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Packet Pg. 641 Attachment: L-Seventh Supplement Executive Order Local Emergency August 28, 2025 (6979 : Fire Emergency Order Extension) 8 WHEREAS, providing a discounted group rate to displaced schools will alleviate some unexpected financial burden while supporting use of the City’s Downtown parking structures; and
WHEREAS, in the months that have passed since the Regional Fires, persons displaced have had opportunity to find housing accommodations on a semi-permanent or permanent basis; and
WHEREAS, expiration of emergency measures allowing modifications to parking regulations for Temporary Preferential parking permits or 30 day Overnight Beach Residents & Guests will allow for normal parking operations to resume; and WHEREAS, on April 16, 2025, the Interim Executive Director of Emergency Services issued a Second Supplement to the Second Revised Executive Order to: 1) require schools operating or expanding under Section 1o to the Second Revised Emergency Order, as amended, to submit a Parking and Loading Operations Plan to the City; 2) provide a pro rata monthly Group Discount Rate for the City’s Downtown Parking Structures for the 35 remaining days of the Spring 2025 Semester for schools operating or expanding under Section 1 to the Second Revised Emergency Order, as amended, that are located within the Downtown; and 3) terminate modifications to parking regulations for Temporary Preferential parking permits or 30 day Overnight Beach Residents & Guests permits set forth in Section 2 of the Second Revised Emergency Order as of April 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11659 (CCS), re-ratifying the Executive Order, the First and Second Revised Executive Order, and the First Supplement to the Executive Order, and ratifying the Second, Third, and Fourth Supplements to the Executive Order; and
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Packet Pg. 642 Attachment: L-Seventh Supplement Executive Order Local Emergency August 28, 2025 (6979 : Fire Emergency Order Extension) 9 WHEREAS, on April 22, 2025, the Council provided further direction to extend the provisions of Section 5 of the Second Supplement to the Emergency Order, which suspended certain provisions of Santa Monica Municipal Code 9.31.280, Restaurants, Limited-Service and Take-Out Only, and 9.31.290, Restaurants with Entertainment, and specific alcohol-related standards and conditions of approval established pursuant to any Alcohol Determination, Alcohol Exemption, or Conditional Use Permit entitlements to allow for additional flexibility in alcohol sales and service through April 30, 2025, for an additional 60 days; and
WHEREAS, on April 29, 2025, the Executive Director of Emergency Services issued a Fifth Supplement to the Second Revised Executive Order to implement Council direction from April 22 and extend the provisions of Section 5 to the Second Supplement through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11668 (CCS), re-ratifying the Executive Order, the First and Second Revised Executive Order, and the First, Second, Third and Fourth Supplements to the Executive Order, and ratifying the Fifth Supplement to the Executive Order; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2025, the Executive Director of Emergency Services issued a Sixth Supplement to the Second Revised Executive Order to: 1) allow Child Care and Early Education Facilities displaced by the Regional Fires to operate within the City’s nonresidential zones as a permitted use in existing buildings that were previously used as Child Care and Early Education Facilities; and 2) extend the provisions of Section 5 of the Second Supplement to August 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on July 29, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11685 (CCS), re-ratifying the Executive Order, the First and Second Revised Executive Order, Docusign Envelope ID: E3C06E31-3E98-47EB-B824-7B99ECB9629C
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Packet Pg. 643 Attachment: L-Seventh Supplement Executive Order Local Emergency August 28, 2025 (6979 : Fire Emergency Order Extension) 10 and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Supplements to the Executive Order, and ratifying the Sixth Supplement to the Executive Order; and WHEREAS, although the immediate fire danger has subsided, the City has continued to receive requests to accommodate individuals, schools, and businesses displaced by the Regional Fires; and
WHEREAS, the City has received additional inquiries from displaced schools, early childhood education centers, and small businesses seeking flexibility from regulations in order to temporarily or permanently relocate to the City; and WHEREAS, allowing for this additional flexibility will support displaced residents, students and businesses in their recovery from the Regional Fires while further supporting the City’s economic recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, local businesses have reported that they are still experiencing economic impacts from the Regional Fires and face resulting economic uncertainty; and WHEREAS, allowing the Director of the Community Development Department, or designee, to issue Temporary Use Permits for temporary uses that are supportive of economic recovery or to support businesses that were operating within Los Angeles County but displaced by the Regional Fires, which the Director has determined will be compatible with the purposes of the district and surrounding land uses, will provide additional opportunity for displaced businesses and economic recovery for local businesses; and
WHEREAS, further extending the provisions of Section 5 of the Second Supplement to the Emergency Order, which suspended certain provisions of Santa Monica Municipal Code 9.31.280, Restaurants, Limited-Service and Take-Out Only, and
9.31.290, Restaurants with Entertainment, and specific alcohol-related standards and Docusign Envelope ID: E3C06E31-3E98-47EB-B824-7B99ECB9629C
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Packet Pg. 644 Attachment: L-Seventh Supplement Executive Order Local Emergency August 28, 2025 (6979 : Fire Emergency Order Extension) 11 conditions of approval established pursuant to any Alcohol Determination, Alcohol Exemption, or Conditional Use Permit entitlements to allow for additional flexibility in alcohol sales, will provide additional opportunities for economic recovery for local businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Oliver Chi, the Director of Emergency Services for the City of Santa Monica, do hereby issue the following supplemental order to become effective immediately, subject to ratification by the Council as may be required by the Municipal Code.
IT HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. The Second Revised Executive Order shall continue in full force and effect, except as modified and supplemented by the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Supplements, and this Seventh Supplement.
