luis Barrera Castañon
Zoe <[email protected]> Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Margaret,
I assume that after all your years of service and political involvement you are familiar with the California Election Code and the constitutional rights of candidates and voters alike. At the Santa Monica Democratic Club meeting you spoke as an official member of the SMC Board of Trustees telling the room that the college does not want to hold a special election because of the $16 million dollars deficit of the school and the cost of a quarter million dollars for the election.

I have copies of the June 13, 2017 ($199,611.72), March 27, 2019( $214,868.53), 4/16/2021 ($240,384.33), 4/26/2023 ($278,897.62) invoices. I understand you are concerned about the deficit of the school. We share common ground there, which is the primary reason I decided to run for the SMC Board of Trustee seat left by Dr.

Susann Aminoff after she decided to retire. To my surprise I found irregularities in your and Anastasia Foster nomination papers as I examined them. You are a seasoned politician and you know the rules. I am concerned that your actions are bringing scandal and shame to the integrity of the institution.

The Writ of mandate is alive in the court and the decision might impact the composition of the Board including your seat. Perhaps you want to consider retirement after all these years of service. Your daughter was looking at all my social media posts after your comments on the Lunar New year Meeting of 1/29/2024. I will go ahead and file another Writ of Mandate in the court tomorrow to challenge the illegitimate appointment of Dr. Barrera Castañon. I also noticed that the Board struggled to keep a Student Trustee engaged in service since I was a student at SMC.

Note that I have asked Santa Monica College administration for documents and comment regarding the reason SMC does not want to hold a democratic special election. I have postponed the publishing of the inaugural Newsletter I launched on January 21, 2024 waiting for an official comment from SMC.

Kindly reply with your comment since you were the one who publicly made the comment in a public meeting at the Thelma Terry Room of Virginia Park.

Kindly reply, thank you.

Warmly,
Zoё Muntaner
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Packet Pg. 769 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 City Council Meeting: October 27, 2020 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER  (CCS)
(City Council Series)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS

6.22.020 AND 6.22.100 TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIMARY

RESIDENCE AND PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM RESIDENTIAL

LEASING REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the State is experiencing a severe housing crisis that is driving the cost of living beyond the reach of an increasing share of the population; and WHEREAS, the City has long been committed to ensuring that Santa Monica is an inclusive and affordable community despite mounting market pressures; and WHEREAS, through discussions that occurred as part of the adoption process for the City’s major policy documents, including the Land Use and Circulation Element (“LUCE”) of the City’s General Plan in 2010, the current Housing Element in 2013, the City’s new Zoning Ordinance, Chapters 9.01 through 9.52 of Article 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (“Zoning Ordinance”) in 2015, and the Downtown Community Plan in 2017, and recent amendments to the City’s Affordable Housing Production Program, the City has identified the need for a variety of housing types to serve all household sizes at all income levels; and
WHEREAS, with approximately 75% of its residents in rental housing, the City has maintained a long-standing commitment to protecting tenants and existing rental housing stock, particularly in rent-controlled housing; and









 
 


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Packet Pg. 770 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 2 WHEREAS, within the context of the Statewide housing shortage and associated impacts on housing affordability, the City has an interest in ensuring that its rental housing stock is retained for permanent housing to the greatest extent possible; and WHEREAS, on August 14, 2018, in light of rapidly-intensifying market pressures on local rents, Council directed staff to study what constitutes “corporate housing” and “short-term rentals” for purposes of the Santa Monica Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, on December 18, 2018, the City Council conducted a study session on corporate housing in response to growing concerns about the erosion of the City’s supply of affordable housing due to market pressures, expressing particular concern about adverse impacts of renovation of rent-controlled housing and construction of new housing that appeared intended to facilitate temporary occupancy; and WHEREAS, as a result of the December 18, 2018 study session, Council directed staff to bring back options for protecting rent-controlled units, amending the corporate housing definition, revising the Zoning Ordinance to address new housing models, and enhancing enforcement measures to maximize the use of the City’s housing stock for permanent housing; and
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2019, the City Council conducted a study session on policy options for existing housing stock and new housing models, smaller units, coliving models and transitory-based housing models; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the September 10, 2019 study session, Council directed staff to examine amendments to the Municipal Code to clarify and update regulations for multiple-unit dwellings and related uses, to possibly allow for new housing models and housing for persons who wish to reside in the City temporarily in certain areas 








 
 


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Packet Pg. 771 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 3 in the City, but to prioritize protections for use as permanent housing of rent-controlled units and the City’s existing housing stock in residential districts; and WHEREAS, temporary housing, with lease terms of more than thirty days but less than a year, typically has a higher monthly price point than rental housing subject to annual leases, thereby increasing market pressure on rents; and WHEREAS, increased demand for rental housing in the City, combined with rising housing costs across the City and the State, have made it increasingly difficult for those who live and work in Santa Monica to find rental housing that is available, affordable, and meets their needs; and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance Number 2650 (CCS), adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 6.22: Residential Leasing Requirements (the “residential leasing regulations”), which required, among other things, that: residential housing units may be leased only to natural persons (Section 6.22.040); residential housing units may be leased only to tenants who will use and occupy the units as their primary residence (Section 6.22.050); residential housing units may be leased only if the initial lease term is of no less than one year (Section 6.22.060); and residential housing units may be leased only unfurnished (Section 6.22.070); and WHEREAS, based on public comments prior to the time of adoption, the City Council directed staff to consider public comments and return as quickly as possible with any recommended modifications to the residential leasing regulations as adopted; and WHEREAS, the City is dedicated to ensuring undocumented students have access to rental housing, and desires to ensure proof of primary residence is not unduly burdensome for those students; and









 
 


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Packet Pg. 772 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 4 WHEREAS, exempting from the residential leasing regulations certain leases of (a) owner-occupied single- and multiple-unit dwellings and (b) accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units located on parcels with owner-occupied single-unit dwellings will not adversely impact the availability of permanent rental housing stock and will provide a potential housing option for residents who may temporarily need to vacate their homes due to emergency repairs or remodels; and
WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapters 4.36 and 8.100 provide protections for tenants when: a landlord is required to temporarily recover possession of a rental housing unit in order to comply with housing, health, building, fire, or safety laws of the State of California or the City of Santa Monica; a rental housing unit has been rendered uninhabitable, necessitating the tenant(s) of the housing unit to no longer dwell within that unit; a tenant is required to vacate a rental housing unit upon the order of any government officer or agency because work being performed in the rental housing unit requires a temporary relocation of tenants; or a construction means and method plan demonstrates, as determined by the Building Officer, that the work being performed on the property may require that tenants be temporarily relocated; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.100, a landlord may elect to provide a tenant with temporary rental housing to satisfy the City’s tenant protections during temporary relocation; and
WHEREAS, exempting from the residential leasing regulations leases that provide for temporary relocation housing for tenants who are subject to temporary relocation under Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.100 or 8.100.030 will further the ability of landlords to find temporary rental housing for such tenants within the City. 








 
 


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Packet Pg. 773 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 5 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.22.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6.22.020 Definitions.

For purposes of this Chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Landlord” means an owner, lessor, sublessor, or any other person entitled to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any rental housing unit, or an agent, representative or successor of any of the foregoing.
(b) “Lease” means an agreement, oral or written or implied, between a landlord and a tenant for use or occupancy of a rental housing unit, or any portion of a rental housing unit, and for housing services.
(c) “Primary Residence” means the usual place of return for housing of an owner or tenant, as documented by at least two of the following: motor vehicle registration; driver’s license or California state identification card; voter registration; income tax return; proof of payment of resident tuition to a California public institution of higher education, including proof of payment in accordance with an exemption to payment of nonresident tuition under California Assembly Bill 540, the California DREAM Act; or a utility bill. An owner or tenant can only have one primary residence.









 
 


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Packet Pg. 774 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 6 (d) “Rental housing unit” means any of the following that is used as rental housing within the City:
(i) A dwelling unit, as defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.52.020.0730, except that a dwelling unit for purposes of this Chapter may be less than 375 square feet in size;
(ii) An accessory dwelling unit, as defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code 9.51.020(A)(1)(b);
(iii) A junior accessory dwelling unit, as defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020(A)(1)(f); or
(iv) A unit in single-room occupancy housing, as defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020(A)(1)(d)(i).
(e) “Sublease” means a lease by a tenant to a subtenant transferring the right to possession to some or all of a rental unit for a term shorter than that of the tenant. (f) “Tenant” means a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee or any other person entitled under the terms of a lease to use or occupancy of any rental housing unit. (g) “Unfurnished rental housing unit” means a rental housing unit that is delivered by the landlord to the tenant without any furnishings, computer equipment, housewares, bed linens, towels, artwork, televisions, entertainment systems, or appliances except for a stove, a refrigerator, a microwave, a dishwasher, a clothes washing machine and/or a clothes dryer.









 
 


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Packet Pg. 775 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 7 SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.22.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

6.22.100 Applicability
(a) This chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Rental housing units lawfully occupied and subject to a written lease as of the effective date of this Ordinance until the tenant or tenants using and occupying the rental housing unit vacate the unit;
(2) Rental housing units lawfully occupied and not subject to a written lease as of the effective date of this Ordinance until the tenant or tenants using and occupying the rental housing unit vacate the unit;
(3) Home-sharing lawfully conducted in accordance with Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 6.20;
(4) Leases that provide for temporary relocation housing for tenants who are subject to temporary relocation under Santa Monica Municipal Code Sections

4.36.100 or 8.100.030;
(5) Leases of rental housing units that are single-unit dwellings or dwelling units in multiple-unit dwellings if all of the following apply:
(i) At the time of the lease, the rental housing unit is occupied by the owner as the owner’s primary residence;
(ii) Within the prior ten years, a tenant did not leave the rental unit as the result of an owner-move-in eviction, an Ellis Act eviction, or the buyout of a rental agreement after the prior tenant was provided with notice of an intent to exercise an owner-move-in eviction or an Ellis Act eviction; 








 
 


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(iv) The rental housing unit is rented out no more than two times per calendar year for a total period of less than six months; and (6) Leases of rental housing units that are ADUs or JADUs for which plans have been submitted for plan check by no later than December 31, 2020, if all the following apply:
(i) The rental housing unit is located on a parcel improved with a single-unit dwelling occupied by the owner as the owner’s primary residence;
(ii) The rental housing unit is rented for a period of more than thirty days and less than one year; and
(iii) The owner of the single-unit dwelling lives on site through the duration of the lease.
(b) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Chapter and any laws, regulations, requirements governing rental housing units described in paragraphs (1) and (2) below, those laws, regulations or requirements shall prevail. (1) Rental housing units owned or operated by any government agency or whose rent is subsidized by any government agency, including but not limited to subsidies under the federal government’s Housing Choice Voucher program (Section 8); and









 
 


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Packet Pg. 777 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 9 (2) Rental housing units subject to a covenant or agreement, such as an inclusionary housing agreement or an affordable housing agreement, with a government agency, including the City, the State of California, or the federal government, restricting the rental rate that may be charged for that unit.

SECTION 3. Any provision of the Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days from its adoption.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________
GEORGE S. CARDONA
Interim City Attorney









 
 


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Packet Pg. 778 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Approved and adopted this 27th day of October, 2020.
_____________________________
Kevin McKeown, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.

City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 265 (CCS) had its introduction on October 13, 2020 and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on October 27, 2020, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Davis, Himmelrich, McCowan, Winterer, Jara, Mayor Pro Tem O’Day, Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
_____________________________________ _________________ Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 265 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to California Government Code Section 40806.









 
 





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CHAPTER 6.22, RESIDENTIAL LEASING

REQUIREMENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
January 29, 2021
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City of Santa Monica
Residential Leasing Administrative Regulations
Section 1 Introduction
On October 8, 2020, Santa Monica Municipal Code (“SMMC”) Chapter 6.22, Residential Leasing Requirements, became effective. SMMC Section 6.22.130 authorizes the City Manager or designee to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of Chapter 6.22, including, but not limited to, noticing procedures and requirements. The City Manager has designated the Director of the Community Development Department to promulgate the regulations authorized by this section.

Section 2 Required Notice
SMMC Section 6.22.080 requires landlords of all rental housing units subject to Chapter

6.22 to provide all prospective tenants with a written notice summarizing the requirements of SMMC Sections 6.22.060 and 6.22.070. This Section specifies the form and manner of providing notice.

2.1 Form of Notice.

The notice shall be in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A.

2.2 English and Spanish Notice Required
As required by SMMC Section 6.22.080, the notice shall be provided in both English and Spanish.

2.3 Form of Service
The notice required by SMMC Section 6.22.080 must be provided to a prospective tenant both: (a) at the time the tenant is provided by the landlord with any application to rent the rental housing unit; and (b) at the time the tenant is provided by the landlord with a lease for signature. As required by SMMC Section 6.22.080: (a) if the application is processed electronically, the notice shall be provided electronically along with the application; and (b) if the lease is processed electronically, the notice shall be provided electronically along with the lease at the time signature is requested.

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Section 3 Applicability
SMMC Section 6.22.100 sets forth the applicability of the residential leasing regulations. This Section further clarifies applicability of Chapter 6.22 to certain residential uses in the City.

3.1 Chapter 6.22 shall not apply to the following residential uses:
a. Single-room occupancy housing, as that term is defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020(A)(1)(d)(ii).
b. Lawful nonconforming single-room occupancy housing, market rate, as that term is defined by SMMC 9.51.020(A)(1)(d)(iii); c. Single-room occupancy housing, market rate, as that term is defined by SMMC 9.51.020(A)(1)(d)(iii), that has received all necessary planning approvals prior to the effective date of Chapter 6.22 in accordance with a settlement agreement entered into between the landlord and the City; or
d. Lawful nonconforming corporate housing, as that term is defined by SMMC Section 9.51.020(A)(2).

3.2 For residential housing units that (a) are subject to a settlement agreement entered into between the landlord and the City prior to the effective date of Chapter 6.22 and (b) are not exempt under Section 3.1(c) of these Regulations, SMMC Section

6.22.070 shall not apply if the settlement agreement expressly authorizes its rental as a furnished unit.

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Exhibit A:

Form -- Notice of Residential
Leasing Requirements

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Notice
City of Santa Monica
Residential Leasing Requirements
Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 6.22, Residential Leasing Requirements, imposes requirements on the leasing of rental housing units. The rental housing unit that you, as a prospective tenant, are considering leasing is subject to these requirements, which are set out below.

Residential Leasing Requirements

1. The lease must be in writing and the initial lease term must be no less than one year.

2. The unit must be leased unfurnished.

3. You must use and occupy the rental housing unit as your primary residence.

No later than 60 days after the commencement of the lease, you must provide to the landlord at least two of the following showing your name and showing the rental housing unit as your residential address:
a. California motor vehicle registration;
b. California driver’s license;
c. California state identification card;
d. Voter registration;
e. Income tax return;
f. Proof of payment of resident tuition to a California public institution of higher education, including proof of payment in accordance with an exemption to payment of
nonresident tuition under California Assembly Bill 540, the California DREAM Act
g. Utility bill (e.g., gas, water/sewer, electric, cable) This notice must be provided to you, as a prospective tenant, as follows: In both English and Spanish, both (a) when the landlord provides you with any rental application; and (b) when the landlord provides you with any written lease to be signed. If you are provided with an application or lease electronically, this notice must also be provided electronically.

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Notificación
Ciudad de Santa Mónica
Requisitos de Arrendamiento Residencial
El Capítulo 6.22 del Código Municipal de Santa Mónica, Requisitos de Arrendamiento Residencial, impone requisitos sobre el arrendamiento de unidades de vivienda de alquiler. La unidad de vivienda de alquiler que usted, como posible inquilino, está considerando alquilar está sujeta a estos requisitos, que se establecen a continuación.

