Written Comments — Santa Monica City Council, March 25, 2025

1 David Yakobson
From: Save the Civic <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 10:11 AM
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March 25, 2025
Honorable Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and Council Members,
Two weeks ago Council received an outpouring of constituent emails urging you to partner with RPG to restore and re-open our iconic, historic Civic Auditorium as an artistic and cultural center.

Save the Civic speaks for hundreds of Santa Monica residents who support the revitalization of the Civic and its continued public ownership. They want a resident-owned 21st century artistic and cultural center in our City.

It is time to ink the ENA. The sooner the Civic is up and running, the sooner its economic and reputational rewards will come to Santa Monica.

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1 David Yakobson
From: Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 12:35 PM
To: Arthur Jeon
Cc: John E. Alle; Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

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Agree with everything you wisely say, but the issue of the City entitled to receive a Civic Center deal ground rent based on the respective interests of landlord and tenant should not be shunted aside. Sure, the City will have important indirect benefits, but the deal is not possible, with almost certain but now unknown cash flow for the operator, without our land. Only experts, not now in the picture, can establish and negotiate with Irving Azoff and his super talented team that rental amount or formula.

The Olympics issue is also highly complicated, and one hopes staff and outside legal counsel are finally following the public demands of Council, for a deal in the overall City interest. Perhaps the new IOC President can persuade the LA committee to act equitably so a fair deal can be reached.

Stan Epstein
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On Mar 25, 2025, at 12:14 PM, Arthur Jeon <[email protected]> wrote:

Hey all,
I’ve written about the branding and marketing opportunities hosting the Olympics will provide. Every commercial break will be a drone rising from the sand and spinning around the pier and showing our sparkling beaches and skyline. I know the IOC is a pain, and they have all sorts of brand restrictions, and it might be a short-term money loser, etc. But again, like the Civic Center, these are two extremely positive opportunities for the city to restore its brand. The Olympics will pay dividends for years in terms of perceptions of Santa Monica as an international destination. Trust me, you can’t buy that kind of exposure for a hundred million, and we just won’t get the same organic (free) marketing if it’s not on our beaches (the place beach volleyball originated!). The idea that we can’t be bold enough to take this obvious opportunity is depressing.

And I can’t stress enough, that if people come for concerts, or come for the Olympics, and they encounter the dirty, dangerous, and disorderly downtown we now have, it will be a final nail in the coffin for our brand. We have to get our shit together and be thriving before the Olympics, because whether we host or not, people will be visiting here and they will leave with either a good or bad impression. And that impression will go out on millions of Social Media feeds.

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2 I spent Sunday in Redondo Beach (Strongly Liberal rather than Very Liberal), and we walked everywhere. Miles through the village and on the boardwalk. Ate lunch outside in a cafe.

We did not encounter one drugged or mentally ill deranged person. Seriously, not one. It was like an out of body experience.

What we have come to accept in our city, what we have normalized under the misguided idea of “compassion” while letting people die on our streets, is not normal. Building more facilities that rotate people out, or are actually just drug markets (looking at you, SM shelter), is a self-inflicted wound we need to stop inflicting.

This is not rocket science. The restaurants that open for 6 months and then close, will continue to do so until residents and tourists feel safe enough to return. And keep in mind, perception lags reality by a year, which is why the Olympics can reset it for us if we are prepared.

I know you know this is true, and I’m sure some of you are working hard on this issue. But SMRR owns this now and forever, despite the short interregnum of a divided council. You are the “professional” council entrusted to make good decisions for the residents of Santa Monica. I encourage you to be bold.

Arthur
On Mar 25, 2025, at 11:22 AM, John Alle <[email protected]> wrote:

The lack of transparency is shocking. We all want the Civic Center restored and to become a centerpiece of culture, history and special events for Santa Monica.

But it's like Santa Monica paying millions to host the 2028 Olympic Beach Volleyball. When does one say no or set terms that put Santa Monica first? There must be even more transparency with the public involved, because neither City Council or staff or their real estate negotiators have much experience.

And with regard to the Civic, who might feel safe if the City Staff gets City Council to vote in favor of the 72 hour hold and diversion center scheduled to be less than 50 yards away on the south side. That's like using the barren lot that housed Parking Garage 3 directly behind the 3rd Street Promenade as a homeless shelter. The two uses do not mix.