2. Section 1 of the Second Revised Executive Order, as amended by the First, Second and Fourth Supplements to the Executive Order, is hereby amended as follows:
A. Within the City’s non-residential zones:
1. Schools, as that term is defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.030(A)(11), and Child Care and Early Education Facilities, as that term is defined by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.030(A)(3) that were displaced by the Regional Fires or expansions to existing schools to accommodate students displaced by the Regional Fires may operate as a temporary use without first obtaining a Conditional Use Permit or a Temporary Use Permit; and
2. Small businesses, as that term is defined by the United States Small Business Administration at 13 CFR § 121.105, and nonprofit organizations, that were operating in Los Angeles County and have been impacted or displaced by the Docusign Envelope ID: E3C06E31-3E98-47EB-B824-7B99ECB9629C
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3. The Director of the Community Development Department, or designee, may issue Temporary Use Permits in accordance with Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 9.44 for temporary uses supportive of economic recovery or to support businesses operating in Los Angeles County that were displaced by the Regional Fires, if the Director has determined that the temporary use will be compatible with the purposes of the district and surrounding land uses.
B. Within the City’s Residential Zones, Schools with existing Conditional Use Permits that are subject to occupancy limitations may expand to accommodate students from other campuses operated by the existing school displaced by the Regional Fires; Child Care and Early Education Facilities displaced by the Regional Fires may operate as a permitted use in existing buildings that were previously used as Child Care and Early Education Facilities.
C. Prior to occupancy and upon request by the City, schools operating or expanding under this Section shall submit a Parking and Loading Operations Plan to the Director of the Community Development Department for review and approval, which may be amended from time to time.
D. City Staff shall also prioritize any necessary permitting and inspections required, and strict adherence to building codes shall not be required on this temporary basis unless the provision directly affects health and safety; since it is the intent to accommodate those affected beyond the immediate fire emergency threat, City Staff are also directed to prepare and offer for Council approval solutions that would allow those schools, child care and early education facilities, small businesses and nonprofits Docusign Envelope ID: E3C06E31-3E98-47EB-B824-7B99ECB9629C
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3. The provisions of Section 5 of the Second Supplement are hereby extended and shall terminate on October 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., unless extended or expressly superseded by a further order of the Director of Emergency Services.
ADOPTED this 28th day of August 2025.
ATTEST:
___________________ By: _____________________________
NIKIMA NEWSOME OLIVER CHI
City Clerk City Manager
Director of Emergency Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Report
City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Dana Brown, Human Resources Director, Human Resources Department Subject: Approval of Agreement for Service as Interim City Attorney – Heidi von Tongeln
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15601(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;
2. Appoint Heidi von Tongeln as Interim City Attorney commencing September 9, 2025; and,
3. Authorize the Mayor to negotiate and execute an employment agreement with Ms. von Tongeln for her service as Interim City Attorney.
Summary
The City Council is in the process of recruiting and hiring a new City Attorney to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of City Attorney Douglas Sloan, whose last date of City employment was August 29, 2025. The City Manager recommends that the City Council appoint current City of Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Heidi von Tongeln to serve as Interim City Attorney pending final recruitment and hiring of a permanent City Attorney.
Ms. von Tongeln has agreed to serve as the Interim City Attorney at an annual salary of $395,392, which is the salary for the City Attorney position at Step 5 on the current City salary schedule.
It should be noted that Mr. Sloan’s resignation was effective as of 5:00 p.m. on Friday,
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August 29, 2025, however, the next regular City Council meeting is not until Tuesday, September 9, 2025. To avoid a gap in authority, and without the need for a special meeting, on or about August 14, 2025, Mr. Sloan appointed Ms. von Tongeln as Acting City Attorney effective August 15, 2025, pending her appointment by the City Council as Interim City Attorney. It is recommended that the City Council appoint Ms. von Tongeln as Interim City Attorney commencing September 9, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to negotiate and execute an employment agreement in substantially the form as is attached.
Environmental Review
The agreement for Ms. Von Tongeln’s service is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The agreement is administrative in nature. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the agreement would not result in adverse physical impacts on the environment, and as such, is exempt from CEQA.
Financial Impact
The additional salary to be paid to Ms. von Tongeln during the period in which she will serve as the Interim City Attorney is already included in the FY 2025-26 budget and will have no fiscal impact. Because she will be serving as a “local agency executive” as defined in Government Code Section 3511.1(d), California law requires that Ms. von Tongeln’s pay be approved at a regular meeting, with an oral summary provided before final action is taken. See Government Code Sections 54953(c)(3), 54956(b).
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Prepared By: Sasha Sargent, Executive Administrative Assistant Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Interim City Attorney Employment Agreement Von Tongeln 083025
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CITY OF SANTA MONICA EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), entered into this ___day of September 2025, by and between the City of Santa Monica, a California municipal corporation (“City”), and Heidi von Tongeln (“von Tongeln”), is made with reference to the following:
RECITALS
A. On or about July 22, 2025, City Attorney Douglas Sloan announced that he would be leaving his employment with the City effective August 30, 2025, with his last day of work being August 29, 2025.
B. The City then commenced recruitment for a new permanent City Attorney, which is ongoing and is not yet completed.
C. On or about August 14, 2025, Mr. Sloan appointed Ms. von Tongeln as Acting City Attorney effective August 15, 2025, with Ms. von Tongeln’s base salary for this out of class assignment to be $395,392, which is the salary for the City Attorney position at Step 5 on the current and previously approved City salary schedule.
D. The City Council wishes to appoint Ms. von Tongeln as the Interim City Attorney upon the termination of Mr. Sloan’s service as City Attorney.
E. Ms. von Tongeln currently serves as a Chief Deputy City Attorney in the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office.
F. The City and Ms. von Tongeln wish to enter into an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of Ms. von Tongeln’s appointment as Interim City Attorney.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City and Ms. von Tongeln agree as follows:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Salary and Employment Benefits. In accordance with the existing City salary schedule for the position of City Attorney, City agrees to pay Ms. von Tongeln an annual base salary of $395,392, which is the salary for the City Attorney position at Step 5 on the current and previously approved City salary schedule. This salary will be payable in installments in the same manner and at the same time as other City employees are paid.