Requisitos de arrendamiento residencial

1. El contrato de arrendamiento debe ser por escrito y el plazo de arrendamiento inicial no debe ser menos de un año.

2. Se debe alquilar la unidad sin muebles.

3. Debe usar y ocupar la unidad de vivienda de alquiler como su residencia principal.

A más tardar 60 días después del comienzo del contrato de arrendamiento, debe proporcionar al arrendador al menos dos de los siguientes que muestran su nombre y la unidad de vivienda de alquiler como su dirección residencial:
a. Registro de vehículos de motor de California;
b. Licencia de conducir de California;
c. Tarjeta de identificación del estado de California;
d. Registro de votantes;
e. Declaración del impuesto sobre ingresos;
f. Prueba del pago de la matrícula de residente a una institución pública de educación superior de California, incluyendo prueba de pago de acuerdo con una exención para el pago de la
matrícula no residente bajo el Proyecto de Ley 540 de la Asamblea de California, la Ley DREAM Act de California
g. Factura de servicios públicos (por ejemplo, gas, agua / alcantarillado, electricidad, cable)
Se le debe proporcionar esta notificación a usted, como posible inquilino, de la siguiente manera: En inglés y español, ambos (a) cuando el arrendador le proporcione cualquier solicitud de alquiler; y (b) cuando el Item 12-A
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arrendador le proporcione un contrato de arrendamiento por escrito para que lo firme. Si se le proporciona una solicitud o un contrato de arrendamiento de forma electrónica, también se debe proporcionar la notificación de forma electrónica.

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https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=a…gid=msg-a:r3300216841376327182&simpl=msg-a:r3300216841376327182 Page 1 of 1 Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
DUTY
Zoe <[email protected]> Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], David White <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Sir,
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from 12:30pm – 1:30 pm. PST I attended a LA Law Library MCLE class, “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Civility in the Practice of Law”. It was hosted by two prominent Judges of the LA Superior Court-- Judge Mark Juahas and Judge Robert Broadbelt. See attachment. “We conclude by reminding members of the Bar that their responsibilities as officers of the court include professional courtesy to the court and to opposing counsel. All too often today we see signs that the practice of law is becoming more like a business and less like a profession. We decry any such change, but the profession itself must chart its own course. The legal profession has already suffered a loss of stature and of public respect.... Lawyers and judges should work to improve and enhance the rule of law, not allow a return to the law of the jungle.” (Lossing v. Superior Court (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 635, 641.) It seems to me there is a crisis in your department that is escalating at wildfire pace. Would you like to discuss this in person? Perhaps you can explain better how the law works in Santa Monica. You might want to consider having your staff take this online course as soon as possible to avoid scandal and exposure to litigation.

Kindly reply, thank you.

Zoё Muntaner
“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?"- Tao Te Ching IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed to and may contain privileged and confidential information. You, the recipient, are obligated to maintain it safely, securely, and confidentially. Unauthorized re-disclosure or failure to maintain confidentiality may subject you to federal and state penalties. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify me by return email and delete this message from your computer.

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A lot going on at the moment, including endorsements for ADEM and SMC Hey Zoë,
We hope this message finds you safe despite the challenges over the last several days that have deeply rocked our entire community. The Palisades Fire, and indeed all of the fires around LA County, have affected so many of our friends and neighbors. We are grateful for the firefighters, first responders, government officials, and elected leaders who have all kept us safe over these past harrowing days.

We strongly recommend signing up for Councilmember Dan Hall's newsletter for the latest news updates and links to available resources.

Los Angeles is a resilient community, and together we will support our neighbors to rebuild.

If you need help accessing any government service or support system as a result of the wildfires, please reply to this email, and we will do all that we can to connect you to the right place.

Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
Jan 29: Our First Meeting of the Year
Santa Monica Democratic Club <[email protected]> Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM Reply-To: [email protected]
To: Zoë Muntaner <[email protected]>
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Monica College.

Time slots are available every day for the next week:
https://signupgenius.com/go/10C084AA8AA2AA1F5C70-54348420-smcdisaster#/ January 29: First Meeting of the Year
On January 29, we will host our first membership meeting of the year, and we have a lot of Club business to get to.

RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/H3kayqTJ39AkhV4Q9
- We will say farewell to our outgoing electeds - Councilmember Gleam Davis and SMC Trustee Susan Aminoff.
- We will hear from some of our local elected officials about the latest news regarding the Palisades Fire as well as hear their first-hand perspectives of the crisis.
- We will hear from candidates seeking appointment to the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees for the seat vacated by Councilmember Barry Snell, and we will consider an endorsement for this position. - We will hear from candidates running for delegate to the California Democratic Party in the biannual ADEM election, and we will consider endorsing in the race.

If you are a registered Democrat who lives in AD51
(Rick Zbur's district), please sign up here ASAP to receive your electronic ballot for the ADEM election.

SMDC January Membership Meeting
January 29, 2025 - doors 6:30pm, program start 7:00pm
Location: Thelma Terry Center @ Virginia Avenue Park OR online via Zoom
RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/H3kayqTJ39AkhV4Q9
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Packet Pg. 789 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Gmail - Jan 29: Our First Meeting of the Year 2/10/25, 11:20 AM https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=3b31a130d8&view=pt&search=a…msgid=msg-f:1821525424201156165&simpl=msg-f:1821525424201156165 Page 3 of 7 Ad Hoc Committee on Community Action
The Santa Monica Democratic Club has formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Community Action. Originally formed late last year to address our community's needs during the incoming Trump administration, our mission has expanded to supporting our community in the wake of the devastating fires.

If you'd like to participate in this effort, please contact Isabel Storey at [email protected].

Other committee members are Lynn Cervini, Dolly Sloan and Sam Cozolino.

We'd like to highlight two events coming up:
1) Santa Monica Community College Disaster Support / Volunteer Opportunity
SMC Foundation is giving away food, clothing and hygiene products to members of the Los Angeles community in need. People impacted by the fires can visit during the following hours to pick up items that were donated:

When:

Wednesday, January 22nd, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, January 23rd, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday, January 24th, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Where:

Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica
Building: Corsair Gym - Pavilion (see map)
Parking: Metered parking available. Limited parking available in Lot #3 (enter from Pico at 17th Street Signal)
For a list of items available see here (scroll down page).

Donations are NO LONGER being collected.

Volunteers are needed to sort and process from today through next Tuesday.

Volunteers are needed to help distribute from next Wednesday through next Friday.

Volunteers aged 12 and above must be accompanied by an adult guardian.

Sign up here.

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In coordination with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, our own Senator Ben Allen has lined up free and confidential insurance workshops in Santa Monica for Saturday and Sunday, January 18-19, to address pending insurance-related questions.

When:

Saturday, January 18 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday, January 19 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Where:

Santa Monica College, Performing Arts Center East Wing
1310 11th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Please call (800) 927-4357 to schedule your appointment.

If you have any questions about this or any state-related matter, Senator Allen advises not to hesitate to call his district office at (310) 414-8190 or his Capitol office (916) 651-4024.

You can also find his latest newsletter for available fire-related resources.

Renew For 2025
It's officially time to sign up for your 2025 SMDC Membership. If you sign up today, you will be a member in good standing all the way through December 31, 2025. If you are a first time member, you will be eligible to vote on all club business in 30 days.

Becoming a member is the only way to have a say in the Club's decisions in 2025.

If you plan to mail a check with your membership dues, please include your Occupation and Employer. We need this information for reporting purposes.

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https://santamonicademocrats.com/join-our-club/
SMDC Upcoming Events
January 29 6:30pm
January 2025 Membership Meeting
Former Councilmember Gleam Davis and former SMC Trustee Susan Aminoff Wildfires discussion
Endorsements for SMC Appointment and ADEM Election
February 26 6:30pm
February 2025 Membership Meeting
Mayor Lana Negrete and Board of Equalization Member (and Treasurer Candidate) Tony Vazquez
March 26 6:30pm
March 2025 Membership Meeting
Sausalito Mayor (and Lieutenant Governor Candidate) Janelle Kellman and more guests TBA
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Interested in joining the Diversity & Inclusion Committee? Legislative Committee? Fundraising Committee? Outreach Committee? Programs Committee? Bylaws Committee?
We have lots of committees!
Reply to this email and let us know how you want to get involved SMDC TV - Our YouTube Channel
Catch up on all the great content on our YouTube channel now! Below are links to most of our recent meetings in case you missed them.

Binge-watch all of our 2024 meetings now via this playlist containing all of our meetings this year in chronological order.

November 2024 Membership Meeting
Post-Election Review
https://youtu.be/D0WjTLV4J-E
August 2024 Membership Meeting
State and Local Ballot Measures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mW3dsvoNiE
July 2024 Membership Meeting
Project 2025 & Reproductive Rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAYun71Hr0
June 2024 Membership Meeting
City Council Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsuS86fDQtE
May 2024 Membership Meeting
Rent Control Board, School Board, College Board Debates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZotct8sAf4
April 2024 Membership Meeting
Senator Ben Allen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xR_OA60XEg
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Reparations Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDe_8qyxCZU
February 2024 Membership Meeting
Mobility & Board Election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPjP9nh8t8
January 2024 Membership Meeting
2024 Primary Endorsements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RVbcItc68Y
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CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
(FOR DAMAGES TO PERSONS OR PERSONAL PROPERTY)
Received by _______ via
U.S. Mail
Inter-Office Mail
Over the Counter CLERK’S TIME STAMP
Claims for death, injury to person or to personal property must be filed within six months after the occurrence. Claims for damages to real property must be filed within one year after the occurrence (Government Code Section 911.2). Be sure your claim is against The City of Santa Monica and not another public or private entity. Where space is insufficient, please use additional paper and identify your response for the specific numbered question. Completed claims must be mailed or delivered to: The City Clerk, City of Santa Monica, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. (NO FAX) Disability related assistance and alternative formats are available upon request. Call (310) 458-8374.

To: The City of Santa Monica, California

1. NAME OF CLAIMANT: OCCUPATION:
a. ADDRESS OF CLAIMANT:
b. CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE:
c. PHONE NO.:(_____) d. DATE OF BIRTH:
e. DRIVER'S LIC. NO.: f. DRIVER’S STATE:

2. Name, address and telephone number to which claimant desires correspondence to be sent if OTHER than above:

3. Occurrence or event from which the claim arises: a. DATE: b. TIME:
c. PLACE (exact and specific location):

4. For claims against Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus lines ONLY:
a. Where boarded the bus?
b. Where did the damage or injury occur? Give location of streets and city:
c. Bus No.: Line No.: Bus Operator’s Badge #:
d. Were you a passenger on Big Blue Bus? Other vehicle? Driver of other vehicle? Pedestrian? Owner of other vehicle or property?

5. How and under what circumstances did the damage or injury occur? Specify the particular occurrence, event, act or omission by the City of Santa Monica and/or its employee(s) you claim caused the injury or damage. (use additional paper if necessary):

RM /JL/ 04/09

CLERK'S TIME STAMP CLERK'S TIME
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Packet Pg. 796 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 David Yakobson
From: Zoe <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:36 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Re: Big Blue Bus Violations Continue

EXTERNAL
I want to bring it to the E, G, 12, 13 Items.

Thank you.

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM councilmtgitems <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Zoe,
Regarding the email below, was this tied to any specific item on the agenda, or did you wish to keep it under general public comment?
David Yakobson
Staff Assistant III
(310) 458-8211 x2066
santamonica.gov
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From: Zoe <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 10:26 PM
To: Anuj Gupta <[email protected]>
Cc: councilmtgitems <[email protected]>; Lana Negrete <[email protected]>; Douglas Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 797 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 2 Sloan <[email protected]>; Josh Kurpies <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Ramon Batista <[email protected]>; David Gardinier <[email protected]>; Darrick Jacob <[email protected]>; Edgar Sernas <[email protected]>; Caroline Torosis <[email protected]>; Jesse Zwick <[email protected]>; Ellis Raskin <[email protected]>; Natalya Zernitskaya <[email protected]>; Barry Snell <[email protected]>; Dan Hall <[email protected]>; Clerk Mailbox <[email protected]>
Subject: Big Blue Bus Violations Continue

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Hi Anuj,
On January 22, 2025 on my way to Church in Line #2 Bus 1311,Driver 21524. The driver was so rude an unprofessional that I left the bus leaving behind an important item On my way to Mass at St.

Monica Catholic Community at 12:10. It was so triggered and traumatized that left behind something in the bus of value. A little bad with thank you cards for my Mother's Memorial mass, and a crystal water bottle from Beyond H2O.

Last Saturday February 8, 2024 at 12:34 Pm, Driver 19765 Line #1 Bus1818 on my way to the Apple Store for a photography class at the 3rd Street Promenade.

I need you to review the incidents.

Kindly reply,

Zoё Muntaner
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Packet Pg. 799 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 David Yakobson
From: girltunes <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 11:14 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: Fwd: NE Neighbors: Comment to Council on Agenda Item 12.A.g - DO NOT remove a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g - options the City may pursue on the Airport land

EXTERNAL
To: Santa Monica City Council
Re: Agenda Item 12.A.g
I stand with Northeast Neighbors and implore new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Sincerely,
Ferris Gluck
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Subject: NE Neighbors: Comment to Council on Agenda Item 12.A.g - DO NOT remove a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g - options the City may pursue on the Airport land To: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
Subject: Agenda Item 12.A.g - DO NOT remove a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g - options the City may pursue on the Airport land
To: <[email protected]>, Lana Negrete <[email protected]>, Jesse Zwick <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Dan Hall <[email protected]>, Ellis Raskin <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Douglas Sloan <[email protected]>
To: Santa Monica City Council
From: Northeast Neighbors
Re: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g At the City Council Candidates Forum held by the neighborhood groups last Sept. 8, the four newly elected Councilmembers promised the community to support returning the Santa Monica Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 800 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 2 Airport land to a Great Park. (Below is a photograph of the Lightning Round portion of the Forum. Green paddles indicated a Yes response.)
We have observed and commented on the fact that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item 12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

We ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Below for your reference is a link to a video recording of the Sept. 8, 2024 Neighborhood Council Candidates Forum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAVle1qzUT0
Community members will find the Agenda for Feb. 11, 2025 City Council meeting Agenda at this link:
https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1429 Tricia Crane & the Board of Northeast Neighbors
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Packet Pg. 801 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 David Yakobson
From: Brodsky, Michael <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 11:25 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall
Subject: Agenda Item 12.A.g

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council Members,
It appears that at the last minute the Staff removed any reference to a Great Park from the Safety Element of the General Plan.

This is a serious omission that needs to be restored before Council can approve this document as it is NOT consistent with the published and adopted goals of the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Process.

The City website for the Airport Conversion Process clearly states:
"The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project is a once-in-a-lifetime planning effort for Santa Monica to create a preferred scenario centered on a great park, consistent with Measure LC. “ Parks played a critical role that parks planed during the recent Palisades fires where TENS OF THOUSANDS of people sought shelter at Westwood Park and Stoner Park Evacuation Centers.

Park are critical infrastructure.

Please address this omission to the Safety Element of the General Plan.

Sincerely
Michael Brodsky
Santa Monica
Parks play a crucial role in disaster preparedness:

1. Emergency Shelters
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Packet Pg. 802 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 2  Temporary Shelters: Parks can serve as temporary shelters for people displaced by disasters, like earthquakes, floods, or hurricanes. Open spaces in parks can accommodate tents, emergency structures, or even outdoor seating for displaced individuals.  Community Gathering Areas: In the aftermath of a disaster, parks can act as assembly points where people can gather to receive aid or be informed about ongoing relief efforts.