There will be more agony from bad incidents and assaults. Irving Azoff from Live Nation is well aware of this.

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3 On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Residents, and maybe staff and the Council, have been given zero info as to projected financial pro formas of the development over any part of the ground lease period. Those estimates, so common in commercial practice, when reviewed or prepared by a City consultant , will tell everyone whether the City should fairly advocate for some portion, perhaps a percentage of any net profits calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Stan Epstein
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On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Arthur Jeon
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news
coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!”
We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come. Making it happen, council, will also restore confidence in our city leadership that they can get things done that are imaginative, take the long view, and are a positive vision of an artistic city brimming with fun.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein
<[email protected]> wrote:

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4 Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent
compilation of thoughts and relevant facts
favoring the Civic deal. But where in your
argument is the economic or real estate
appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack
of a monetary ground rent portion of the
transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or
anyone seen it? Why was that report not
demanded and then analyzed to possibly
improve the sorely huge long and intermediate
financial problems of our City?
Sincerely, Stan Epstein
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10 David Yakobson
From: deborah berek <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 12:22 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Barry Snell; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Natalya Zernitskaya
Subject: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - agenda item 5-B - 3/25/2025

EXTERNAL
Dear members of the Santa Monica City Council,
Please agree to lease the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to RPG. This property is so important to our community as a world class performing arts center, that any other action would be a tragic loss of a historically significant structure and legacy as well as a missed opportunity for future generations to share and build upon our rich performing arts culture.

While that misjudgment would be bad in and of itself, the missed economic opportunity would compound the foolishness.

Please lease the Civic Center to RPG and preserve our invaluable Santa Monica performing arts legacy.

Respectfully,
Jonathan and Deborah Berek
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11 David Yakobson
From: Arthur Jeon <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 12:15 PM
To: John E. Alle
Cc: Stan Epstein; Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

EXTERNAL
Hey all,
I’ve written about the branding and marketing opportunities hosting the Olympics will provide. Every commercial break will be a drone rising from the sand and spinning around the pier and showing our sparkling beaches and skyline. I know the IOC is a pain, and they have all sorts of brand restrictions, and it might be a short-term money loser, etc. But again, like the Civic Center, these are two extremely positive opportunities for the city to restore its brand. The Olympics will pay dividends for years in terms of perceptions of Santa Monica as an international destination. Trust me, you can’t buy that kind of exposure for a hundred million, and we just won’t get the same organic (free) marketing if it’s not on our beaches (the place beach volleyball originated!). The idea that we can’t be bold enough to take this obvious opportunity is depressing.

I spent Sunday in Redondo Beach (Strongly Liberal rather than Very Liberal), and we walked everywhere.

Miles through the village and on the boardwalk. Ate lunch outside in a cafe. We did not encounter one drugged or mentally ill deranged person. Seriously, not one. It was like an out of body experience.

Arthur
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12 On Mar 25, 2025, at 11:22 AM, John Alle <[email protected]> wrote:

The lack of transparency is shocking. We all want the Civic Center restored and to become a centerpiece of culture, history and special events for Santa Monica.

There will be more agony from bad incidents and assaults. Irving Azoff from Live Nation is well aware of this.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Stan Epstein
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On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Arthur Jeon
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!” Item 5-B
March 25, 2025
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13 We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come.

Making it happen, council, will also restore confidence in our city leadership that they can get things done that are imaginative, take the long view, and are a positive vision of an artistic city brimming with fun.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein
<[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal. But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate
financial problems of our City?
Sincerely, Stan Epstein
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From: Elizabeth Lerer <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:48 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Dan Hall; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Caroline Torosis; Natalya Zernitskaya; Jesse Zwick
Subject: Civic Auditorium Item #5.B.

EXTERNAL
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please support the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement to work with RGP to bring a rejuvenated Civic Auditorium to our city!
Thank you,
Elizabeth Lerer
resident
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1 David Yakobson
From: Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:41 AM
To: John Alle
Cc: Arthur Jeon; Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

EXTERNAL
The diversion center reduces the negotiated amount of ground rent, but does not justify a dollar a year, without regard to pro forma net income of the developer-operator. with no professionally competent analysis or public discussion of a highly complicated ground lease.

Why does Live Nation want the deal despite the diversion center? Must be a mountain of cash flow to it , with the City give away.