Ms. von Tongeln shall be eligible to receive all other employment benefits for which she is currently eligible, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Public Attorneys Union (“PAU”) for Fiscal Years 2025-2030. Additionally, Ms. von Tongeln is entitled to roll-over all accrued and unused MOU PERS N leave and
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2. Termination of Employment as Interim City Attorney. Ms. von Tongeln understands and agrees that the Interim City Attorney position is an at-will position of limited duration, subject to termination by the City Council at any time or upon the commencement of employment of a new City Attorney, whichever occurs first. Upon termination of her employment as Interim City Attorney, Ms. von Tongeln shall be entitled to resume her position as Chief Deputy City Attorney at the salary and benefits then in effect for that position, and with all applicable employment benefits as set forth in the Employment Agreement entered into between the City and Ms. von Tongeln dated January 15, 2025.
3. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall be effective as of September 9, 2025, which is the anticipated first date of employment of Ms. von Tongeln as the Interim City Attorney. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until modified by the City and Ms. von Tongeln in writing.
4. Integrated Contract. This Agreement represents the full and complete understanding of every kind or nature whatsoever between the parties. Any preliminary negotiations and agreements of any kind or nature are merged into this Agreement. No oral agreement or implied covenant may be held to vary the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified only by written agreement signed by City and Ms. von Tongeln.
5. Governing Law. The laws of the State of California, without regard to any choice of law provisions, will govern this Agreement.
6. Venue and Jurisdiction. Any litigation arising out of this Agreement may only be brought in either the United States District Court, Central District of California, or the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, West District, as appropriate. The parties agree that venue exists in either court, and each party expressly waives any right to transfer to another venue. The parties further agree that either court will have personal jurisdiction over the parties to this Agreement.
7. Electronic Signatures. Each party agrees that the transaction consisting of this Agreement may be conducted by electronic means. Each party agrees and acknowledges that it is such party’s intent, that if such party signs this Agreement using an electronic signature, it is signing, adopting, and accepting this Agreement and that signing this Agreement using an electronic signature is the legal equivalent of having placed its handwritten signature on this Agreement on paper. Each party acknowledges that it is being provided with an electronic or paper copy of this Agreement in a usable format.
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8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously or in any number of counterparts, including both counterparts that are executed manually on paper and counterparts that are in the form of electronic records and are executed electronically, whether digital or encrypted, each of which shall be deemed an original and together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
In witness whereof, this Agreement was executed on the day and year first written above.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA,
a municipal corporation
By: ________________________ __________________________ Lana Negrete, Mayor Heidi von Tongeln
City of Santa Monica
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
___________________________ _____________________________ Susan Cola Nikima Newsome
Assistant City Attorney City Clerk
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Report
City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Administration Subject: Adoption of Resolution Ratifying Homelessness Emergency Proclamation Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and
2. Adopt the proposed resolution ratifying the 2025 Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness.
Executive Summary
On March 11, 2025, in accordance with Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Chapter
2.16, the City Council adopted the 2025 Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness (the “2025 Proclamation”).
Government Code Section 8630 requires local governmental authorities to renew a local emergency every 60 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency. Accordingly, this staff report recommends adopting the attached Resolution ratifying the 2025 Proclamation. (Attachment A).
Discussion
On February 14, 2023, the City Council adopted a Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness due to the homelessness crisis in the region, which continues to grow, leading to deplorable living conditions and illness and deaths of unhoused and unsheltered persons in the region. On May 14, 2024, the City Council
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adopted a further Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness (“the 2024 Proclamation”), which was utilized to advance several key initiatives related to homelessness.
On March 11, 2025, because the conditions that existed at the time the 2024 Proclamation was adopted persist, the City Council adopted the 2025 Proclamation, which extends the local emergency on homelessness through December 31, 2026. The 2025 Proclamation allows the City to expeditiously increase City services and programs to address and prevent homelessness. Specifically, the extension enables the City to, among other things, receive additional county, state, and federal resources to address the homelessness crisis, prevent rental price gouging, streamline and expedite certain City processes, leverage City resources to support people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness or to address local impacts of homelessness, and allows the City Manager to take all available actions authorized under Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 2.16. On April 22, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11658 (CCS), ratifying the 2025 Proclamation. On June 10, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11669 (CCS), and on July 29, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11686 (CCS), re-ratifying the 2025 Proclamation.
Staff now recommends that Council adopt the attached resolution re-ratifying the 2025 Proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency in the City of Santa Monica and authorizing specified actions in response to that local emergency.
Environmental Review
The 2025 Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness would have no effect on the environment, and therefore, is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Fiscal Impacts
None.
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Prepared By: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Resolution re State of Emergency on Homelessness 09.09.2025
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1 City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA RATIFYING THE 2025 PROCLAMATION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING A LOCAL
EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS
WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 empowers the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services (“Director”), to request that the City Council proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency if the City Council is in session; and
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2023, the City adopted a Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness due to the homelessness crisis in the region, which continues to grow, leading to deplorable living conditions and illness and deaths of unhoused and unsheltered persons in the region, which was extended to May 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2024 the City adopted a further Proclamation Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness (the “2024 Proclamation”), which was utilized to advance several key initiatives related to homelessness; and WHEREAS, based on the 2024 Point-In-Time Homeless Count (“2024 PITC”) data, there were 75,312 people experiencing homeless in Los Angeles County; and WHEREAS, based on the 2024 PITC data for Service Planning Area 5 (SPA 5), the SPA Santa Monica is in, there were 5,383 people experiencing homelessness; and WHEREAS, based on the 2024 PITC data, there were 774 people experiencing homelessness in Santa Monica; and
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WHEREAS, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report published in October 2023, the fastest growing group in the nation’s population of people experiencing homelessness is older adults, composing nearly half of the homeless population nationwide, and a number that is expected to triple by 2030, and older adult homelessness has increased by 25% in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care between 2020 and 2024; and
WHEREAS, a California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) found that high housing costs and low income left participants vulnerable to homelessness, and that the most common reason for leaving housing was economic; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium that protected tenants from eviction who were under 80% of Area Median Income who were unable to pay rent due to the pandemic expired March 31, 2023, and tenants had up to twelve (12) months to repay past due rent owed to avoid risk of eviction; and WHEREAS, the number of eviction lawsuits provided to the Santa Monica City Attorney’s office in 2024 increased by over 28% from the number provided in 2023, with
84.8% of 2024 eviction lawsuits based on nonpayment of rent, suggesting even more tenants at risk of eviction and homelessness than in 2023; and
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WHEREAS, the 2025 Proclamation extends the local emergency on homelessness through December 31, 2026, and allows the City to expeditiously increase City services and programs to address and prevent homelessness; and WHEREAS, specifically, the extension of the local emergency effectuated by the 2025 Proclamation enables the City to, among other things, receive additional county, state, and federal resources to address the homelessness crisis, prevent rental price gouging, streamline and expedite certain City processes, leverage City resources to support people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness or to address local impacts of homelessness, and to allow the City Manager to take all available actions authorized under Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 2.16; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11658 (CCS), ratifying the 2025 Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, on June 10. 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11669 (CCS), re-ratifying the 2025 Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, on July 29, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 11686 (CCS), re-ratifying the 2025 Proclamation.