2. Natural Buffers
 Flood Mitigation: Parks, particularly those with wetlands, forests, or grasslands, help reduce the impact of floods by absorbing rainwater and slowing down runoff. These green spaces can act as natural buffers against flooding.
 Urban Heat Island Mitigation: In cities, parks with trees and vegetation help cool the area, which can be critical during heatwaves or other climate-related disasters.

3. Disaster Recovery Spaces
 Mental Health Support: After a disaster, parks provide an area for people to gather, reflect, and reconnect with nature, which can aid in emotional recovery. Having green spaces to restore a sense of normalcy can be vital for the mental health of survivors.  Community Resilience: Parks can become central hubs in the recovery phase, where community meetings, events, or support services are offered.

4. Environmental Education and Preparedness
 Training Locations: Parks can serve as venues for community disaster preparedness drills and educational programs. Local governments and organizations can use these spaces to train citizens in emergency response procedures, like first aid, search and rescue, or fire safety.  Awareness Campaigns: Parks can host information booths and events to raise awareness about disaster preparedness and encourage sustainable practices, such as creating personal emergency kits and building disaster-resistant homes.

5. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
 Support for Resilience: Healthy ecosystems in parks, like wetlands and forests, help maintain biodiversity and provide critical ecosystem services (e.g., clean air, water filtration) that contribute to a community’s long-term resilience in the face of natural disasters.  Reforestation and Rebuilding: Parks can serve as sites for tree planting and other resiliencebuilding activities that help communities adapt to disasters like wildfires and drought.

During COVID Our Santa Monica Parks served TENS OF THOUSANDS Santa Monica Residents as critical and essential infrastructure.

Our parks and were critical to the health and well being of our community during that time.

Our parks were filled to capacity.

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Packet Pg. 803 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 3 COVID Emergency Food distribution - 12 Acre Airport Park Expansion COVID Testing & Vaccinations
PPE Distribution
Emergency Food Pantry
Red Cross Blood Drives
UCLA Health Screenings
Community-based Kitchens
Community Counseling
Emergency WiFi
Childcare Programs
Social distancing for Outdoor Exercise
Safe outdoor spaces for public gatherings, religious services, classes, birthdays, weddings, memorial services.

Our Santa Monica parks serve essential social services to our community in times of emergency. ##
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Packet Pg. 804 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 4 David Yakobson
From: Karen Melick <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 10:44 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall
Subject: Feb 11 City Council Meeting Agenda Item 12.a.g

EXTERNAL
Hello,
I am writing against accepting all the changes to the Draft Safety Element Revisions Page 2-52 through 2-53. It's very concerning that the references to "parks and open space", "a great park", "and focuses the project on a great park", are being eliminated. These references should not be eliminated as the land was purchased by a bond approved by the city voters to be a great park and the citizens have voted for it to be returned to a park when the airport closes.

It seems to me to be a not so veiled way to either keep the airport open or use the land for non park, recreation and cultural uses. This is not what the residents of Santa Monica want. Even the people supporting affordable housing on the airport land at the last City Council meeting supported the non affordable housing areas to be a park.

All of the new city council members said in the City candidates forum that you supported returning the airport land to a Great Park. Eliminating the references to a park in this revision is not supporting returning the airport land to a great park.

Please do not accept the proposed revisions eliminating the references to park space for the Draft Safety Element Page 2-52 to 2-53.

Thank you.

Karen Melick
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Packet Pg. 805 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 5 David Yakobson
From: Wendy Dembo <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 10:59 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: Re: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g

EXTERNAL
Dear Esteemed Council Members,
I am writing to request two simple revisions to the Safety Element.

1. ADD THE POPULATION OF THE CITY - BOTH DAY AND NIGHT - TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT, AND UPDATE THE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. How can you approve a safety element with no population? Does this plan work for five people, or 90,000 people (current resident population), or 150,000 people (resident population if we build our mandated units by 2028), or 250,000 people (our daytime population)? And since this plan is supposed to govern at least this housing cycle, but last 8 years, how many more people should it support?
For example, the safety element lists the same evacuation routes it always has. How many people can get out via those routes per hour? Are those routes sufficient if we build all we should? If an earthquake hits, are we ensuring we can help our full population? This plan is very superficial and cannot possibly serve as any meaningful safety support without including the basic assumption of how many people it's meant to keep safe.

2. ADD REFERENCES TO THE GREAT PARK BACK TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT.

At the City Council Candidates Forum held by the neighborhood groups last Sept. 8, the four newly elected Councilmembers promised the community to support returning the Santa Monica Airport land to a Great Park.

However, we have observed the fact that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item

12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

We ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Regards,
Wendy Dembo
Santa Monica (Wilmont) Resident and Voter
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Packet Pg. 806 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 6 David Yakobson
From: Nikki Kolhoff <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 10:42 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g Safety Element

EXTERNAL
To: Santa Monica City Council
Re: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g I am writing to request two very basic revisions to the Safety Element.

1. ADD THE POPULATION OF THE CITY - BOTH DAY AND NIGHT - TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT, AND UPDATE THE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. How can you approve a safety element with no population? Does this plan work for five people, or 90,000 people (current resident population), or 150,000 people (resident population if we build our mandated units by 2028), or 250,000 people (our daytime population)? And since this plan is supposed to govern at least this housing cycle, but last 8 years, how many more people should it support?
For example, the safety element lists the same evacuation routes it always has. How many people can get out via those routes per hour? Are those routes sufficient if we build all we should? If an earthquake hits, are we ensuring we can help our full population? This plan is very superficial and cannot possibly serve as any meaningful safety support without including the basic assumption of how many people it's meant to keep safe.

2. ADD REFERENCES TO THE GREAT PARK BACK TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT.

At the City Council Candidates Forum held by the neighborhood groups last Sept. 8, the four newly elected Councilmembers promised the community to support returning the Santa Monica Airport land to a Great Park.

However, we have observed the fact that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item

12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

We ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Regards,
Nikki Kolhoff
Santa Monica (Sunset Park) Resident and Voter
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Packet Pg. 807 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 7 David Yakobson
From: Wendy Dembo <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 10:08 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: Re: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g

EXTERNAL
Dear Esteemed City Council Members,
I was at the City Council Candidates Forum held by the neighborhood groups last Sept. 8, the four newly elected Councilmembers promised the community to support returning the Santa Monica Airport land to a Great Park.

However, it was observed the fact that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item

12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

I ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g. I don't like people, without a moral compass who will lie for political gain.

Wendy Dembo
Santa Monica Voter and person, who enjoys parks.

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Packet Pg. 808 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 8 David Yakobson
From: Dannie Charney <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 5:36 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: Agenda Item 12.a.g- DO NOT remove a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g-options the City may persue on the Airport land

EXTERNAL
I have observed that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item 12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

I ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Barry, Dan, Ellis and Natalya..you promised -
keep your work please. We didn't vote for "more housing" - they elected you on the lie that rent control was at risk. Don't twist it.

Be "stand up people" - keep your word. It' really all you have.

Danielle Charney
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Packet Pg. 809 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 Edgar Sernas
From: Kevin McKeown <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 1:06 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Comment on item 12-A, "Safety Element"

EXTERNAL
Recent events have demonstrated that government databases are susceptible to commandeering for political purposes by entities who may argue they have the authority to access such information. I therefore encourage you to strengthen further Santa Monica Safety Element Action item 6.2.11:
> • Action 6.2.11 Cybersecurity: Enhance protection of the City’s critical digital assets from cyberattacks > through measures such as active trainings for City staff and officials, regular vulnerability testing, > and cyber attack response plan.

Our City has, in good faith and in the interests of public safety, accumulated visual and other data that document, for instance, local travel and other non-criminal behavior by residents and visitors. This information should be protected from all parties who might use the information for purposes not intended when we authorized collection.

Kevin McKeown
Retired former Mayor
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Packet Pg. 811 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 1 Edgar Sernas
From: Tricia Crane <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 4:53 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Douglas Sloan
Subject: Agenda Item 12.A.g - DO NOT remove a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g - options the City may pursue on the Airport land

EXTERNAL
To: Santa Monica City Council
From: Northeast Neighbors
Re: City Council meeting of Feb. 11, 2025 - Agenda Item 12.A.g At the City Council Candidates Forum held by the neighborhood groups last Sept. 8, the four newly elected Councilmembers promised the community to support returning the Santa Monica Airport land to a Great Park. (Below is a photograph of the Lightning Round portion of the Forum. Green paddles indicated a Yes response.)
We have observed and commented on the fact that all references to a Great Park have been deleted from the proposal the Council will be asked to vote on at this Tuesday's Public Hearing on the City's General Plan. (Agenda Item 12.A.g - Draft Safety Element – Additional Revisions).

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Packet Pg. 812 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) 2 We ask the new Councilmembers to keep their promise to the voters and NOT allow the removal of a Great Park from Agenda Item 12.A.g.

Below for your reference is a link to a video recording of the Sept. 8, 2024 Neighborhood Council Candidates Forum.

Tricia Crane & the Board of Northeast Neighbors
https://www.neneighbors.org/#:~:text=Sept.%208%2C%202024%20City%20Council%20Candidate%20 Forum%0Ahttps%3A//youtu.be/IAVle1qzUT0%3Ffeature%3Dshared Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 813 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 2] (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) City Council
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Packet Pg. 814 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Agenda

1. Background

2. Overview of the Draft Safety Element

3. Recommendations
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Packet Pg. 816 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) General Plan
Housing Element LUCE Historic Preservation Conservation Safety Open Space Noise
What is the Safety Element?
Safety Element is a Mandatory Element of General Plan
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Packet Pg. 817 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Why Update the Safety Element?
State requirements
• SB 379 – address climate change
• SB 1035 – update Safety Element upon adoption of Housing Element • AB 747 – identify evacuation routes
• SB99 – identify residential developments in hazard areas with single egress • AB 2684 – address extreme heat in Safety Element on or after January 1, 2028 Ensure that the City establishes the framework for a safer and more resilient community.
1995 Safety Element
outdated
• Santa Monica Fault maps
(2018)
• FEMA Flood maps (2022)
• Climate change effects not
discussed
Integration with Recent City
Plans
• Climate Action & Adaptation Plan
• Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
(update currently in progress)
• Housing Element
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Packet Pg. 818 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Safety
Element
Local
Hazard
Mitigation
Plan
Relationship to LHMP
• Required by State law
• Guidance document with overarching goals and policies • Assesses vulnerability and risks
• May incorporate LHMP
• Update every 8 years
• Not an emergency operations plan
• Required to qualify for funding from FEMA
• Assesses vulnerability and risks
• Mitigation plan to reduce risks
• Update every 5 years
• Considered more of a “living” document
To ensure that the City will be considered for
additional funding for eligible Public Assistance
projects pursuant to AB 2140, the future updated
LHMP will need to be incorporated and referenced in
the Safety Element
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Packet Pg. 819 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Issues Addressed
Geologic/Soils Seismic Risks Climate Change Wildfires Flooding Natural Environment
Built Environment
Airport-Related Urban Fires Hazardous Materials
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Packet Pg. 821 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Geologic and Seismic Hazards Slope Failures (including Landslides) Soil Collapse Seismic Related Effects Fault Rupture Ground Shaking Liquefaction Item 12-A
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Packet Pg. 822 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Steep Slopes and
Landslides
• Areas most likely susceptible are
Palisades Bluffs slopes flanking I-10
freeway, and hillside residential areas
• Highlighted SE Actions
 Regular monitoring of Bluffs and
stabilization measures such as
slope-geometry modification,
retaining structures, chemical
treatment, etc.
 Update City’s Geotechnical
Guidelines at least every 8 years
 Continue prohibiting infiltration of
runoff near Bluffs and within the
Aquifer Protection Zone
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Packet Pg. 823 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Earthquake Fault Zone
• Santa Monica Fault zone designated in 2018
• More than 20 fault studies prepared since
designation, and none have yet to find evidence
of an active recent fault.
• Presence of near-source faults and more
distant regional faults
• All of City is susceptible to an earthquake, not
just areas within Fault Zone
• 93% chance that an earthquake of 6.7 Mw or
greater will occur in next 30 years
• Highlighted SE Actions :
 Continue Seismic Retrofit Program
 Prioritize seismic retrofits in public
infrastructure and facilities as part of CIP
 Make upgrades to ensure resilient and
seismically safe water facilities
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Packet Pg. 824 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Liquefaction
Zone
• Areas most likely susceptible
are Coastal Area and small
eastern portion of City near
Bergamot
• Highlighted SE Actions:
 Continue to require
geotechnical reports for
new projects as part of
building permit process
 Update City’s
Geotechnical Guidelines
at least every 8 years
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Packet Pg. 825 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Flooding Inland Flooding from storms  Dam Failure  Coastal Flooding  Tsunami Damage from the 1938 flood at Santa Monica Canyon
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Packet Pg. 826 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) FEMA Flood Zones
• Flood Zone is a zone with 1% chance of flood in any given year (100 year flood). These zones have a 26% risk
of flooding over the course of a 30
year mortgage
• Approximately 132 parcels located in this zone along the coastline • FEMA requirements are codified in Chapter 7.68 of the SMMC • Requires purchase of flood insurance • Highlighted SE Actions • Identify priority localized flooding sites, conduct necessary
inspections, and prioritize
maintenance and upgrades to
the City’s stormwater system
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Packet Pg. 827 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Tsunami
Hazard
• Tsunami hazard extends 700 to 1,500 feet inland from coast • Approximately 228 parcels located in this zone
• 3 types of tsunamis (local, regional, and distant)
• Highlighted SE Actions:
 Explore installation of warning sirens at various locations along the beach
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Packet Pg. 828 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Dam Inundation
Areas
• Risk of flooding from Stone
Canyon Reservoir (City of LA)
• Approximately 386 parcels
located in this zone, in the
eastern area of City between
Olympic and Pico Blvds
• If reservoir failed, maximum
depth of 1 to 10 feet depending
on severity of failure
• Highlighted SE Actions:
 Regularly assess Cityowned Riviera Reservoir as
required per State law and
perform maintenance and
upgrades as required to
ensure seismic safety
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Packet Pg. 829 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Fire Hazards
Wildfires  Urban Fires
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Packet Pg. 830 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Wildfires
• CalFire designates zones of
wildfire risks :
 Moderate
 High
 Very High
• City does not contain
Wildfire Hazard Severity
Zones; however,
Palisades area to the
north is designated as
VHFSZ
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Packet Pg. 831 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) How are Fire Zones Determined? • Using scientific based model. • Two key elements: probability and expected fire behavior • Wildland – Factors considered include fire history, flame length, terrain, local weather, and potential fuel over a 50-year period.
• Non-Wildland – Factors considered include terrain, weather, urban vegetation cover, blowing embers, proximity to wildland, fire history, and fire hazard in nearby wildlands.