Stan Epstein
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On Mar 25, 2025, at 11:22 AM, John Alle <[email protected]> wrote:

The lack of transparency is shocking. We all want the Civic Center restored and to become a centerpiece of culture, history and special events for Santa Monica.

There will be more agony from bad incidents and assaults. Irving Azoff from Live Nation is well aware of this.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Residents, and maybe staff and the Council, have been given zero info as to projected financial pro formas of the development over any part of the ground lease period. Those Item 5-B
March 25, 2025
Item 5-B
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2 estimates, so common in commercial practice, when reviewed or prepared by a City consultant , will tell everyone whether the City should fairly advocate for some portion, perhaps a percentage of any net profits calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Stan Epstein
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Arthur Jeon
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!” We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein
<[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal. But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion Item 5-B
March 25, 2025
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3 of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate
financial problems of our City?
Sincerely, Stan Epstein
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4 On January 28th, 2025, the City Council did a wise thing and agreed to continue t for 30 days, of negotiating an agreement to revitalize the abandoned C Auditorium. Learn More Here
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9 David Yakobson
From: John Alle <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:22 AM
To: Stanley H Epstein
Cc: Arthur Jeon; Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

EXTERNAL
The lack of transparency is shocking. We all want the Civic Center restored and to become a centerpiece of culture, history and special events for Santa Monica.

But it's like Santa Monica paying millions to host the 2028 Olympic Beach Volleyball. When does one say no or set terms that put Santa Monica first?
There must be even more transparency with the public involved, because neither City Council or staff or their real estate negotiators have much experience.

There will be more agony from bad incidents and assaults. Irving Azoff from Live Nation is well aware of this.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Stan Epstein
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Arthur Jeon <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad Item 5-B
March 25, 2025
Item 5-B
March 25, 2025
10 and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!”
We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come. Making it happen, council, will also restore confidence in our city leadership that they can get things done that are imaginative, take the long view, and are a positive vision of an artistic city brimming with fun.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal. But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate financial problems of our City?
Sincerely, Stan Epstein
Sent from my iPad
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Bel Air, Beverly Hills Estates Top List of Nation’s Priciest Homes. Learn More Here Mayor Bass Considers Pausing Controversi
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From: Noma Boardmember <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:18 AM
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TO: SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL
RE: Agenda Item 5B, March 25, 2025
Dear Mayor and Council Members -
The Board of NOMA once again urges you to accept the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with RPG to move the process of restoring the Civic Auditorium forward. RPG is the perfect consortium for this project, with both venue restoration experience and live venue management ability. Their proposal will return the Civic to its glory days as an entertainment and cultural hub for our city, and result in long-term economic benefit, all at no cost to taxpayers.

This city is fortunate to have such a legendary facility that could add to our reputation as a center for the arts. Please move forward with the ENA.

Bruce Leddy
Chair, on behalf of
The NOMA Board
NOMA'S Next Meeting: THUR. APRIL 3RD
at 7PM on ZOOM
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From: Jaleh MIRHASHEMI <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 10:29 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Dan Hall
Cc: Elaine Polachek; Christopher J. Smith; Ramon Batista; Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Jenna Grigsby; Erika Aklufi; Sofia Klatzker; Jenny Rogers; Douglas Sloan; Susan Cola; Steven Johnson; Maryanne LaGuardia; John Smith; Lori Brown; Barry Rosenbaum; [email protected]; Susan Cline
Subject: City Council Meeting - 3/March 25, 2025 Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 5.B. -

RPG & CIVIC AUDITORIUM

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Dear Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, and Esteemed Councilmembers:

We have been waiting very long to renovate and reopen our Santa Monica's landmark Civic Auditorium. Reviving the Civic Auditorium as a destination for performing arts and a cultural center like it was in the past, is a dream for the Santa Monica residents and many others.

The Revitalization Partners Group (RPG), LLC has submitted their Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with you. Considering that they offer to save our public land with no need for any public funds, it would be a great opportunity for our city. The reopening of the Civic Auditorium would have a great impact on our city's economy as well.

The fate of our historic Civic Auditorium is in your hands. Please VOTE TO SIGN THE ENA with the RPG to revitalize and reopen the Civic Auditorium without any delay.