WHEREAS the findings included in the 2025 Proclamation are included herein as if stated in full.
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SECTION 1. The 2025 Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica Declaring a Local Emergency on Homelessness (“Exhibit A”) is hereby ratified.
SECTION 2. It is hereby proclaimed that a local emergency now exists throughout the City. It is further proclaimed and ordered that during the existence of this local emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the Director of Emergency Services and the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by State law and by the ordinances and resolutions of this City.
SECTION 3. The City Council authorizes the City Manager, in capacity as the Director of Emergency Services, to take all actions related to the protection of life and property that are reasonably necessary to respond to the local emergency.
SECTION 4. The local emergency shall be deemed to continue and exist until December 31, 2026, unless its termination is earlier proclaimed by the City Council. As required by law, the City Council shall review the need to continue the state of emergency every 60 days until this resolution is terminated.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Resolution, or the 2025 Proclamation ratified herein 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 Resolution or the 2025 Proclamation. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Resolution and the 2025 Proclamation and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
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SECTION 6. 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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Heidi von Tongeln
Acting City Attorney
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Administration Subject: Adoption of Resolution Outlining the City's Current Fiscal Distress Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and
2. Adopt the attached Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica Identifying Local Fiscal Distress Based on Decreased Revenue and Increased Liabilities.
Executive Summary
The City has faced many fiscal challenges achieving its revenue, expenditures, and General Fund reserve targets during the past several years. The City’s current financial situation has been exacerbated by uncertain revenues and increasing costs and liabilities. Since adoption of the FY 2025-27 Budget earlier this year, staff has been working to develop an overarching strategy to stabilize the City’s ongoing fiscal position.
In an effort to better articulate the current fiscal distress faced by the City, and to provide staff with an additional tool as we continue to pursue various budgetary and legislative strategies to address the City’s current financial situation, the attached Resolution has been prepared for City Council consideration. The Resolution outlines the City’s current fiscal circumstances, as articulated during our FY 2025-27 Budget Process, and would further direct the City Manager to take all necessary steps to address, alleviate, and mitigate the existing circumstances. In addition, adoption of this resolution would provide the City with an official document to articulate and strengthen
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future arguments and applications related to various interactions we have with grant funding, regulatory, and other governmental entities.
Discussion
The City of Santa Monica is a full-service city that provides residents with a police department, fire department, a regional transportation network, water, refuse and recycling, street maintenance, parking services, free public wi-fi, a high speed fiber optic network, parks, affordable housing, economic development, library services, rent control, and recreational, cultural, and educational services. The City has historically relied on tax revenue from tourism and travel to support the City’s extensive services.
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a sudden 26.8% decline in General Fund revenue in FY 2020-21. The City Council responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing the City’s budget by 23.9% and eliminating 299 permanent and 122 temporary positions.
City services have not been restored to the level before the COVID-19 pandemic, and numerous capital projects have remained unfunded in light of the financial challenges faced by the City.
On June 24, 2025, the City Council adopted a General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 with adjusted expenditures of $484.3 million and $473.5 million in expected revenue. Since its adoption, the City has faced challenges achieving its revenue, expenditures, and General Fund reserve targets set forth in the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget. The recent financial forecasts anticipate that the City will continue to operate a structural deficit for several years, and the City faces ongoing uncertainty that revenue projections may come in lower than expected.
The problem of uncertain revenue is exacerbated by the possibility of increased liabilities. AB 218 and AB 452 effectively eliminated the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims. The City has paid over $229 million in settlements relating to alleged sexual abuse purportedly committed 20 to 30 years ago by a former City employee (the “Settlements”). The Settlements have been funded largely by reserves in the general fund and by borrowing over $52 million from various City funds. Currently, the City faces additional abuse claims relating to the former employee from over 180 claimants that
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are seeking several million dollars for their alleged damages, the payment of which will be due in full upon order of the court and/or approval of the settlement.
Due to the effects of the downturn in revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to pay the Settlements from the City’s general fund reserves, the reserves are only at 61% of their pre-pandemic levels.
On June 24, 2025, along with the FY 2025-26 Budget, the City Council adopted an updated fiscal policy, which includes a provision first adopted in May 2020—in response to the COVID-19 pandemic—to reduce the City’s longstanding policy requiring the General Fund to maintain an operating contingency reserve of at least 15% to 12.5% of the following year’s operating and capital budget and subsidies to other funds. The updated fiscal policy further commits the General Fund to increase the reserve level by
0.5% annually until it once again reaches 15%, provided that revenues recover.