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Packet Pg. 832 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Wildfires
• As evidenced in recent
Palisades Fire, northern portion
of City is at risk of wildfire
spread due to ember carry
• City-wide smoke and ash
effects
• Recommended Actions  Plan for potential new fire
station in northern portion of
the City
 Educate and encourage
residents living within
proximity of a wildfire zone to
implement safe fire practices
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Packet Pg. 833 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Additional Policies to Consider in Light of Recent Fires  Establish local, mandatory fire safety requirements for the residential areas north of San Vicente, such as fire-resistant building design and materials.
 Educate and encourage residents living within proximity of a wildfire zone to implement safe fire practices, including maintaining a fire-retardant native landscape and keeping combustibles (such as firewood) a safe distance away from all structures.  Declare no burn warnings, leaf blower bans, gas-powered machinery and open flame bans, and other restrictions that may be deemed necessary during Red Flag Fire Weather Warnings.  Institute active vegetation and debris management before and during high wind events  Collaborate with Caltrans on debris and vegetation management for the hillside areas of I-10 and PCH during severe weather events
 Implement parking restrictions in the northern portion of the City, including in areas with singleegress and ingress access, during Red Flag Days  Identify additional water connections for use of reclaimed water for fire fighting purposes  Ensure that City reservoirs are adequately filled prior to high wind events and during high fire conditions
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Packet Pg. 834 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Urban Fires • In 2022, less than 3% SMFD calls were
related to fires
• Fire risks dependent on number of
factors, including building occupancy,
size, age, density, built in fire
protections, etc.
• Highlighted SE Actions:
 Implement regular updates of
Fire Code
 Continue to regularly update
Standards of Cover Study
 Consideration of development
impact fee on new development
to address increase in fire
demand
Urban Fires
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Packet Pg. 835 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Disclosure
Program
Toxic Releases Inventory Hazardous Materials Incident Response Leaking Underground Tanks

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Packet Pg. 836 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Hazardous
Materials • 35 large quantity generators of
hazardous materials
• May be sites in the City with
underlying soil or groundwater
contamination, such as IC district,
Bergamot Area, and Airport land
• Highlighted SE Actions
 Require Phase I environmental
site assessments for new
residential (include as text
amendment to Section 9.31.195 of
ZO) and if contamination is
found, remediate and obtain No
Further Action (e.g., no further
corrective actions) prior to
occupancy
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Packet Pg. 837 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Climate Change
Extreme Heat Drought Extreme Precipitation (Rain) Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding
Source: Climate Central
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Packet Pg. 838 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) • Projected temperature rise of 3 to

6.8°F temperature rise and increase in
# of extreme heat days depending on
emissions scenario
• Due to coastal location, City is less
affected than rest of LA region
• However, many households do not
have AC
• Neighborhood with least amount of
urban tree canopy Is Pico and MidCity
neighborhood; greatest canopy loss in
R1 in northern section of City
• Highlighted SE actions:
 Prepare Extreme Heat Action
Plan, including potential cooling
requirements for new residential
units
Extreme Heat
Baseline 30 Yr Average 30 Yr Range
Modeled Historical 2 days 1 – 3 days
Mid-Century
Medium Emissions +5 days 7 days 4 – 13 days
High Emissions +6 days 8 days 5 – 17 days
End-Century
Medium Emissions +7 days 9 days 6 – 23 days
High Emissions +19 days 21 days 10 – 57 days

Projected Heat Days
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Packet Pg. 839 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) • California in drought between 2012-2022
• Climate change expected to cause
fluctuations in water supply
• Highlighted SE actions:
Regularly update City’s Climate
Action and Adaptation Plan
Implement City’s water self
sufficiency projects and programs
Seismically retrofit water
infrastructure
Assess adequacy of water
infrastructure and water storage
supply to accommodate demands,
including fire flow requirements
Consider emergency water storage
in event of natural disaster
Drought
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Packet Pg. 840 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Extreme
Precipitation
• Annual variability of precipitation is
expected to increase.
• 2022-2023 Region experienced more
than 30 atmospheric rivers
• Frequency of atmospheric river
storm events projected to increase
by 40%.
• Highlighted SE actions
 Identify priority localized
flooding sites, conduct
necessary inspections
 Prioritize maintenance and
upgrades to the City’s
stormwater system to mitigate
problems prior to wet season
and after severe storms
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Packet Pg. 841 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Sea Level Rise • New sea level rise maps per draft
2024 State of California Sea Level Rise
Guidance, released by the California
Ocean Protection Council (OCP)
• By 2050, sea level rise between 0.7
feet to 1.2 feet depending on scenario
• By 2100, sea level rise between 2.9 to

6.4 feet depending on scenario
• SM pier, beach parking lots, and
beach properties would be adversely
affected
• Highlighted SE actions:
 Complete Local Coastal Program
 Work with other local, regional
and state entities and other
organizations on sea level rise
strategies, such as Santa Monica
Dunes Project
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Packet Pg. 842 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Airport Hazards
Aircraft accidents Airport noise Potential contamination from past and current uses
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Packet Pg. 843 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Urban Fires Airport Hazards
• In the 30-year period between 1993 and 2023, a total of 33 accidents were reported for SMO
• SMO implements the Santa Monica Fly Neighborly Program; noise complaints decreased to lowest in 2022
• Potential Soil and Groundwater Contamination due to
former aircraft manufacturing uses and aviation-related uses
• Recent revisions in the Draft Safety Element to reflect January 28, 2025 Council direction for airport conversion project – study three scenarios. Revised language neither precludes nor commits to “a great park” or any other
particular land use– ensures legal compliance with CEQA.

Airport conversion process will continue to involve significant community engagement to determine the preferred
scenario that will be studied pursuant to CEQA
• Highlighted SE Actions  Perform comprehensive environmental site assessments on Airport land and properties to address
contamination
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Packet Pg. 844 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Response
Operations, and Recovery
Office of
Emergency
Management
Santa Monica
Fire Department
Santa Monica
Police
Department
Santa Monica
Public Works
Other relevant
agencies
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Packet Pg. 845 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency information provided by OEM available on
social media, website, and outreach events
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training
free to City residents and employees
• Emergency alert systems include SMAlerts, Alert LA
County, E911 Notifications, Emergency Alert System
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Packet Pg. 846 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Essential
Facilities
• Essential facilities are vital to government response activities and should continue functioning after being
subjected to a disaster (examples:
emergency operations center, fire
station, hospital).
• Section 8.12.040 of the Building Code lists police stations, fire stations, and City Hall as Essential Facilities
• Due to age of City Hall, amendment to SMMC is recommended to replace City Hall with City Hall East as essential
facility
• Other essential facilities include the Public Safety Facility, hospitals, Main library, Animal Shelter, and Harbor
Patrol
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Packet Pg. 847 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Potential Emergency Shelters
• Selection of shelter will be situational -
dependent on the number of people in
need of shelter, location relative to
impact area, and the structural
stability of the facility
• List is not exhaustive and could include
others as may be deemed necessary
• Not all identified facilities would be
open following a disaster
Potential Emergency Non-Congregate Shelters
Memorial Park Gymnasium and Facilities 1401 Olympic Boulevard Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica 1238 Lincoln Blvd
Santa Monica Family YMCA, Gym, Bldg 1 of 2 1332 6th Street Santa Monica Family YMCA, Multipurpose Room, 2 of 2 1332 6th Street World Culture Center Youth Center 606 Wilshire Blvd
World Culture Center 525 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica High School 601 Pico Blvd
Potential Tsunami Evacuation Sites (Temporary Facilities) Roosevelt Elementary School 801 Montana Ave
Washington West Preschool 2728 4th St
Olympic High School 721 Ocean Park Blvd
Santa Monica High School 601 Pico Blvd
Other Emergency Response Sites
Virigina Avenue Park 2200 Virginia Ave
Santa Monica Main Library 601 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica Airport- Interim Space and
Administration Facility
3223 Donald Douglas
South
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Packet Pg. 848 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Potential
Evacuation Routes
• Evacuation routes for wildfire, dam inundation, tsunami, and other general disaster events identified
• Routes will be situational and dynamic • Highlighted SE Actions  Emergency notification systems via various media  Evaluate if emergency parking restrictions should be implemented during disaster or
evacuation events
 Prioritize connection of traffic signals along evacuation routes to speed evacuation
 Collaborate with operators of multi modal transportation options in event of evacuation
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Packet Pg. 849 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update) Additional Policies to Consider in Light of Recent Fires  Implement parking restrictions in the northern portion of the City, including in areas with single-egress and ingress access, during Red Flag Days
 Establish and maintain on-call agreements and contracts for vendors and providers that provide services in emergency management and recovery operations  Establish emergency authority for emergency response services  Identify large capacity shelter facilities with adequate parking and safe access during emergency events
 Ensure critical water treatment and supply facilities have redundant backup power supply
 Provide 24 hour/7 day staffing for critical water and wastewater facilities to ensure continued operations
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Packet Pg. 850 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update)

1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) and a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15308 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;

2. Adopt Resolution to Adopt an Amended Safety Element of the City’s General Plan with additional actions and revisions as recommended by Staff;

3. Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance Amending the Text of Section 9.31.195 of the Zoning Ordinance for Consistency with the Amended Safety Element; and

4. Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance Amending the Text of Section 8.12.040 of the Building Code for Consistency with the Amended Safety Element.

Recommendations
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Packet Pg. 851 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6881 : Adoption of Safety Element Update)

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Council Meeting: February 11, 2025 Santa Monica, California 1 of 1
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jing Yeo, Director, Records & Elections Services Department Date: February 11, 2025

13.A Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in Preservation

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Request to Agendize a Report to the City Council from the Landmarks Commission
On June 14, 2022 the City Council reversed the landmark designation of a property owned, built and occupied by a leading proponent of racist real estate practices.1 The Council also unanimously adopted a motion directing the Landmarks Commission “to work with the Committee for Racial Justice and other groups within town, to try and come up with some criteria and framework for addressing these kinds of issues when they arise in the future, so that we will have a standardized way of dealing with these unfortunate situations.”
2 The Landmarks Commission established a sub-committee and formed a Working Group for Social Justice in Preservation which embarked on a two-year collaboration by the Landmarks Commission, City Staff, the Committee for Racial Justice and community stakeholders to create an expanded lens to evaluate the City’s historical landmarks. The recommendations from this effort are presented in the report, A Place For Everyone in Santa Monica’s History: Report from Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation.

This report offers seven recommendations based on participant research, listening sessions, and involvement of the diverse resident communities that have been traditionally underrepresented in the City’s Landmarks designation processes. The report also addresses repair of harm from racial and other inequities in the City’s historic preservation processes.

At its June 10, 2024 meeting, the Landmarks Commission reviewed the report and adopted a motion that the Subcommittee send a letter to Council noting that the Commission “endorses the report recommendations with the staff framework; Including that there are steps we can do right away with existing resources; and other recommendations require additional time and resources to develop and will return with future budget requests.”3
The Landmarks Commission requests that the City Council agendize a report from the Landmarks Commission (an Item 13 “Reports from Boards and Commissions”) to present this report and seek guidance from the Council on a path forward to accomplish its recommendations,
Thank you,
Dolores Sloan
Pam O’Connor
Commissioners
1 1665 Appian Way
2 https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=1342&Inline=True 3 https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/agendas/Landmarks-Commission/2024/20240812/s20240610-2A.pdf

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Packet Pg. 853 Attachment: Item 13 request from Landmarks Commission Subcommittee on Racial Justice-Equity (6749 : Landmarks Commission Santa Monica Landmarks Commission
Attachments:

Attachment A: A Place For Everyone in Santa Monica’s History: Report from Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation,
https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/agendas/LandmarksCommission/2024/20240610/s20240610-9Ba.pdf Attachment B: Landmarks Commission Staff Report, Revised June 7, 2024. https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/agendas/LandmarksCommission/2024/20240610/s20240610-9B.pdf Attachment C: Minutes of June 10, 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting, https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/agendas/LandmarksCommission/2024/20240812/s20240610-2A.pdf

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Packet Pg. 854 Attachment: Item 13 request from Landmarks Commission Subcommittee on Racial Justice-Equity (6749 : Landmarks Commission April 24, 2024
Dear Landmarks Commission,
The Working Group on Social Jus?ce/Equity in Preserva?on is pleased to present its final report en?tled: A Place for Everyone in Santa Monica’s History. The culmina?on of a two-year partnership between the CRJ Housing CommiPee and a subcommiPee of the Landmarks Commission as requested by City Council, the report outlines the research and procedures undertaken and lists several substan?ve recommenda?ons for ensuring social equity in the course of implementa?on of the Santa Monica Landmarks Ordinance.

The Working Group thanks the many listening session par?cipants whose thoughSul responses are at the core of the recommenda?ons, and the City of Santa Monica for its support.

The Working Group requests that the Landmarks Commission endorse the report at its mee?ng on May 13, 2024, and forward it to the City Council with a request for immediate ac?on on the recommenda?ons.

Sincerely,
The Working Group on Social Jus?ce/Equity in Preserva?on Tara Barauskas, CRJ Housing CommiPee
Dolores Sloan, Landmarks Commissioner

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Packet Pg. 855 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment A: A Place for Everyone in Santa Monica's History Report from Working Group on ___________________________________________________________________________ Final Report from the Working Group on Social Jus:ce/Equity in Preserva:on to the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission and City Council May 2024 1
A PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN SANTA MONICA’S HISTORY
___________________________________________________________________________

1. Establishment of a Working Group
On September 13, 2021, a Landmark nomina6on came before the Landmarks Commission describing the architectural significance of 1665 Appian Way, a 100-year-old fourplex near Santa Monica’s beachfront. As the hearing progressed, new research was provided which described racist ac6vi6es perpetrated by a man who was the builder, owner, and long-term resident of the structure. His ac6vi6es were directly associated with that address. AMer discussing what role, if any, this informa6on should play in its delibera6ons, the Landmarks Commission voted 4-3 to designate the structure for its architectural significance with no reference to the social injus6ce that occurred there. The property owner, wishing to demolish the structure and proceed with a replacement project, appealed the designa6on to City Council. At a hearing on June 19, 2022, City Council reversed the designa6on and gave the following addi6onal direc6on:

Mo#on by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Mayor Himmelrich, to direct the Landmarks Commission to work with the Commi<ee for Racial Jus#ce and other groups within town, to try and come up with some criteria and framework for addressing these kinds of issues when they arise in the future, so that we will have a standardized way of dealing with these unfortunate situa#ons. Also implied direc#on that would include having the Landmarks Commission appoint one or two liaisons to the Commi<ee for Racial Jus#ce and other groups in the city as well. The vote was unanimously approved by voice vote, with all members present.

At its next mee6ng, the Landmarks Commission formed a subcommiTee, which immediately established a partnership with the CommiTee for Racial Jus6ce. The resul6ng Working Group on Social Jus6ce/Equity in Preserva6on (Working Group) met regularly for nearly two years to develop recommenda6ons to City Council and the Landmarks Commission to inform decisionmaking when structures and sites come before them with histories rela6ng to the city’s underrepresented groups and vic6ms of discrimina6on, and to ensure that the histories of all Santa Monica’s residents are considered in its delibera6ons.

2. Defining Santa Monica Historic Narra@ve Types Related to Social Jus@ce Early discussions of the Working Group considered a list of narra6ve types likely to emerge in Santa Monica history which fall under the provenance of social jus6ce/equity and could require

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Packet Pg. 856 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment A: A Place for Everyone in Santa Monica's History Report from Working Group on ___________________________________________________________________________ Final Report from the Working Group on Social Jus:ce/Equity in Preserva:on to the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission and City Council May 2024 2
special aTen6on by the Landmarks Commission through both discussion and ac6on. The possible narra6ves include, but are not limited to, the following:
• An associa6on with a heroic, local leader, community builder, or group that has impacted their local community or the city as a whole, and is/are member(s) of a historically underrepresented group; or
• an associa6on with a building, place, or event associated with impact on the community of a historically underrepresented group, or the growth and development of Santa Monica as a whole; or
• recovery of lost narra6ves about people, pioneers, places, and ins6tu6ons significant to groups underrepresented in tradi6onal historical narra6ves about Santa Monica; or
• an associa6on with individuals who are members of underrepresented groups in the face of personally directed racism or discrimina6on; or • an associa6on with individuals who are members of underrepresented groups in the face of racism or discrimina6on that directly advanced ingrained racist or discriminatory systems (i.e., land taken by the City of Santa Monica through racially mo6vated eminent domain to cause, preserve, or intensify segrega6on, thus requiring remedia6on, and reconcilia6on); or
• proper6es that meet any of the landmark designa6on criteria based on architectural or other merit, and also have tangen6al associa6on with a racism or discrimina6on (i.e., race restric6on in its deed, in a red-lined area, or built by a person with known racist associa6on who never occupied the site); or
• proper6es that meet any of the landmark designa6on criteria based on architectural or other merit and are also directly associated with the perpetra6on of racist or discriminatory acts.