Please move forward this once-in- a- lifetime opportunity/deal. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Sincerely,
Jaleh Mirhashemi
Co-Chair, Civic Center Task Force
Resident, 24 years
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From: Bea Nemlaha <[email protected]>
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Subject: 3/25/25 Item 5B, Civic Auditorium

EXTERNAL
Honorable Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and Council Members,
Three time’s a charm.

Twice before Santa Monica has stumbled and lost the chance to work with reputable, qualified entertainment companies to restore, reopen, and operate the Civic.

We now have a third chance. Seize it, partner with RPG, and let’s go. The City and community benefits are enormous.

Bea Nemlaha
Ocean Park
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Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: FOSP: City Council 3/25/25 item 5-B -- Civic Auditorium -- SUPPORT!

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To: Mayor Negrete and City Council members
From: Board of Directors, Friends of Sunset Park
RE: 3/25/25 agenda item 5-B -- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Just a gentle reminder that the fate of our historic Civic Auditorium is in your hands.

The FOSP Board once again urges you to sign the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement and lease the Civic to RPG so Santa Monica can once again have a world-class performing arts center, at no cost to taxpayers.

Thank you for your consideration.

***************************************************************** March 8, 2025

To: Mayor Negrete and City Council members
From: Board of Directors, Friends of Sunset Park'
RE: 3/11/25 agenda item 5-C -- Santa Monica Civic Auditorium The fate of our historic Civic Auditorium is in your hands.

The FOSP Board urges you to sign the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement and lease the Civic to RPG so Santa Monica can have a world-class performing arts center, at no cost to taxpayers.

Background:
- A revitalized world-class concert and performing arts center would provide the City with a revenue stream for decades. The economic ripple effect for Santa Monica would be huge as a restored concert and performing arts venue in the heart of our city would attract people from all over the region and beyond, generating economic activity (and tax dollars!) for hotels, restaurants, etc., enhancing our City’s destination status.

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2 - A partnership with RPG would mean the Civic would remain owned by the residents of Santa Monica. Keeping public spaces public encourages residents to participate in their communities, which is vital at a time when people feel increasingly isolated. - Publicly owned venues for music and the arts are rare and important and should not be sold off or used for other purposes.
- A restored Civic would make our City a cultural and arts destination for Santa Monicans, Southern Californians, and beyond -- a source of pride for the people of our great City. - Traffic makes it difficult for Santa Monicans to visit venues like the Hollywood Bowl or Greek Theater. Why not have a vibrant home for music and the arts right here in our city? If City Council members vote to end negotiations, this will be a tragic missed opportunity and a huge loss for all of us.

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From: Stacey Abarbanel <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 10:09 PM
To: Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems
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Dear Council,
I understand the Civic Auditorium is back on your agenda again for tomorrow, though I’m not sure why.

Regardless, I write to reiterate my comments below from earlier in the month in hearty support that you sign the RNA with RPG Group. We’re extremely fortunate to have their partnership with the project! Please do not burden the process with any new conditions, which is unfortunately something our beautiful city is known to do with projects large and small. A revitalized Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will be a cultural and economic driver for the city and we need it to happen ASAP. Let’s move forward with gusto.

Thank you,
Stacey Ravel Abarbanel
1039 Harvard Street
Santa Monica CA 90403
[email protected]
310/736-5300
On Mar 8, 2025, at 3:40 PM, Stacey Abarbanel <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Council:

The fate of our historic Civic Auditorium is in your hands. Please vote to sign the ENA so Santa Monica can have a world-class performing arts center, at no cost to taxpayers. RPG Group is highly experienced with strong ties to the entertainment industry and a proven track record. They are prepared to secure the funding needed to revitalize the Civic Auditorium as a world-class performance venue if given time and consideration in developing a feasibility assessment and design proposal that fits this project's complex requirements and our community's needs. Please endorse their request for an ENA as considerable economic and cultural benefits to the city will accompany their success.