In addition, the federal government has discussed or implemented several economic policies, including tariffs, mass deportations, tax cuts, and deregulation, which may impact the national and local economy. Some economists predict that the national economy will continue to be an inflationary economic environment with rising costs of goods and labor.
The attached Resolution highlights these factors in identifying local fiscal distress in Santa Monica, and would further direct the City Manager to take all necessary steps to address, alleviate, and mitigate the current financial exigency that exists in the City. Of note, the attached Resolution would not obligate the City to take any specific actions to address the fiscal emergency, nor would it grant the City Manager powers that exceed those set forth in the City Charter and Municipal Code. Rather, the proposed resolution is intended to serve as a tool to help strengthen the City’s arguments and various applications for funding and / or fiscal relief when interfacing with various grant funding, regulatory, and other governmental entities.
Environmental Review
The proposed Resolution Declaring a Fiscal Emergency Based on Decreased Revenues and Increased Liabilities is administrative in nature and would have no effect on the environment, and therefore, is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to
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Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Fiscal Impacts
None.
Prepared By: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. RESO Identifying Local Fiscal Distress 09.09.2025
B. Written Comments
C. PowerPoint Presentation
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1 City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
IDENTIFYING LOCAL FISCAL DISTRESS BASED ON DECREASED REVENUE AND
INCREASED LIABILITIES
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the “City”) is a full-service city that provides residents with a police department, fire department, a regional transportation network, water, refuse and recycling, street maintenance, parking services, free public wi-fi, a high speed fiber optic network, parks, affordable housing, economic development, library services, rent control, recreational, cultural and educational services; and WHEREAS, the City has historically relied on tax revenue from tourism and travel to support the City’s extensive services; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a sudden 26.8% decline in General Fund revenue in FY 2020-21; and
WHEREAS, the City Council responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing the City’s budget by 23.9% and eliminating 299 permanent and 122 temporary positions; and
WHEREAS, City services have not been restored to the level before the COVID19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, numerous capital projects have remained unfunded in light of the financial challenges faced by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City recently adopted a FY 2025-26 General Fund budget with adjusted expenditures of $484.3 million and $473.5 million in expected revenue; and
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WHEREAS, the City faces ongoing uncertainty that revenue projections may come in lower than expected; and
WHEREAS, the problem of uncertain revenue is exacerbated by the possibility of increased liabilities; and
WHEREAS, AB 218 and AB 452 effectively eliminated the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims; and
WHEREAS, the City has paid over $229 million in settlements relating to alleged sexual abuse purportedly committed 20 to 30 years ago by a former City employee (the “Settlements”); and
WHEREAS, the Settlements have been funded largely by reserves in the general fund and by borrowing over $52 million from various City funds; and WHEREAS, the City’s General Fund reserves are only at 61% of their prepandemic levels; and WHEREAS, the City faces additional abuse claims relating to the former employee from over 180 claimants that are seeking several million dollars for their alleged damages, the payment of which will be due in full upon order of the court and/or approval of the settlement; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2025, the City Council adopted, along with the FY 2025- 26 Budget, an updated fiscal policy which includes a provision first adopted in May 2020—
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Packet Pg. 667 Attachment: RESO Identifying Local Fiscal Distress 09.09.2025 (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 3 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic—to reduce the City’s longstanding policy requiring the General Fund to maintain an operating contingency reserve of at least 15% to 12.5% of the following year’s operating and capital budget and subsidies to other funds; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal policy further commits the General Fund to increase the reserve level by 0.5% annually until it once again reaches 15%, provided that revenues recover; and
WHEREAS, the federal government has discussed or implemented several economic policies, including tariffs, mass deportations, tax cuts, and deregulation, which may impact the national and local economy; and
WHEREAS, some economists predict that the national economy will continue to be an inflationary economic environment with rising costs of goods and labor; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the current financial condition of the City, including the significant drawdown of reserves and interfund payment obligations, coupled with uncertain revenues and increasing costs and liabilities warrants declaring a fiscal emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council declares that, as a result of the City’s current financial condition, uncertain revenues, and increasing costs and liabilities, the City is experiencing a fiscal emergency.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby directs the City Manager to take all necessary steps to address, alleviate, and mitigate this emergency.
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Packet Pg. 668 Attachment: RESO Identifying Local Fiscal Distress 09.09.2025 (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 4 SECTION 3. 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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HEIDI VON TONGELN
Interim City Attorney
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From: Bonnie Johnstone <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2025 2:06 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Dan Hall; Jesse Zwick; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Ellis Raskin
Cc: Bonnie Johnstone
Subject: "fiscal Emergency"
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Hello All,
Please please whatever you do DO NOT cut out rent control!! You know that (unfortunately) it is essential. It has-kept many people from being homeless! Suggestion: Street cleaning, cut it back to twice a month!. The cutback worked during covid - at least in residential areas.
Hold back on salary on salary increases to "higher echelon" management ? Hopefully library services and park services can be maintained-appreciated services! Thank you for reading this. Bonnie Johnstone,Mid-City area Item 4-S
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Packet Pg. 670 Attachment: Written Comments (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 1 David Yakobson
From: Eve Lopez <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:46 AM
To: Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Caroline Torosis; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell
Cc: councilmtgitems
Subject: Agenda Item 4S - Fiscal Distress (oppose unless modified)
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Dear Mayor Negrete and Councilmembers:
I respectfully oppose adoption of the proposed Resolution Identifying Local Fiscal Distress. While acknowledging the City’s financial challenges is important, this Resolution raises serious concerns for residents who expect transparency, accountability, and sound governance.
Overbroad Delegation of Authority
The Resolution grants the City Manager authority to “take all necessary steps” to address a fiscal emergency. Unlike the staff report, the Resolution itself contains no language limiting this authority under the Charter. The City Manager is new to our community and has not yet established the trust or familiarity needed for such broad discretion. Oversight is the Council’s responsibility, and concentrating this authority in a single office undermines that role. A simple revision could address this by narrowing the authority to seeking funding sources, such as grants, without expanding powers beyond what is appropriate.