Some of the narra6ve types above could be celebrated for their posi6ve associa6ons, such as those connected with heroic figures or resilience in the face of the challenges of ins6tu6onal racism. For some narra6ves, the pain they represent would need to be weighed against the value of illustra6ng how systemic harm becomes established. Others are related to places that are one of many that share broad nega6ve associa6ons, oMen citywide, without individual significance to the par6cular site, and thus may not require any special considera6on.

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3. Merging Preserva@on and Social Jus@ce Goals
The goals of the city’s historic preserva6on program are educa6onal at their core, a “conversa6on with our past about the future,” as the Na6onal Trust for Historic Preserva6on describes it. This conversa6on tells us who we are and where we come from. Telling truthful stories from history presents an opportunity to interpret what has come before, understand how it impacts us today, and presents an opportunity for repara6ve improvement in the future.

There is a similar educa6onal component in the effort to further social jus6ce. A socially just society has learned to recognize exclusionary and discriminatory prac6ces that have been built into systems and conven6ons. It understands how they were put into place, works to unravel them by learning to recognize the warning signs when new discriminatory prac6ces are developing, and works to dismantle and repair past racist ac6ons. A socially just society also fights against neo racism by recognizing that ac6ons that strive to repair past discrimina6on are not discriminatory. Historic preserva6on can play a role in all of that.

The Working Group discussed the following ac6ons that facilitate posi6ve social jus6ce outcomes, and how they are synergis6c with the lessons that emerge through historic preserva6on.
• Recognize the presence of underrepresented people and honor their contribu6ons from all 6me periods and backgrounds.
• Define race as a social, poli6cal, and/or economic construct based on superficial physical characteris6cs, ancestry, historical affilia6on, or culture without biological meaning.
• Recognize and call aTen6on to White and other kinds of privilege where it is specifically engrained in systems and laws, as well as in personal beliefs. • Advocate for non-discriminatory laws, policies and public safety enforcement. • Conduct ongoing self-examina6on as a community and as individuals to chip away at learned, some6mes unconscious, discriminatory behaviors.

While, as noted, some narra6ves foster empathy, pride, and posi6ve reinforcement to people and groups whose stories are represented, other narra6ves, with or without poten6al educa6onal value in furtherance of social jus6ce, could cons6tute an excessive retelling of terrible events that force individuals or groups who have suffered from discrimina6on to relive past pain. The following ques6ons could be useful during ac6ve analysis of certain historic narra6ves through a social jus6ce lens:

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• Is the narra6ve from the perspec6ve of compassion or aggression? • Does the narra6ve engender empathy or anger?
• Is an associa6on with nega6ve figures a factor even if racist ac6ons did not occur on the subject property?
• Is other significance so great that loss of the resource for nega6ve associa6ons leaves a gap in the overall narra6ve of Santa Monica history as reflected by its register of designated historic resources?
• Is any men6on of a nega6ve figure found to be associated with a historic resource necessary to convey its significance or can they be omiTed altogether? • Do par6cular harmful ac6ons by nega6ve figures have a direct or a tangen6al associa6on with the site?
• Is there value to the narra6ve in advancing our understanding how specific events led to systemic racism in Santa Monica in specific ways and how to work against it? • Is the narra6ve integral to Santa Monica’s history in par6cular? • Are impacts of the narra6ve are s6ll felt in the city today? • Can language for findings can be craMed that neither glorifies nor excuses discriminatory ac6ons?
• Would omiing a narra6ve that reveals a nega6ve figure in local history excuse them or allow embedded racism to stay buried?
• Does the narra6ve foster empathy, pride, posi6ve reinforcement, or is it an excessive retelling of terrible events?

4. Listening Sessions
The Working Group concluded that the next step would be to bring these ideas into the community for discussion. A protocol was developed for listening sessions with groups of Santa Monicans that have been underrepresented in local historical narra6ves, and the applica6on of the Landmarks Ordinance as a result of long imbedded White privilege that led to an imbalance in our understanding of historic significance. The goal of the listening sessions was to allow the knowledge, experience, and feelings of par6cipants from historically underrepresented groups to further develop the ideas. To ensure the comfort and safety of the par6cipants, there are no audio recordings of the sessions. Instead, careful note taking assured memory of individual contribu6ons, while redac6ng personally iden6fying details. Each session began with a brief

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overview for the par6cipants of the landmark designa6on purpose and process. They were then invited to tell about places in Santa Monica that are significant to them or others in the group or culture they represented. They learned about the contested landmark designa6on that led to the forma6on of the Working Group and were asked what they would have done were they on the Landmarks Commission. Most, but not all par6cipants directly addressed the ques6on about the handling of difficult histories.

The nomina6on that triggered the crea6on of the Working Group turned out to be an ideal “case study” of the problem for the purposes of discussion by assuming that its architectural significance is a given and then layering in the racist narra6ve and its aspects related to the establishment of ins6tu6onalized racism in Santa Monica. Seven listening sessions took place.

Following are descrip6ons encapsula6ng each.

Human Rights Council
January 26, 2023
A discussion with members of the Human Rights Council in a video conference call revolved around uncovering and preserving underrepresented histories, finding appropriate ways to recognize new kinds of historic sites, understanding whether highligh6ng a place through designa6on is going to be harmful or beneficial, if other forms of recogni6on may be more suitable in some cases, and how to determine instances when no ac6on should be taken.

Speakers raised concerns about the poten6al demoli6on of architecturally significant landmarks that meet criteria because of a parallel but unrelated history, emphasizing the importance of not overlooking stories but also preserving significant buildings. They suggested comparing the impacts of designa6on and demoli6on and emphasized the importance of understanding both sides of stories and mo6ves. They highlighted the value of preserving stories as warnings.

Japanese Americans
March 4, 2023
Through most of this video conference call discussion, the eight par6cipants focused on places significant to Japanese life in Santa Monica. Several came from families that had been deeply involved in the Nikkei Kai (community center), and some par6cipants or family members had been incarcerated in Manzanar. Some and members of their families are or have been leaders in the cultural and religious life of Santa Monica’s Japanese community. They ranged from an elder scien6st who has par6cipated in significant American events to a teenager who created a game featuring historic Westside Japanese loca6ons or proper6es. All were notably accomplished people successful in their work or the community. Par6cipants suggested the

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development of digital tours to document Japanese American communi6es in Santa Monica in addi6on to landmarks, and the importance of educa6ng the younger genera6on about this history, which is overlooked in schools. Discussion suggested several sites that could be highlighted in historic districts or cultural presenta6ons.

Californio & Early Santa Monica Mexicans
March 7, 2023
An in-person conversa6on began with the three par6cipants sharing places in Santa Monica that are significant to their families or culture. One par6cipant grew up in the Pico Neighborhood, where homes of family members were lost when the Interstate 10 was constructed. Another grew up in the Broadway Neighborhood. All went to Saint Anne’s School. The par6cipants discussed the difficul6es in preserving historic places in their neighborhoods of origin that have been altered or are modest. When asked about the balance between architectural significance and problema6c histories, they agreed that each case should be evaluated individually. They agreed that historic places are important for understanding people; even if the stories are challenging, they are an opportunity for awareness. They noted that documenta6on alone cannot replace the loss of a historic place so leing one go should be carefully considered, but generally a really good example of a type of architecture should outweigh other history.

Asian and Pacific Islanders
Various dates in September 2023
Five par6cipants responded to two ques6ons sent by email. The first ques6on asked how difficult or painful stories should be handled in the course of landmark designa6on. Three respondents said that Landmark designa6on should generally be approved on a case-by-case basis that weighs the severity of the racist associa6on. Such designa6ons should acknowledge discriminatory associa6ons because knowledge of history, which is not always posi6ve, can help prevent future harm. Two respondents leaned more towards disapproving such designa6ons but also felt that the Landmarks Commission should take advantage of any poten6al teaching opportuni6es from the history of the site through other forms of documenta6on. The second ques6on asked them to name sites significant to their families or culture. Respondents were able to list a number of them but noted that liTle research exists on the AAPI community in Santa Monica and that they would like to learn more about it.

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Familias La@nas Unidas
October 6, 2023
At an in-person mee6ng of thirteen members of the Familias La#nas Unidas in Virginia Avenue Park, a Spanish/English interpreter ensured everyone could follow the discussion. Par6cipants shared their personal connec6ons to the city, and generally agreed it is important to preserve historic places. Experiences ranged from displacement due to freeway construc6on to sadness over the loss of the Casillas Market which also served as a social hub. Most par6cipants are ac6ve in church and school groups and value the opportunity to live in Santa Monica while following the cultural and family tradi6ons they grew up with. The resilience and resourcefulness of the La6no community led to a deep connec6on to Virginia Avenue Park as a sacred space that symbolizes the successful efforts of their community in addressing youth violence and reopening the park as a safe place for families. Highly emo6onal tes6monies underscored the importance of preserving not just physical landmarks but also the memories, pain and resilience embedded in the community's history. The discussion provided several significant loca6ons as poten6al historic memory sites.

The Black Experience
September 21, 2023 (one-on-one)
November 27, 2023 (group and one-on-one)
December 5, 2023 (group and one-on-one)
FiMeen par6cipants contributed their thoughts in a variety of seings designed to encourage greater par6cipa6on. There was general agreement that Santa Monica is grappling with an impera6ve to address racial equality and the displacement of Black residents from historic neighborhoods. Many places significant to Santa Monica’s Black history were lost due to past erasures. Most stressed the need for unwavering support for policies, programs and prac6ces that ac6vely promote racial equity, with a strong emphasis on recognizing Black individuals as equals, beginning with meaningful representa6on at the point where decision-making is taking place. At this juncture in the considera6on process, an6-racism must enter the efforts, guided by diversity, equity and inclusion. This extends to efforts addressing the ongoing dispari6es caused by systemic racism. Recognizing and addressing the harm caused by an6-Black racism is pivotal for the collec6ve well-being of all.

5. Final Recommenda@ons
The main takeaway from the seven listening sessions was that everyone wants their story to be told, and most already know places that would help tell it. There was some concern about how

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it would be possible to recognize these places using current guidelines, given the loss of integrity of many of the remaining resources that could have significant associa6ons. Many places and en6re communi6es in Santa Monica where par6cipant families had tradi6onally lived are already erased, perhaps lending heightened significance to remaining resources that may be in poor or altered condi6on. Everyone that addressed it explicitly agreed that some difficult stories need to be told and others are just to terrible to retell, though it was clear that line fell in a different place from person to person, group to group, culture to culture. Thus, the conclusion of the Working Group is that there can be no objec6ve “framework” that could lead to the proper handling of difficult narra6ves that emerge in the course of Landmark nomina6ons, and in Santa Monica’s history, there are many lost and buried stories that we must work hard to discover and share.

Therefore, the Working Group recommends the following ac6ons:
• Update the Santa Monica Historic Resources Inventory and Context Statement so they more deeply reflect the history of Santa Monica’s underrepresented communi6es and iden6fy extant historic places that may help tell their stories. • Ensure that landmark nomina6ons, and/or the reports that analyze them take a much closer look into owners and occupants of proposed landmarks to learn more about the people associated with our historic places because it is in the people that the stories reside.
• Create Santa Monica guidelines for interpreta6on of the City’s Landmark Designa6on Criteria and evalua6on of historic integrity to assist applicants, decision makers, and others ac6ve in the process, and include special guidance on how to uncover and interpret the history of previously underrecognized groups. • Seek and retain outside consultants from diverse popula6ons or those with training and/or background in awareness of history and popula6on movements of unrepresented groups in Santa Monica.
• Establish a commiTee of diverse community members to be advisory to the Landmarks Commission on maTers related to social jus6ce and underrepresented narra6ves in local history. Structured similarly to the Third Street Historic District’s CPC, as an ad hoc group, or other similar construct to be determined, the Advisory CommiTee would be called into ac6on to meet and discuss relevant nomina6ons, such as those that include the narra6ve types in sec6on 2 of this report. The Advisory CommiTee, which would not need to come to a consensus, would submit a report to the Landmarks Commission prior to the public hearing on nomina6ons, lis6ng the range of views expressed about the proposed landmark. The Landmarks Commission will take this informa6on under advisement when making a

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determina6on. Members of the Advisory CommiTee would receive a small s6pend for each mee6ng.
• Host a mee6ng/celebra6on with city-wide par6cipa6on to ini6ate the programs recommended in this report and to increase awareness of the city’s historic preserva6on program among the diverse popula6ons of the city. Genera6ng interest in the program, the event will strive to inspire ac6ve par6cipa6on of new individuals and groups in the landmark nomina6on and designa6on process. • Provide professional training to Landmarks Commissioners and city staff that encourages personal growth through awareness of privilege and leads to an ability to recognize ideas and systems that are based on a non-inclusive world view.

The Working Group requests that the Landmarks Commission endorse the recommenda6ons in this report and forward them to City Council with a request that they give direc6on and funding for implementa6on. The Working Group will con6nue its work through the planning and implementa6on phase.

6. Working Group Members
Landmarks Commission Social Jus6ce/Equity in Preserva6on SubcommiTee:

Dolores Sloan (current)
Pam O’Connor (incoming)
Richard Brand (former)
Gloria Garvin (former)
Roger Genser (former)
CommiTee for Racial Jus6ce SubcommiTee:

Tara Barauskas
Joanne Berlin
Nina Fresco
Patricia Hoffman
Robbie Jones
Hajar Muqtasid St. Clair
Angela ScoT

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Report
Landmarks Commission Meeting: June 10, 2024 Agenda Item: 9B To: Landmarks Commission
From:

Subject Recommendations from Social Justice/Equity in Preservation Subcommittee
Recommended
Actions
Staff recommends that the Landmarks Commission review and comment on recommendations from the Social Justice/Equity in Preservation Subcommittee
Background
On November 08, 2021, the Landmarks Commission designated 1665 Appian Way. In the course of the designation process, information about the property owner and his racist practices were discussed and excluded from the Landmarks Commission’s findings approving of the Landmark designation. The designation was appealed to City Council, and the information about the property owner was a prominent feature of the discussion with concerns raised by the Black community and the City Council. On June 14, 2022, the City Council voted to deny the designation and in light of the issues raised by the application, provided the following direction:

Motion by Councilmember Davis, seconded by Mayor Himmelrich, to direct the Landmarks Commission to work with the Committee for Racial Justice and other groups within town, to try and come up with some criteria and framework for addressing these kinds of issues when they arise in the future, so that we will have a standardized way of dealing with these unfortunate situations. Also implied direction that would include having the Landmarks Commission appoint one or two liaisons to the Committee for Racial Justice and other groups in the city as well. The vote was unanimously approved by voice vote, with all members present.

The Landmarks Commission proceeded to create the Social Justice/Equity in Preservation Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”). The Subcommittee formed a partnership with the Committee on Racial Justice. The work of that effort is described in the report prepared by the Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation (Attachment A) and provides the seven following recommendations:

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1. Update the Santa Monica Historic Resources Inventory and Context Statement so they more deeply reflect the history of Santa Monica’s underrepresented communities and identify extant historic places that may help tell their stories.