We cannot wait to again have a vibrant home for music and the arts right here in our city! Thank you,
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1039 Harvard Street
Santa Monica, CA 90403
[email protected]
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From: Ann Hoover <[email protected]>
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Cc: Elaine Polachek; Susan Cline; Douglas Sloan; Susan Cola; Jennifer Taylor; Nia Tang; Heather Averick; Armine Chaparyan; Jing Yeo; Jenny Rogers; Sofia Klatzker; Steven Johnson; Maryanne LaGuardia; Jenna Grigsby
Subject: March 25, 2025 Council Meeting - Closed Session Item 5.B. - RPG & CIVIC AUDITORIUM

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Dear Mayor Negrete, Mayor Pro Tem Torosis, and Esteemed Councilmembers - I do not know why the Civic Auditorium is again on a Council agenda tomorrow, but hope it is not so that you will decide to burden the project with any new conditions. The community sent you 178 pages of pro-Civic Auditorium written public comment in connection with Closed Session Item 5.C. of your March 11, 2025 council meeting.

This already is a complex project given the high-level 4-partner consortium, the double-landmarking of the building, etc. And yet RPG remains enthusiastic and ready to get going to bring this vibrant civic asset back to life for our City. This opportunity will not come again. Please, please don't do anything now to undermine this last chance to get the Auditorium back to re-energize our Civic Center along with the many hotels, restaurants, and businesses nearby.

As you determined at your Council Budget Study Session on March 8th, "Economic Opportunity and Growth" is one of your top 3 priorities, and you elevated this priority even further by establishing a Council Economic Development Ad Hoc Subcommittee.

So I urge all of you to lean into this unique and timely set of circumstances.

It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway: Our City should be laying down a gold-plated welcome mat for RPG not putting up any roadblocks.

The community already stands to lose other treasured public spaces due to the failure of prior Councils to protect these communal assets: Bergamot Station Arts Center and the 4th/5th & Arizona lots (home to the seasonal ICE and roller skating rinks). Please don't be that kind of a Council. Reopening the Civic Auditorium as a civic space and major entertainment venue (the only one anywhere on the Westside) will at last fulfill the cornerstone of the Civic Center Specific Plan (see page 15).

Please, please move this project forward unencumbered tomorrow night and with your hands outstretched in warm welcome to RPG.

THANK YOU!
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Ann Bowman
Recreation and Park Commissioner
Lead Commissioner for Civic Auditorium RPC Ad Hoc Subcommittee Resident, 28+ years
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From: Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 6:00 PM
To: Arthur Jeon
Cc: Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; John E. Alle; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

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Residents, and maybe staff and the Council, have been given zero info as to projected financial pro formas of the development over any part of the ground lease period. Those estimates, so common in commercial practice, when reviewed or prepared by a City consultant , will tell everyone whether the City should fairly advocate for some portion, perhaps a percentage of any net profits calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Stan Epstein
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On Mar 24, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Arthur Jeon <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!”
We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come. Making it happen, council, will also restore confidence in our city leadership that they can get things done that are imaginative, take the long view, and are a positive vision of an artistic city brimming with fun.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
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8 On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal. But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate financial problems of our City?
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Cc: Mario Fonda-Bonardi; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Lana Negrete; Ellis Raskin; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; John E. Alle; Elaine Golden-Gealer; councilmtgitems Subject: Re: City Eases Regulations to Support Post-Fire Recovery. Civic Center proposal

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Hi All,
I haven’t read the deal details on this, and it would be great to get ground rent if possible, but the big picture is all the ancillary windfalls that Mario highlights in this piece—with one more: brand damage repair and some positive news coming out of Santa Monica. It’s sad and infuriating when I tell people I live in Santa Monica and they literally look at me with pity, and immediately commence with their own story about visiting us and having a negative brush with disorder and/or danger. Ten years ago when I told people where I lived, they used to exclaim: “You’re so lucky!” We need some good news for our PR and tourism industry, and a boost of civic pride, both intangibles that will pay dividends for years to come. Making it happen, council, will also restore confidence in our city leadership that they can get things done that are imaginative, take the long view, and are a positive vision of an artistic city brimming with fun.

Someday, we won’t be broke, but if we sell off our cultural jewels, no amount of money can get them back.

Best,
Arthur
On Mar 24, 2025, at 4:34 PM, Stanley H Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal. But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate financial problems of our City?
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Dear Mario. Kudos for a magnificent compilation of thoughts and relevant facts favoring the Civic deal.

But where in your argument is the economic or real estate appraiser’s analysis that supports the total lack of a monetary ground rent portion of the transaction? Have you, Council, staff, or anyone seen it? Why was that report not demanded and then analyzed to possibly improve the sorely huge long and intermediate financial problems of our City?
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