Omission of Voter Rights Case Costs
The Resolution is silent on the millions of dollars spent defending the Voter Rights case, despite these legal costs being a major driver of financial strain. Residents deserve candor about these expenditures and clarity on whether the City intends to pursue settlement to reduce ongoing legal fees. Ignoring this issue appears less like oversight and more like avoidance.
Lack of a Path Forward
The Resolution reviews past financial pressures but offers no plan to address the structural deficit. Declaring a fiscal emergency without meaningful reform is an empty gesture. Residents need to see a transparent strategy for long-term stability, not just a declaration in the hope of outside aid.
I urge the Council to amend the Resolution to limit the City Manager’s authority and to begin an honest conversation with residents and experts about real solutions. Santa Monica deserves fiscal policies that build stability and public trust, not broad delegations of power or incomplete narratives.
Eve Lopez
Santa Monica Resident
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Packet Pg. 671 Attachment: Written Comments (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 2 David Yakobson
From: Nikki Kolhoff <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:06 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Natalya Zernitskaya; Barry Snell; Ellis Raskin
Subject: September 9, 2025 City Council - Item 4S Resolution of Fiscal Distress - OPPOSE
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Dear Mayor Negrete and City Council -
I oppose the declaration of "Fiscal Distress".
First, a declaration of fiscal distress is inappropriate to agendize as a Consent item. The fact that such a drastic move was agendized where "All items will be considered and approved in one motion unless removed by a Councilmember for discussion" shows council is failing to take it's fiscal responsibilities seriously. Placing something on the consent calendar means Council and staff have decided it's a matter with no need for presentation of a staff report, clarifying questions from Council, meaningful public comment, or public discussion by Council. A declaration of fiscal distress is a significant step for Council to take and requires a full and transparent discussion.
Second, the "fiscal distress" is Council's own creation, resulting from discretionary expenditures that city council chose to make and continues to make regarding the Uller case.
The resolution states:
"WHEREAS, the City has paid over $229 million in settlements relating to alleged sexual abuse purportedly committed 20 to 30 years ago by a former City employee (the “Settlements”); and WHEREAS, the Settlements have been funded largely by reserves in the general fund and by borrowing over $52 million from various City funds; and WHEREAS, the City’s General Fund reserves are only at 61% of their pre- pandemic levels; and WHEREAS, the City faces additional abuse claims relating to the former employee from over 180 claimants that are seeking several million dollars for their alleged damages, the payment of which will be due in full upon order of the court and/or approval of the settlement".
To be clear, all victims should be compensated. But we don't know who the victims are, and who is entitled to compensation, because the city has settled for lump sums, without question, the entire time. We are told that the city was advised the first batch of $34 million would resolved all claims based on the statute of limitations, so the city paid. That advice turned out to be incorrect, but instead of pushing back on future claims, the city keeps paying.
This is fiscally responsible because:
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Packet Pg. 672 Attachment: Written Comments (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 3 1. While paying a lump sum may result in a lower aggregate amount paid, it hits the city all at once, compromising fiscal solvency and the ability to provide basic services. The city could have paid a higher amount spread over time to avoid the "fiscal distress" they chose.
2. We don't know that all 300+ claims are entitled to $1 million payouts each. If they are legitimate claims, surely that merits a full investigation of how our system failed these children to ensure it never happens again. And if they aren't all legitimate, as city staff and council has been recently vocalizing, then the illegitimate claims shouldn't be paid. Yet the city continues to pay without question. Why? We are left to conclude that the city continues to pay in order to avoid a public investigation of the underlying crimes and also who in the city knew about it and did nothing to protect the children. Uller is dead, so paying out has no impact on him. But paying continues to protect everyone else involved at the time.
The question is who are Council and staff risking city solvency to protect? Council shouldn't continue the ruse by declaring fiscal distress resulting from payments Council chose to make. The residents are entitled to a full investigation of the circumstances that brought us to this precipice, not continued payouts for silence.
Regards,
Nikki Kolhoff
Santa Monica Resident
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Packet Pg. 673 Attachment: Written Comments (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) 4 David Yakobson
From: Bonnie Johnstone <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 8:45 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Bonnie Johnstone
Subject: budget revamp
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Please please do NOT give full power to the (very much new) city manager to revamp the budget!! (Let's not go the way of Wash DC!)
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Packet Pg. 674 Attachment: Written Comments (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) Resolution Identifying
Local Fiscal Distress
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Packet Pg. 675 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) Why Outline the Local Fiscal Distress?
• Raise awareness regarding the City’s financial condition • Strengthen arguments for:
• Regulatory relief to assist with revenue generation
• Limitations on ongoing and future potential liabilities • Pursuing grants and other funding opportunities
• The resolution developed:
• Sets forth the details of the City’s current financial condition in one document; and
• Helps institute a broader strategy intended to achieve ongoing fiscal stability moving ahead
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Packet Pg. 676 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) What Are The Primary Causes of Local
Fiscal Distress?
Decreased Revenue • The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a sudden 26.8% decline in revenue • The Federal government has discussed or implemented several economic policies which may impact the national and local economy, inflationary environment • Recent financial forecasts appear to project continue decreases in sales tax, TOT, and parking revenues • Without further action, the City will continue to unsustainably operate with a structural deficit Increased Liabilities • The City has paid over $229 million in settlements relating to alleged sexual abuse purportedly committed 20 to 30 years ago by a former City employee • Currently, the City faces 180 additional abuse claims Item 4-S
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Packet Pg. 677 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) A Few Key Considerations
Adopting the resolution outlining details related to the City’s fiscal distress. . .
• Does not reduce City services or cut staffing…
• Does not grant the City Manager any emergency powers… • Does not declare a fiscal emergency as defined by the State Government Code…
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Packet Pg. 678 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) What Happens Next?