2. Ensure that landmark nominations, and/or the reports that analyze them take a much closer look into owners and occupants of proposed landmarks to learn more about the people associated with our historic places because it is in the people that the stories reside.

3. Create Santa Monica guidelines for interpretation of the City’s Landmark Designation Criteria and evaluation of historic integrity to assist applicants, decision makers, and others active in the process, and include special guidance on how to uncover and interpret the history of previously underrecognized groups.

4. Seek and retain outside consultants from diverse populations or those with training and/or background in awareness of history and population movements of unrepresented groups in Santa Monica.

5. Establish a committee of diverse community members to be advisory to the Landmarks Commission on matters related to social justice and underrepresented narratives in local history. Structured similarly to the Third Street Historic District’s CPC, as an ad hoc group, or other similar construct to be determined, the Advisory Committee would be called into action to meet and discuss relevant nominations, such as those that include the narrative types in section 2 of this report. The Advisory Committee, which would not need to come to a consensus, would submit a report to the Landmarks Commission prior to the public hearing on nominations, listing the range of views expressed about the proposed landmark. The Landmarks Commission will take this information under advisement when making a determination. Members of the Advisory Committee would receive a small stipend for each meeting.

6. Host a meeting/celebration with city-wide participation to initiate the programs recommended in this report and to increase awareness of the city’s historic preservation program among the diverse populations of the city. Generating interest in the program, the event will strive to inspire active participation of new individuals and groups in the landmark nomination and designation process.

7. Provide professional training to Landmarks Commissioners and city staff that encourages personal growth through awareness of privilege and leads to an ability to recognize ideas and systems that are based on a non-inclusive world view.

Discussion
Staff has supported the work of the Subcommittee and the Working Group throughout the effort. The Working Group has made valuable recommendations for Council consideration.

This memo provides additional information to help inform the Landmarks Commission’s

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1) The report’s recommendations; and
2) An implementation schedule of the report’s recommendations.

Some of the recommendations can be implemented immediately with existing resources.

Other recommendations are substantive process changes that will require revision to the Landmarks Ordinance or are work products that will require allocation of budget and prioritization in the City’s work plan. The goal is to ensure that the report’s recommendations are fully implemented over the next few years.

Recommendations that Can be Accomplished with Existing Resources Recommendation 4, to retain outside consultants from diverse populations and/or consultants who have background and/or training in awareness of history and population movements of unrepresented groups in Santa Monica. The City retains preservation consultants that have experience in histories of unrepresented groups such as preparing social and cultural historical context projects for other municipalities. All assessment reports now include a section on exclusionary covenants, or “redlining” to identify the history of a property in relationship to this history of systemic racism. Nonetheless, staff will further explore with the Working Group how best to ensure that the history and movements of unrepresented groups is included in future assessment reports. In addition, in future Request for Qualifications for preservation consultants who are on-call with the City, consultants will be asked to demonstrate experience in awareness of history and population movements of unrepresented group Santa Monica.

Recommendation 6, a community-wide meeting hosted by the Landmarks Commission has previously been discussed by the Commission. It may be helpful to present the recommendations to City Council prior to such a community meeting to ensure that there is alignment with Council policy direction.

Recommendation 7, to provide training to Landmarks Commissioners and staff would be a positive step that could likely be accomplished with existing resources and relatively limited cost. Staff will consult with the Working Group to find facilitators that will be instrumental in this training.

Recommendations That Will Require Additional Resources
Recommendation 1, to update the City’s Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) and Context Statement is a substantive work product. The last Historic Resources Inventory and Context Statement took three years to complete and required substantive resources in terms of budget and staff time. The 2018 Context Statement is attached to this memo for reference (Attachment B). As a point of reference, the 2018 Context Statement includes a section on Social and Cultural History that could be further expanded upon. While this section is not complete, it provides valuable information. This information was useful for the Historic Resource Assessment provided for the Philomathean Society Club, for example. A supplementary context statement would need to be included in future budget and work plan priorities. Research and oral histories that the Working Group has completed will be part of a future HRI and Context Statement update.

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Recommendation 5, to establish a committee of community members, who would receive a stipend, to assist in the review of resource nominations when issues of social justice/equity arise would be an important improvement to pursue. This recommendation is modelled after the Third Street Historic District CPC and would require amendments to the Landmarks Ordinance. As context, convening the Third Street Historic District CPC has been an implementation challenge because activity can be sporadic and often committee members are no longer available when projects arise. Similarly, in the 2 ½ years since the designation of 1665 Appian Way, there has not been a nomination where such issues have been raised. Therefore, flexibility in developing such a process is necessary and additional work is needed to ensure the successful participation of the committee in the review process. In addition, staff would need to review whether offering the committee a stipend is consistent with City policy.

Recommendation 3 has three key components related to the preparation of guidelines by the City including application of Landmarks criteria, evaluation of historic integrity, and special guidance on how to uncover and interpret the history of previously underrecognized groups. There is special interest in developing guidance in uncovering and interpreting the history of previously underrecognized as part of this recommendation.

Developing guidelines will require budget allocation and devotion of staff resources.

Summary
The Working Group has engaged in an important effort and made valuable recommendations in response to City Council direction. This information is provided to assist the Landmarks Commission in their discussion of these important recommendations and to provide understanding of the timing by which these recommendations could move forward due to budget and work plan considerations.

Attachments
A. A Place For Everyone in Santa Monica’s History: Report from Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation
B. 2018 Santa Monica Citywide Historic Context Statement

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REGULAR MEETING

LANDMARKS COMMISSION

MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024
MEETING BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1685 MAIN STREET, ROOM 250
CALL TO ORDER Chair Brand called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL
Roger Genser
Amy Green
Pam O’Connor
Dolores Sloan
Jodi Summers
Gloria Garvin, Vice-Chair
Richard Brand, Chair
Also present:

Stephanie Reich, AIA, LEED AP, Design & Historic Preservation Planner, Commission Liaison Michelle M. Hugard, Deputy City Attorney
Sheila Shahbazi, Staff Assistant III

1. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS
1-A. 7:11 PM
Report from Staff:

Stephanie Reich, Design and Historic Preservation Planner provided the staff report. She reported to the Commission that the California Preservation Foundation held its annual conference at the Biltmore Hotel. She stated that she and Gina Szilak attended. She requested that Commissioners keep track of any and all training they attend or receive pertaining to preservation, that is important information for staff to record.

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Packet Pg. 869 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment C: Minutes of June 10 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting (6749 : Landmarks Commission 2 Ms. Reich announced that the City will be celebrating Juneteenth at Virginia Avenue Park on June 16 from 11am-4pm. She stated it’s a great celebration every year, and that there are other celebrations throughout the LA area.

She also noted that Staff is working with the owners of 1401 Palisades Beach Road, a designated Landmark, which is undergoing much-needed deferred maintenance.

Ms. Reich also let the Commission know that the applicant team for Item 6A has requested 15 minutes - 12 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for rebuttal. The Commission will have to take a vote at the beginning of the item.

There was a question about the sign on the east side of the Sears building. Ms. Reich noted that is a temporary sign.
1-B. 7:14 PM
Landmarks Commissioner Announcements

Commissioner Sloan announced that 1413 Michigan has been completed and commented that the new housing behind complements the Landmark.

Commissioner O’Connor provided a report for the portion of the CPF conference she attended.

Commissioner Summers reported that she toured the Banning House and Soldier’s Barracks in Wilmington and was very impressed with the tour.

Chair Brand announced that he received the Proclamation of Preservation Month from the City Council in May. He requested the Proclamation be scanned and distributed to the Commission. Commissioner Summers will accept it once it’s scanned.

Commissioner Genser made the motion to move Public Input (Item 10) on the agenda prior to the consent calendar and Commissioner Summers seconded. A voice vote was held for the motion and was approved unanimously.

2. CONSENT CALENDAR
2-A. 7:30 PM
Meeting Minutes:

May 13, 2024

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AYES: Green, O’Connor, Sloan, Summers, Garvin
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Genser, Brand
ABSENT: None

3. STUDY SESSION
 None.

4. CONTINUED ITEMS
 None.

5. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
 None.

6. PUBLIC HEARING
6-A. 7:31 PM
1132-1142 Princeton Street (24ENT-0031 and 24ENT-0032) Structure of Merit Nomination and Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Consideration of Structure of Merit Designation application 24ENT-0031 and 0032 for the properties located at 1132-1142 Princeton Street to determine whether the multi-family residential buildings, in whole or in part, should be designated as a Structure of Merit. The Landmarks Commission will consider the application based on whether the application, research, and public testimony presented demonstrates that the building meets one or more of the required criteria for Structure of Merit designation pursuant to SMMC Section 9.56.080.

Consideration of compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including an exemption under CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).

Continued from May 13, 2024
Commissioner Genser made the motion to allow 15 minutes for the applicant team’s presentation and rebuttal and Commissioner Summers seconded. A roll call was held for the motion and was unanimously approved by the following vote:

AYES: Genser, Green, O’Connor, Sloan, Summers, Garvin, Brand NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None

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Packet Pg. 871 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment C: Minutes of June 10 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting (6749 : Landmarks Commission 4 Ex parte communications:

Commissioners Genser, Green, Sloan, Vice-Chair Garvin, and Chair Brand spoke with the applicant team and visited the site.

Commissioner Summers visited the site.

Commissioner O’Connor drove by the site multiple times.

Ms. Reich presented the staff report.

Robert Chattel, Chattel Inc., presented for the applicant team. In response to a question, he stated that a portion of the Beverly Hills Library, designed by Martin Stern Jr., the architect of this property, remains within the new library structure.

Public Comment:

Carol Lemlein, speaking on behalf of the Santa Monica Conservancy, spoke in support of designation.

Commissioner O’Connor spoke about the loss of integrity of the property as a garden apartment, stated that it was not associated with the important work of Martin Stern Jr., and designation may result in diluting the standards for the criteria. She also stated concern that diluting the criteria may lead to an expansive use of the Mills Act and to prevent additional housing in other cases.

Commissioner Green spoke in support of the designation, since the massing and footprint of the buildings has not been significantly altered and that it is a modest building that is also important to recognize.

Commissioner Genser stated that he visited the site and the ADUs make the configuration very different. He’s troubled by the current relationship of the ADUs and the loss of integrity. Later during his vote, he wanted the record to reflect that he felt the property’s concept was compromised too much.

Commissioner Sloan she believes that the property meets 4 of 5 criteria.

Commissioner Brand enjoyed visiting this project, applauded the ADU’s, appreciates this as a good example of Martin Stern Jr’s work, and believes that the criteria has been met.

Commissioner Garvin spoke in support of designation.

Vice-Chair Garvin moved to designate the two side by side properties as a Structure of Merit and included the CEQA exemption. Commissioner Green seconded the motion. A roll call was held for the motion and was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Green, Sloan, Garvin, Brand
NAYS: Genser, O’Connor

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ABSENT: None

7. RESOLUTIONS
 None.

8. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
 None.

9. DISCUSSION ITEMS
9-A. 8:34 PM
Report from the Landmarks Subcommittee regarding the Landmarks nomination application process and discussion of next steps.

Nothing to report.
9-B. 8:35PM
Report from the Landmarks Commission Subcommittee on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation and discussion of Working Group report and next steps, including possible presentation to City Council with a formal request for funding.

Jing Yeo, Planning Manager, discussed the staff memo written in response to the report from the Working Group. She highlighted that the staff report has been modified since meeting with the Working Group, and that the memo intends to provide information regarding implementation. She identified that some of the recommendations can move forward right away with existing resources, and also highlighted those that will require additional resources. She identified information regarding the process change recommended by the Working Group for outreach would require effort for proper implementation including a change to the Landmarks Ordinance. She asked the Landmarks Commission to identify how the recommendations should be supported and consider the implementation implications.

Commissioner Genser suggested that the work is important and asked if it could be broadened to include a full update of the Landmarks Ordinance which had begun prior to the pandemic. Ms. Yeo identified that is a substantive work product that likely shouldn’t delay this work that was directed by City Council.

Commissioner O’Connor asked what is the role of the Landmarks Commission and can some of the items be started immediately. Ms. Yeo stated that the recommendation of the Landmarks Commission can be communicated to the City Council in a number of ways, including a letter and presentation to City Council or an information item. She

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Packet Pg. 873 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment C: Minutes of June 10 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting (6749 : Landmarks Commission 6 suggested the recommendation from the Landmarks Commission be included as a letter from the Commission.

Commissioner Sloan presented the Working Group report on behalf of the Landmarks Commission Subcommittee. She noted appreciation for the discussion of staff and the Working Group and the collaboration represented by the discussion and the revision to the memo. She introduced Joanne Berlin, coordinator of the Committee on Racial Justice, (CRJ) and Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire. She recognized that there is effort associated with these items and requested that the Commission receive the report and support the Working Group report. She also noted that the Working Group would continue to refine the recommendations.

Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire, is a member of the CRJ and has been a working member of the Working Group. She spoke eloquently about the responsibility for repair, the magnitude of the harm and how the repair needs to match the harm. She requested the Landmarks Commission support the Working Group report in an effort to engage in repair.

Carol Lemlein, speaking on behalf of the Santa Monica Conservancy, referred to public correspondence sent to the Commission in May in support of the Working Group report and to expand the recommendations to include a revision of the Landmarks Ordinance.

Joanne Berlin, volunteer coordinator of the CRJ, which had been active for 12 years, informed the Landmarks Commission of the work of the CRJ. Ms. Berlin requested that the Commission support the recommendations of the Working Group to the City Council.

She also talked about the Unmasking Whiteness Institute that will occur between July 25 through 28th, a 4-day commitment put on by the organization AWARE. She stated that the workshop will focus on how white people view their whiteness, and would recommend attendance by members of the Commission. She noted that Shelly Tochluk who leads the workshop, may be available to facilitate a session with the Commission.

Nina Fresco, member of the Working Group spoke in support of the report and recommended that the Commission engage in the work of repair for the past harms.

Commissioner Sloan moved that the Commission accept receipt of the report from the Working Group that included the Subcommittee on Social Justice Equity in preservation and forward it to the City Council and Commissioner Genser seconded and suggested a letter to the City Council with a presentation by a member of the Commission. Ms. Yeo stated the item would be agendized and Planning Staff does not have control of the Council agenda. Ms. Reich and Ms. Yeo outlined different options for transmitting the recommendation to City Council.

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Packet Pg. 874 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment C: Minutes of June 10 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting (6749 : Landmarks Commission 7 Commissioner O’Connor stated her position that it’s important for the Commission to identify pathways to repair the harm. She suggested that the Commission take some immediate action, noting that there be some information about implementation within the recommendation.

Commissioner Genser amended the motion that:
 the Subcommittee write and send a letter to Council that endorses the report recommendations with the staff framework;
 Including that there are steps we can do right away with existing resources (e.g. training);
 Other recommendations require additional time and resources to develop and will return with future budget requests;
 Request to be placed on upcoming Council agenda under reports from Boards & Commissions;
 and there would be a 10 minute presentation and a request for Council to provide additional direction as the Working Group and staff continues to refine the recommendations including implementation.

Commissioner Garvin seconded the motion. A roll call was held for the motion and was approved by the following vote:

AYES: Genser, Green, O’Connor, Sloan, Summers, Garvin
NAYS: Brand
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
9-C. 9:58 PM
Report from the Sesquicentennial Subcommittee and discussion regarding a potential 150-Year celebration of the founding of the City of Santa Monica, including appointment of an additional Commissioner(s) to the Subcommittee. The discussion will also include appointment of a member or members to present to the City Council and possibly make a formal request for funding.

The Subcommittee has been meeting with Neighborhood Groups and will be meeting with the City Manager to inform him of their efforts and will put out a newsletter after that to publicize the event.
9-D. 9:59 PM
Report from Landmarks Commission Liaison to the Architectural Review Board (ARB) on recent ARB consideration and action taken on proposed projects involving additions to or modifications of potential historic resources.

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Packet Pg. 875 Attachment: Landmarks Commission Attachment C: Minutes of June 10 2024 Landmarks Commission meeting (6749 : Landmarks Commission 8 Nothing to report.
9-E. 9:59 PM
Report from Landmarks Commission representative to the Santa Monica Pier Corporation (SMPC) on recent SMPC activities and action taken on proposed projects involving the Landmark Santa Monica Pier.

Nothing to report.

10. PUBLIC INPUT (moved to before Consent Calendar)
7:24 PM
Linda Clark, a member of the public, spoke about the importance of a tree in her backyard at 2434 Cloverfield.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Brand adjourned the meeting at 10:00 PM.

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From: Zoe <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:36 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Re: Big Blue Bus Violations Continue

EXTERNAL
I want to bring it to the E, G, 12, 13 Items.

Thank you.

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM councilmtgitems <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Zoe,
Regarding the email below, was this tied to any specific item on the agenda, or did you wish to keep it under general public comment?
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Staff Assistant III
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 10:26 PM
To: Anuj Gupta <[email protected]>
Cc: councilmtgitems <[email protected]>; Lana Negrete <[email protected]>; Douglas Item 13-A
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Hi Anuj,
On January 22, 2025 on my way to Church in Line #2 Bus 1311,Driver 21524. The driver was so rude an unprofessional that I left the bus leaving behind an important item On my way to Mass at St.

Monica Catholic Community at 12:10. It was so triggered and traumatized that left behind something in the bus of value. A little bad with thank you cards for my Mother's Memorial mass, and a crystal water bottle from Beyond H2O.

Last Saturday February 8, 2024 at 12:34 Pm, Driver 19765 Line #1 Bus1818 on my way to the Apple Store for a photography class at the 3rd Street Promenade.

I need you to review the incidents.

Kindly reply,

Zoё Muntaner
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Packet Pg. 879 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 1 David Yakobson
From: Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 11:58 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 13A Support

EXTERNAL
 Please continue to support the work of the working group and provide a budget if possible. The working group has volunteered hundred of hours over the last 2.5 years and invested their resources for this work they were directed to do.
 The Social Justice/ Equity in Preservation Landmarks/ Committee for Racial Justice Working Groups framework is significant because it is an important step forward to ensure social justice for directly affected Santa Monica residents and communities, disenfranchised, underserved and historically excluded populations in Santa Monica whose labor made and continues to make Santa Monica what it is today.
 Santa Monica Landmarks Commission Subcommittee for Social Justice/Equity in Preservation and the Committee for Racial Justice invited individuals and many organizations to join an open dialog on a new social justice framework that will weed out white supremist tactics in the City’s historic preservation program by ensuring that the histories of Indigenous Black Americans, other people of color and all marginalized communities are properly recognized in the Landmarks Designation process.

Council, the working group, wants to emphasize that many of our recommendations are abstract and that the Committee for Racial Justice wants to continue to work with the commission and staff in order to drill down and make the recommendations concrete programs so we can make sure the intention is preserved.

We have started developing a social justice framework for historic preservation and the designation process in the CRJ/ Landmarks Commission Working Group. A Social Justice framework is apart of repairing the harm. As you support the recommendations and the continued working groups’ work, have social justice on your minds and in your hearts, not just storytelling.

Lead the way to repair and reconciliation councilmembers. --
Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire
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Packet Pg. 880 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 1 David Yakobson
From: Gilbert Portillo
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:35 PM
To: Kaitlin Drisko; Stephanie Reich
Cc: councilmtgitems
Subject: Re: Item 13 2/11/2025 - Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in Preservation
Hi Kaitlin,
No problem! I am forwarding this to the Council meeting public comment mailbox.

From: Kaitlin Drisko <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 11:45 AM
To: Stephanie Reich <[email protected]>; Gilbert Portillo <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Fw: Item 13 2/11/2025 - Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in Preservation

EXTERNAL
Hello Stephanie and Gil,
We had a typo in the original message in the title of the Subcommittees report.

Can you replace with this one for the public record?
Thank you!!!!
RE: City Council Agenda Item 13
Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in Preservation
2/11/2025 Council Meeting

Dear City Council,

The Santa Monica Conservancy enthusiastically supports the recommendations in A Place for Everyone in Santa Monica's History, Final Report from the Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation to the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission and City Council. We believe the seven recommendations made by the Committee, if acted upon as a whole, will give a voice to diverse groups that have not been adequately represented in the narratives we have traditionally told about Santa Monica history.

The recommendations define a deliberative and collaborative process that engages community members who have been historically excluded from civic discourse about representation in the telling of our city’s history and what is presented as “historically significant”. The recommendations also address how research and reporting can be conducted to ensure that stories and voices that have been excluded from, or misrepresented in, our current historic context nonetheless emerge and are recognized. Most importantly, the recommendations suggest creative solutions for inclusive community engagement by Item 13-A
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Packet Pg. 881 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 2 staff and commissioners to ensure new voices participate in the City’s Landmark program and tell their own lived stories in their own voice.

We hope to hear that the Landmarks Commission, city staff, and the CRJ will continue to work together to implement these recommendations and that you add the Santa Monica Conservancy to the list of advisors to decision-makers on these issues. The Conservancy and its Preservation Resource Center are here to raise awareness of heritage conservation for all Santa Monica community members, and there are key areas where our expertise and experience with the city’s preservation program can add value to the development of actionable practices that are inclusive. We would like to be part of the solution.

The recommendations were a result of a two-year study that included a great deal of listening, and the recommendations propose to embed continued listening into the Landmark Designation process in new ways that could serve as a model for other city programs, much like the City’s Acknowledge and Reframe Initiative for the City Hall Murals. Finally, we note that positive action on this report is timely and affords an opportunity for heritage conservation to have an important place in the City's efforts to develop a Citywide Equity and Social Justice Plan.

Sincerely,
Mario Fonda-Bonardi
President
Santa Monica Conservancy

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Packet Pg. 882 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 1 Edgar Sernas
From: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2025 7:28 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Nina Fresco; Dolores Sloan; Pam O'Connor
Subject: Item 13A: Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation Report

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
As a member of the Working Group on Social Justice/Equity in Preservation, I am excited to see our report, A Place for Everyone in Santa Monica’s History, before you tonight. That it appears on the same agenda as a Reparations Study Session and during Black History Month is apt as it presents the first concrete proposal for directly addressing a specific program broken by systemic racism in Santa Monica. I hope that it can be a model for how we look at all city programs to ferret out white supremist bias.

It is not hard to see how the ways we research history and weigh certain events are shadowed by assumptions and methodologies that keep erased stories hidden and undervalue the lives and accomplishments of people who have been passed over by traditional historic narratives. The Working Group, comprised of members of the Committee for Racial Justice and the Landmarks Commission, took on the work of figuring out on a practical level where the broken parts are so we can target them for rethinking and repair. We devised seven recommendations.

Staff has identified three of the seven recommendations that can be implemented with existing resources. Those all relate to how we can ensure that outside consultants, commissioners, city staff, and the public who play roles in the implementation of our Landmarks Ordinance are engaged in deeply reflective work that strives to keep imbedded personal bias from influencing outcomes. This will have to be ongoing work as the cast of people participating will evolve over time.

The heavy lifting comes when we are committed to changing the way evaluation of historic places is actually done. The remaining four recommendations address the way we conduct research, the way we evaluate that data, and who has access to the program. First, improving our Historic Context Statement would mean that significant themes previously ignored become standardized.

Second, adding a focus on people in research methodologies is a pathway to finding buried stories that were systematically hidden in their day. Current research methodologies are influenced by long-standing bias towards white supremist norms of how we define “significance,” which this will help turn around. A third recommendation ensures that through a new kind of outreach we bring Item 13-A
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Packet Pg. 883 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 2 a diverse perspective to the evaluation of landmarks nominations regardless of who is on the commission or staff at any given time.

The heaviest lift of all is the establishment of local guidelines for preparing nominations for designation of historic resources. The proposed city-endorsed document would not only standardize the six other recommendations of the Working Group, but it would make our preservation program accessible to a range of new people with stories to tell, stories we need to hear. We learned in our listening sessions that there are many people in Santa Monica who know and have lived the stories of communities underrepresented in historical narratives and our landmark registry. They never thought historic preservation could have anything to do with them.

They never discussed preservation, thought about it, or considered that places significant to them might be valued by the whole community. Local guidelines that reflect professional standards in preservation would walk both novice and professional applicants through presentation of narratives that support the designation of significant places in straightforward language. It’s not enough that we stand at attention when we discover a new story, we have to open up the program to more people so they can tell their own stories.

These are not easy fixes. Even the simple recommendations push us to do things we thought we were already doing differently and more deeply. The Working Group recommendations are conceptual and will require the Landmarks Commission, city staff, and the CRJ to continue to work together to implement them in a way that is genuinely responsive to the intention behind each idea.

That reforms to our Historic Preservation Program came forward first is ideal because understanding our history gives us the perspective to recognize how we are going wrong in all kinds of ways today. It is foundational to the next steps in the city’s progress to anti-racism and a place where we no longer have racist norms built into our systems. I hope you will agendize immediate action on this tonight so direction may be given for us to get to work on the next phase.

Sincerely,

Nina Fresco
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Packet Pg. 884 Attachment: Written Comments (6749 : Landmarks Commission Recommendations to Create a Framework for Social Justice/Equity in 1 Edgar Sernas
From: Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 11:18 AM
To: Gloria Garvin; Dolores Sloan; Pam O'Connor; Amy Beth Green; Roger Genser; Jodi Summers; councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 6A

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Landmark Designation of the Tucker House 1958 20th Street To the Landmarks Commission,
I am delighted to support the Landmark Designation of the Tucker House. Built in 1937, the Tucker House is highly significant for its association with Santa Monica’s Black community.

Key reasons to support this nomination include:

Cultural Heritage: The Tucker House was a catalyst for Black ownership in its immediate vicinity. After the residence was built, other middle-class African Americans began to purchase lots and develop new housing around Virginia Avenue and 20th St.

Architectural Significance: The Tucker House was designed by architect Paul Revere Williams, the first Black architect west of the Mississippi. The residence was built in the American Colonial Revival Style, typical of Williams’ designs and early 20th-century architecture. Paul R. Williams taught himself to draw and do blueprints upside down due to the racist climate he faced during his professional training and career.

Social History: The Tucker House is connected to four historic persons who have had a remarkable impact on Santa Monica history. Marcus O. Tucker Sr., who commissioned the residence, was the first Black physician to practice in Santa Monica. His wife, Essie McLendon Tucker was a schoolteacher, community activist, and property owner. She was president of the NAACP Santa Monica-Venice Branch.

She also recruited doctors and dentists to work at Marcus O. Tucker’s medical practice on 424 Pico Blvd.

Marcus O. Tucker Jr. was a youth advocate and Santa Monica’s first African American Deputy City Attorney. Indira Hale Tucker was a community activist and historian. Indira established the Marcus O.

Tucker “Black Men of Courage” book collection, which is currently housed at the Santa Monica Public Library.

The impact of the Tucker family goes beyond the above accomplishments. This recognition is long overdue. I urge you to support this nomination especially during Black History Month.

Thank you for your time.

With gratitude,
Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire
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City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
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From: Douglas Sloan, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Administration Subject: Adoption of a Resolution Adopting a Policy Regarding Acceptance of Gifts by Councilmembers
Recommended Action
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the Resolution adopting a policy regarding acceptance of gifts by Councilmembers.

Summary
In response to the request by Council, the City Attorney has prepared the attached Resolution placing limits on the acceptance of gifts by Councilmembers, with exceptions consistent with those found under State law.

Discussion
On December 17, 2024, Council asked the City Attorney to return with a rule prohibiting the acceptance of gifts greater than $100 per event or cumulative of the limit set by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) per year, with some exemptions.

The attached Resolution prohibits Councilmembers from accepting or soliciting gifts over $100 in a single instance, or $630 from a single source over 12 months (both numbers to be adjusted biennially in accordance with the FPPC limits). This Resolution contains the same exceptions to the definition of “gift” found in state law, including things such as inheritance, gifts from family members, campaign contributions reported under state or local law, and so forth. As under state law, if a Councilmember receives a gift they do not want, they can donate the gift to a nonprofit, or return the gift within 30 days.

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The Resolution also prohibits Councilmembers from accepting free meals over $20, except as would be provided to the public generally (such as a promotion or discount) or as part of an event at a conference where the Councilmember is representing the City in their official capacity and all participants receive similar treatment regardless of elected status or jurisdiction, such as free appetizers at a networking happy hour, or perks provided by a Councilmember’s employer to all similar employees on an equal basis.

Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the recommended action.

Prepared By: Katie Doerr, Deputy City Attorney III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. CAO-Gifts Reso

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1 City Council Meeting February 11, 2025 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA MONICA ADOPTING A POLICY REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS BY

COUNCILMEMBERS
WHEREAS, in furtherance of its commitment to ethical government, the Council wishes to adopt a policy to reflect the modern legal landscape and maintain accountability in councilmember conduct, by establishing ethical standards and setting clear gift acceptance limits; and
WHEREAS, by adopting these reforms, the Council demonstrates its commitment to effective and ethical governance in service to the City and community.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Gifts.

A. No Councilmember shall accept or solicit, directly or indirectly, any gift with a value exceeding the cumulative gift limit established by the Fair Political Practices Commission (as amended by the FPPC from time to time - currently $630 through December 31, 2026) from a single source in a twelve month period, or a value exceeding $100 for a single instance (adjusted in the same proportion as the FPPC gift limit). These limits shall increase in accordance with the Fair Political Practices Commission’s CPI adjustment beginning January 1, 2027, and shall be published for public view by the City Clerk. This Section shall be in addition to the provisions of Charter Section XXII, the Taxpayer Protection Act.

B. For purpose of this Resolution, “gift” means any payment, property or

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Packet Pg. 888 Attachment: CAO-Gifts Reso (6886 : Gifts Policy Resolution) 2 service that confers a personal benefit on the recipient, to the extent consideration of equal or greater value is not received. “Gift” includes a rebate or discount in the price of anything of value unless the rebate or discount is made in the regular course of business to members of the public without regard to official status.

C. The term “gift” does not include:
(1) Informational material such as books, reports, pamphlets, calendars or periodicals.
(2) Gifts from an individual’s spouse or former spouse, child or stepchild, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, current or former parent-inlaw, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, grand-nephew or niece, grand-aunt or uncle, or first cousin or first cousin once removed, or the spouse or former spouse of any such person; provided a gift from any such person shall be considered a gift if the donor is acting as the agent or intermediary for any person not covered by this paragraph.
(3) Campaign contributions required to be reported under state or local law.
(4) Any devise or inheritance.
(5) Commemorative items from City departments generally offered to attendees at City sponsored events.
(6) Meals, transportation, or lodging provided or paid for by the City in connection with attendance at City sponsored events.
(7) Free admission to a ticketed event for the official and one guest where the official performs a ceremonial role at the event (such as throwing out the first pitch), or free admission, food and nominal items (pens, note pad, or similar

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Packet Pg. 889 Attachment: CAO-Gifts Reso (6886 : Gifts Policy Resolution) 3 items) available to all attendees at an event where the official makes a speech, so long as the admission is provided by the person who organizes the event. (9) Personalized plaques or trophies valued at less than $250. (10) Anything excluded from the definition of “gift” under the Political Reform Act, as memorialized in 2 C.C.R. Sec. 18942.