• The City is working to develop both a budgetary
stabilization and overall City realignment plan, which we will present for review in late October
• While the financial challenges facing Santa Monica are real, staff is confident that the strategy being developed will help achieve stability
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Packet Pg. 679 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7285 : Fiscal Distress Resolution) City Council
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney, City Attorney's Office Subject: Conference with legal counsel - anticipated litigation - Gov’t. Code § 54956.9- litigation claims of Constance White and Milana Davis against City of Santa Monica pertaining to condemnation of property located at 1811 Ocean Avenue. One case.
Prepared By: Heidi Von Tongeln, Acting City Attorney
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Written Comments
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From: Edith Karmes <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 5:50 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT, ITEM 5.a., 9/9/2025 City Council Meeting
EXTERNAL
September 9 City Council Meeting
Item 5.a. - Public Comment
Claims involving eminent domain involving
1811 Ocean Boulevard
The City’s research shows:
On May 15, 1957, a group of investors called Silas White & Associates signed a lease-topurchase agreement for land at 1811 Ocean Ave., which was owned by a white man named Bennett Dorsey. White formed Ebony Beach Club as a nonprofit corporation in 1958 and began soliciting memberships for the planned private club.
The agreement to purchase the Ebony Beach Club site was for $200,000, which White would pay as a lease in monthly installments of $2,700 per month for 15 years, with a second 15-year extension option. The City Attorney’s Office found court records showing that White completed one rental payment of $2,700 on behalf of the Ebony Beach Club, Inc. before the site and surrounding properties were seized through eminent domain.
It's the city’s understanding that White, through Silas White & Associates and his nonprofit Ebony Beach Club Inc., entered into the lease-to-purchase agreement with the intention of ultimately owning the property, but didn’t have the capital or capability to buy it outright at the time. This was common for entrepreneurs of color at that time, as they didn’t have access to business loans or other sources of capital.
On Aug. 29, 1958, the city filed a complaint for condemnation — more commonly known as eminent domain — to seize five parcels of land that included the Ebony Beach Club site and several surrounding parcels. The complaint named the owner of the Ebony Beach Club property as Bennett Dorsey, and the Dicksons, a family that had loaned Dorsey money to make improvements to the property.
On Oct. 15, 1959, the court awarded $74,000 to Dorsey and the Dicksons, and issued a final judgment stating that Ebony Beach Club, Inc., had no right, title, interest or estate in the property.
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Packet Pg. 681 Attachment: Written Comments (7301 : Constance White) 2 Today, the Ebony Beach Club property makes up about five percent of the land where the Viceroy Hotel sits, and mostly comprises Vicente Terrace, a public street adjacent to the hotel.
In August 2024, the city provided the family’s legal representatives with the findings of the investigation and supporting documentation, also giving an opportunity for the family to address any missing or incorrect information. At the last meeting between the city and the White family, the family presented an estimated value of economic loss at $125,000. The city requested additional documentation on this claim and is waiting for a response.
The City should deny claims based on this history for many reasons:
1. The claims accrued more than 65 years ago. They are obviously barred by applicable statutes of limitation.
2. The property was owned by a white man. The possibility that it would be acquired by African Americans was speculative. There is no compelling evidence of racial animus directed at the White family. The owner had a reasonable opportunity to oppose the condemnation and contest the value of the compensation he was paid in court at the time the eminent proceedings were pending. The Silas White buyers had the opportunity to intervene in the eminent domain proceedings and/or to file a complaint against the City for racial discrimination at the time the property was condemned. There is no justification or excuse for delaying more than 65 years, now that the witnesses and much of the relevant evidence is unavailable, to pursue any claim against the City.
3. The City condemned many lots in the same time period to build the Civic Center. What the nature of the City’s motivations were is not knowable with much confidence because the witnesses whose motivations are material are long dead.
4. Most if not all competent lawyers will say that a claim could be summarily defeated in little time and for little expense by demurrer, a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, or a motion for summary judgment.
5. There are other alleged victims whose property was taken by eminent domain who can allege and possibly prove racial discrimination. Settling with the vocal members of the White family will simply motivate other putative victims to file similar claims. It should be noted that everyone whose property was taken through eminent domain was paid “reasonable compensation” for the property as determined by a court. There is no allegation that the trial courts and appellate courts were not impartial.
6. The City is in a fiscal crisis. Discretionary expenditures must be kept to a minimum. The City Council are fiduciaries for the electorate’s funds.
7. Members of the City Council, in particular Caroline Torosis, have been publicly claiming the White family were victims of racial discrimination which the City owed them compensation for, Item 5-A
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Packet Pg. 682 Attachment: Written Comments (7301 : Constance White) 3 long before the facts were known, displaying the very kind of prejudice that they complain of. (Ms. Torosis is oftentimes more concerned about herself and her public image than the wellbeing of City residents, as when she through a hissy fit last year when widespread opposition arose to sending her and others on a junket to Vienna, Austria to study socialist housing practices in a foreign country with different laws 6,000+ miles away.) The City Council should cast aside such prejudice and not pay or compromise claims with taxpayer funds for which the courts were open 65 years ago to adjudicate and which courts today would certainly dismiss as time-barred and if not time barred because the White family cannot produce evidence to satisfy their burden of proof.
8. Priorities. There is not a groundswell of widespread public opinion to spend funds to pay the White family and divert them from hiring more police, rejuvenating the Promenade, public safety, the parks (including the Airport park which the public wants and the City states it cannot afford) reducing homelessness in public spaces, or other projects that the Santa Monica public believes is of far greater importance.
8. Finally, paying a claim that is totally without merit (because it is barred by statutes of limitation) because it is a claim of racial discrimination by a Black family, is itself an instance of racial discrimination (the same kind as universities giving preference to students because of their race, which the Supreme Court has declared unlawful). This invites civil rights litigation against the City which at a minimum will cost the City a lot to defend.