D. If a Councilmember receives a gift in violation of this Section, the item may be returned to the donor, or the donor may be reimbursed for the value of the gift, within 30 days. Alternatively, the gift may be donated to a non-profit, tax-exempt (501(c)(3)) organization in which the Councilmember (or immediate family member) does not hold a position, within 30 days of receipt, without claiming a tax deduction.

E. In addition with complying with the terms of this Resolution, Councilmembers must comply with all gift reporting obligations under Political Reform Act.

SECTION 2. Free Food and Beverage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in state or local law, no Councilmember may accept any meal, beverage, snacks or refreshments greater than $20 in value, except as would be provided to any member of the public (e.g., a promotion or discount), or as part of a program of events or conference where the Councilmember is representing the City in their official capacity and all participants receive similar treatment regardless of elected status or jurisdiction (e.g., hors d’oeuvres served at a conference networking cocktail hour), or items such as snacks, meals, entertainment, or travel, where provided by a Councilmember’s employer on an equal basis to all employees of similar position and not due to the Councilmember’s public position.

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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas Sloan, City Attorney

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From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Human Services Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2027. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
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Boards and Commissions Applicants
Human Services Commission
Name Application Date
Glover, Kevin
Morrow, Brett A.

Muntaner, Zoë
Susman, Matthew B. *
02/03/2025
01/17/2025
05/14/2024
07/10/2024
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 4
*Currently serves on the Disabilities
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From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Personnel Board for a term ending on June 30, 2026. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
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Boards and Commissions Applicants
Personnel Board
Name Application Date
Kirschbaum, Michael
Lewis, Noelle K.
01/20/2025
01/13/2025
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 2

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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Public Safety Reform and Oversight Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2027. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Applicant List
B. Written Comments

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City of Santa Monica
Boards and Commissions Applicants
Public Safety Reform and Oversight
Commission
Name Application Date
Bannister, Xavier H.

Duncan, Jeffrey P.

Graber, Stuart B.
07/19/2024
06/18/2024
06/17/2024
Kennedy, James G. * 06/18/2024
Muntaner, Zoë 05/14/2024
Singer, Donald I.

Winnemore, Paul Lee †
05/28/2024
01/20/2025
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 7
*Currently serves on the Clean
Beaches & Ocean Parcel Tax Citizens
Oversight Committee
†Currently serves as a non-voting exofficio of the Public Safety Reform and Oversight Commission

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Packet Pg. 897 Attachment: Applicant List (6902 : 16.C. Appointment to one seat on the PSRO Commission (5 mins.)) 1 David Yakobson
From: Hajar Muqtasid St. Claire <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 9:37 AM
To: councilmtgitems; [email protected]; Natalya Zernitskaya; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin
Subject: Item 16C

EXTERNAL
Dear council,
The Police cannot give oversite to themselves in fact you should see this as a conflict of interest. The Police Oversite Commission was intended to be a watchdog for injustices perpetuated by SMPD. Yet, it is in danger of turning into Police affiliated people investigating themselves. Therefore, I support Xavier Banister be appointed to the Police Oversite Commission.

Thank you!

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Packet Pg. 898 Attachment: Written Comments (6902 : 16.C. Appointment to one seat on the PSRO Commission (5 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.D
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Recreation and Parks Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2026. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Applicant List
B. Written Comments

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City of Santa Monica
Boards and Commissions Applicants
Recreation and Parks Commission
Name Application Date
Arreola, Larry M.

Campbell, Daniel
Dorf, Mitch
Kolhoff, Nikki
Mirhashemi, Jaleh
Rosenbaum, Barry A.

Stephens, Julie N.
06/07/2024
01/21/2025
01/23/2025
06/18/2024
06/18/2024
01/09/2025
01/21/2025
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 7

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Packet Pg. 900 Attachment: Applicant List (6903 : 16.D. Appointment to one seat on the Rec & Parks Commission (5 mins.)) 1 Edgar Sernas
From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2025 11:21 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya
Subject: February 11, 2025 Council Meeting - Item 16.D. - Appointment to the Recreation and Parks Commission

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor Negrete and Esteemed Councilmembers -
It is my great honor to support Jaleh Mirhashemi for appointment to the City's Recreation and Parks Commission.

I can think of few other individuals within our community who have devoted themselves in such a wholehearted way to the public-facing programming, safety, and expansion of our parks and recreation system. Chief among her accomplishments is her work to achieve Historic Belmar Park, including significant community outreach and organizing, advocacy to electeds and other decision makers, and to the California Coastal Commission.

Jaleh leads in every endeavor first and foremost with her heart. She is always thinking of how to help and lift up people, particularly vulnerable populations like seniors and children.

She is the most generous person I have ever encountered, with both her time and her resources. The foregoing statement says a lot, as I'm lucky to have met and known many generous people over the years.

She would serve our City in an exemplary manner as a Recreation and Parks Commissioner, with consistency and dedication, a service mind-set, and the highest level of conscientiousness.

I hope you will unanimously appoint her - she will do you proud! Thank you and best wishes,
Ann Bowman
Resident, 28+ years
Current Recreation and Parks Commissioner
Item 16-D
February 11, 2025
Item 16-D
February 11, 2025

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Packet Pg. 901 Attachment: Written Comments (6903 : 16.D. Appointment to one seat on the Rec & Parks Commission (5 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.E
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Santa Monica Pier Corporation for a term ending on June 30, 2026. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Applicant List

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City of Santa Monica
Boards and Commissions Applicants
Santa Monica Pier Corporation
Application Date
01/28/2025
07/11/2024
11/14/2024
01/21/2025
01/21/2025
Name
Dubin, Michael
Foster, Christopher
Jarrow, Jeff
Kim, Mouse
Trinh, Peter
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 5

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Packet Pg. 903 Attachment: Applicant List (6904 : 16.E. Appointment to one seat on the SM Pier Corp. (5 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.F
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Santa Monica Travel and Tourism, Inc. for a term ending on June 30, 2026. (CONTINUED FROM 1/28/2025)
Prepared By: Xavier Mota, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Applicant List

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City of Santa Monica
Boards and Commissions Applicants
Santa Monica Travel and Tourism, Inc.

Name Application Date
Barker, Judi
Besser, Sean
Defuria, Tim
06/17/2024
06/17/2024
01/18/2025
TOTAL APPLICANTS: 3

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Packet Pg. 905 Attachment: Applicant List (6905 : 16.F. Appointment to one seat on the SMTT (5 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.G
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Recommendation to accept Edward Scott's resignation from the Architectural Review Board and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy Prepared By: David Yakobson, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Resignation Email

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From: Edward Scott
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 11:51 AM
To: Stephanie Reich <[email protected]>
Subject: Architectural Review Board - Edward Scott Resignation

EXTERNAL
Stephanie -
As we discussed, due to a significant increase in travel for my work and a broad set of urgent family obligations, I am resigning from the Architectural Review Board (ARB) effective today, February 5, 2025.

It has truly been my pleasure to serve Santa Monica and to support the ARB. Were it not for these growing obligations and constraints, I would happily have served out my term.

In an effort to minimize disruption to the ARB and enable it's ongoing work, I will continue to serve on the Board until such time as a replacement is found and nominated.

Until that time, I look forward to continuing to work with you and let me know if there any other help you need.

Best regards,
Edward Scott

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Packet Pg. 907 Attachment: Resignation Email (6899 : Resignation: Architectural Review Board - Edward Scott (2 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.H
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Recommendation to accept Luis Barrera Castañón's resignation Human Services Commission and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy Prepared By: David Yakobson, Staff Assistant III
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. Resignation Letter

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Dr. Luis Barrera Castañón
Santa Monica, CA 90403
[email protected]
310-430-6964
February 5, 2025
Bruce Leddy, Chair
Human Services Commission
City of Santa Monica
Mayor Lana Negrete
Mayor Pro Tem Caroline Torosis
Santa Monica City Councilmembers
Subject: Resignation from the Human Services Commission Dear Chair Leddy, Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, and City Councilmembers, I am writing to formally submit my resignation from the Santa Monica Human Services Commission, effective immediately on February 5, 2025. It has been a privilege to serve on this commission since August 2023, working alongside dedicated colleagues to support and advocate for vital human services in our community.

I am grateful for the opportunity to have contributed to discussions and initiatives that enhance the well-being of Santa Monica residents. The experience has deepened my understanding of the challenges facing our community and strengthened my commitment to public service.

As I transition into my new role as a Trustee for the Santa Monica College Board, I remain eager to collaborate with the commission and the City of Santa Monica in any way that aligns with our shared mission. I look forward to continuing to support the important work being done to uplift and empower those in need.

Thank you for your leadership and for the opportunity to serve. I appreciate the support and dedication of my fellow commissioners and city staff, and I look forward to future partnerships in my new capacity.

Sincerely,
Dr. Luis Barrera Castañón

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Packet Pg. 909 Attachment: Resignation Letter (6898 : Resignation: Human Services Commission - L. Castañón (2 mins.)) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 11, 2025
Agenda Item: 16.I
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department Subject: Request of Councilmembers Hall and Zernitskaya that in order to reaffirm our commitment to efficient and safe public transit, safe streets, and efforts to increase BBB ridership and reduce unnecessary delays, the Council direct the City Manager and Department of Transportation to explore implementing Yield Right-of-Way Signage for Big Blue Bus as authorized pursuant to Assembly Bill 1904 and direct the City Attorney to draft a resolution as required by Assembly Bill 1904 to implement such yield right-of-way signage program for BBB.

Prepared By: Nikima Newsome, City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:

A. 20250211 16 Item - Transit Buses Yield Right of Way Signs - Hall Zernitskaya B. Written Comments

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Meeting: February 11, 2025
1 16 ITEM BY COUNCILMEMBERS DAN HALL AND NATALYA ZERNITSKAYA 2 Request of Councilmembers Hall and Zernitskaya that in order to reaffirm our 3 commitment to efficient and safe public transit, safe streets, and efforts to 4 increase BBB ridership and reduce unnecessary delays, the Council direct the 5 City Manager and Department of Transportation to explore implementing Yield 6 Right-of-Way Signage for Big Blue Bus as authorized pursuant to Assembly Bill 7 1904 and direct the City Attorney to draft a resolution as required by Assembly 8 Bill 1904 to implement such yield right-of-way signage program for BBB. 9 Assembly Bill 1904, passed by the state legislature and signed into law in 2024, 10 authorizes local transit agencies to implement yield right-of-way signage to the back of 11 transit buses.
12 According to the bill author and Senate Floor Analysis, “AB 1904 would allow all 13 transit agencies to exercise the authority to affix flashing LED yield right-of-way signs to 14 the left rear of their buses, reducing dwell times and facilitating reentry into traffic, 15 provided the transit agency’s governing board approves a resolution on the matter. This 16 authority would reduce traffic delays experienced by transit buses when attempting to 17 reenter traffic and facilitate safer reentry, allowing operators to provide more timely 18 services.
19 Transit vehicles often are slowed down in traffic because of the time it takes for 20 them to re-enter traffic lanes. This reentry can also be a safety concern if other drivers 21 are not being attentive. AB 1218 (Keeley, Chapter 482, Statutes of 1999), created a three22 year pilot project in which all non-emergency vehicles had to, by law, yield to transit buses 23 reentering the active traffic lane from a designated bus stop when the transit bus 24 displayed a lighted yield right-of-way sign located on the left rear of the transit bus. While 25 other agencies were permitted, ultimately, only the Santa Clara Valley Transportation 26 Authority (VTA) and the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD) participated in 27 the pilot program, with all of their transit buses outfitted with a yield sign by April 2001. 28 The California Highway Patrol (CHP) issued a report in 2003 assessing the 29 effectiveness of the pilot. They found that 60% of VTA transit bus operators indicated they 30 felt the yield-to-bus law was at least “somewhat effective” in promoting safe driving 31 conditions. The majority of transit bus operators considered the yield-to-bus law to be 32 effective in promoting safe driving conditions if promoted to the public and enforced by 33 local law enforcement. Meanwhile, SCMTD reported to CHP that the yield-to bus program 34 allowed their transit bus operators greater safety in re-entering traffic, especially at night. 35 VTA and SCMTD received no complaints regarding the program. 36 In a separate, federally sponsored report on the pilot by the Transit Cooperative 37 Research Program (TCRP) bus operators reported significantly lower levels of difficulty

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Packet Pg. 911 Attachment: 20250211 16 Item - Transit Buses Yield Right of Way Signs - Hall Zernitskaya (6844 : Implementing AB 1904) 16 ITEM BY COUNCILMEMBERS DAN HALL AND NATALYA ZERNITSKAYA Implementing Assembly Bill 1904 for Big Blue Bus: Yield Right-of-Way Signage

38 re-entering traffic with flashing yield-right-of-way signs. Specifically bus operators for 39 VTA, indicated a 6% success rate most of the time when attempting to re-enter traffic 40 without yield-right-of-way signs. This number jumped to about 26% following the 41 installation and use of flashing LED signs.
42 Following the pilot and these reports, AB 1492 (Laird, Chapter 451, Statutes of 43 2007), authorized SCMTD and VTA to continue using the yield-right-of-way signs. 44 However, the provision of the bill that would have authorized law enforcement to cite a 45 motorist who failed to yield to a bus was removed. Similarly, AB 1904 does not authorize 46 law enforcement to cite a motorist who fails to yield, rather authorizes all transit agencies 47 in the state to outfit their buses with yield-right-of-way signs if they so choose. 48 It should be noted that failing to yield to a bus is not a crime in the state of 49 California. Under current law, the only time a motorist when in a traffic lane must yield is 50 to emergency vehicles. Despite it not being a crime, VTA and SCMTD already operate 51 transit buses with yield-right-of-way signs as a result of the extension of the pilot. This 52 nuance of what is required of drivers versus what is requested may lead to some 53 confusion among drivers regarding the rules of the road and a driver’s obligation to yield 54 to a bus. Especially given that failing to yield at a typical yield sign on a roadway is a 55 crime. To address some of these concerns AB 1904 does require participating agencies 56 to engage in a public education program regarding yield-right-of-way signs on buses. Also 57 VTA and SCMTD who operate buses with these signs already have not reported 58 increases in fatal accidents or traffic congestion.
59 According to Moving the Bus Safely Back into Traffic Phase II, a report authored 60 by the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida, yield61 right-of-way signs with LED lights placed on the back of a bus resulted in significantly 62 increased instances of motorist yielding to buses trying to get back in the travel lane. Cars 63 yielded to buses 41% of the time when there was only a yield sign, while they yielded 64 78% of the time when the yield-right-of-way sign had LED lights. In Daytona Beach, buses 65 with LED yield-right-of-way signs saw a 50% increase in yielding behavior from motorists. 66 Further, the report found that yield-right-of-way LED signs helped reduce the re-entry time 67 of buses in bus bays on minor urban arterials by as much as 23%. 68 Other research by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), suggests 69 that reducing the total amount of time it takes a transit rider to go door-to-door by 5-15% 70 can increase peak urban ridership by 2-9%. These findings together with data cited above 71 build a case that LED yield-right-of-way signs reduce bus re-entry times in turn decreasing 72 door-to-door travel times increasing urban ridership.” 73 In Order to reaffirm our commitment to efficient and safe public transit, safe streets, and 74 efforts to increase BBB ridership and reduce unnecessary delays,

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Packet Pg. 912 Attachment: 20250211 16 Item - Transit Buses Yield Right of Way Signs - Hall Zernitskaya (6844 : Implementing AB 1904) 16 ITEM BY COUNCILMEMBERS DAN HALL AND NATALYA ZERNITSKAYA Implementing Assembly Bill 1904 for Big Blue Bus: Yield Right-of-Way Signage