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Office of Sustainability & the Environment
Subject: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Adopting Building Performance Standards to Support Carbon Emissions Reductions from Existing Buildings
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;
2. Introduce for first reading the attached ordinance that amends the Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) by adding chapter 8.39, entitled Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards to support carbon emissions reductions from existing buildings.
Summary
The City of Santa Monica is advancing a key strategy from its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (Attachment B) by proposing a Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards (BPS) ordinance (Attachment H) for existing buildings over 20,000 square feet (762 total buildings). While past City codes, such as the 2020 Energy Reach Code, 2022 Zero Emission Building Code, and 2024 Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (Attachments C, D, and F), have focused on reducing emissions from new construction, existing buildings make up most of the City’s building stock and generate approximately 33% of total annual carbon emissions.
Targeting this sector could cut building-related emissions by up to 44%, delivering an
14.5% reduction in citywide emissions.
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The proposed ordinance would add Chapter 8.39 to the Santa Monica Municipal Code, requiring covered buildings to:
1. Report annual energy use to the City; and
2. Meet energy efficiency and/or greenhouse gas reduction targets every five years, advancing toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
BPS policies already in place in cities across the U.S. set mandatory performance targets for existing buildings on a defined schedule, independent of building permits.
They drive carbon reduction by encouraging both energy efficiency and electrification, while often lowering operating costs, improving safety, and enhancing indoor air quality for building occupants.
The Santa Monica BPS proposal was shaped through extensive stakeholder engagement, including public workshops, a working group of local building owners and technical experts, and consultation with peer cities such as Denver, Boston, and Washington, D.C. The ordinance framework is supported by technical analysis from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and guidance from national organizations such as the Institute of Market Transformation. Specific performance targets, compliance pathways, and enforcement provisions will be finalized through an administrative regulation process before the June 1, 2026 effective date, with continued input from building owners, industry experts, and community representatives.
Background
To meet the City’s 2030 and 2050 goals — of 80% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels and carbon neutrality, respectively — emissions from the existing building sector must be mitigated. In 2024, the City addressed emissions from newly constructed buildings by adopting the Energy Performance Approach Reach Code, which encourages new buildings to be all-electric. It also addressed embodied carbon by adopting the Low-Carbon Concrete Ordinance (Attachment I). In addition to new
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construction, the City has implemented policies and projects geared towards reducing emissions from existing buildings. These include:
• The City’s participation in the Clean Power Alliance, which offers 100% renewable and carbon-free electricity to customers. This began in 2019 and the current overall participation rate in the 100% green power program for Santa Monica is 95.8%.
• The Electrify Santa Monica rebate program, which was launched to incentivize residents and small businesses to install Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations and convert methane gas appliances to efficient electric alternatives. • The release of the City’s Existing Building Electrification Roadmap (Attachment J), which outlines policy recommendations to electrify Santa Monica’s existing buildings. It emphasizes the need for equitable policy development. To ensure equity in the BPS policy, the City is following the lead of other jurisdictions, such as Denver, CO, to develop an Equity Priority Buildings program (see section on Equity Priority Buildings program below).
• Many energy efficiency-related projects and public EV infrastructure initiatives have been implemented at municipal and private sites. These include parking structure lighting retrofits, full electrification of an affordable multifamily building owned by the Community Corporation of Santa Monica, and ongoing heat pump water heater replacements at critical municipal facilities.
Building Energy Benchmarking
State legislation under AB 802 requires buildings over 50,000 square feet to report annual energy use to the California Energy Commission since 2016. This process is known as “energy benchmarking” and utilizes Energy Star Portfolio Manager (ESPM), an online tool that enables building owners to report energy-use data from their electric and gas bills. Benchmarking allows building owners to compare their energy use to other buildings of similar sizes and types and enables property owners or managers to set performance targets to comply with a BPS.
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To set BPS targets for all covered buildings (20,000 to 50,000 square feet) under the proposed BPS policy, a new benchmarking requirement is necessary for buildings under 50,000 square feet that have not previously been subject to reporting requirements under AB 802. Jurisdictions that have implemented BPS, such as Boston, MA, and Denver, CO typically introduce a benchmarking policy prior to Building Performance Standards.
The proposed Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards ordinance (Attachment H) sets benchmarking requirements for all buildings larger than 20,000 square feet.
Discussion
The proposed Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards (BPS) ordinance targets a major source of Santa Monica’s greenhouse gas emissions:
existing commercial and residential buildings over 20,000 square feet. This sector produces roughly 33% of the city’s total annual emissions, and reducing its impact could cut building-related emissions by up to 44%, lowering citywide emissions by approximately 14.5%. The ordinance framework has been shaped by extensive public engagement, technical analysis, and alignment with peer city policies. Supporting materials that explain the ordinance’s development, such as detailed existing building stock analysis, state and national policy context, stakeholder engagement records, administrative regulations approach, equity program design, and funding structure are included in Attachments N-R. These materials are technical in nature and have been placed in attachments to keep the Discussion section focused on the ordinance’s key policy components.
Santa Monica Building Performance Standards Policy Summary
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Santa Monica’s BPS policy is comprised of six main categories: 1) covered buildings, 2) performance metrics, 3) targets and compliance cycles, 4) compliance pathways, 5) enforcement, and 6) exemptions.
1. Covered Buildings
Covered buildings (“Covered Properties” in the ordinance) are those regulated by the BPS policy. Analysis showed that setting the threshold at over 20,000 square feet achieves the largest carbon reductions while involving the fewest buildings. This covers approximately 762 commercial and residential buildings in Santa Monica (Attachment L:
20–50k sq. ft.; Attachment M: over 50k sq. ft.), divided into Phase 1 (over 50,000 sq. ft.) and Phase 2 (20,000–50,000 sq. ft.).
Phase 1 properties are already subject to California’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program (AB 802), which requires annual energy reporting to the California Energy Commission. Because benchmarking data already exists, BPS targets for these buildings can be set sooner, and compliance will begin earlier than for Phase 2 buildings.
Phase 2 properties have not been subject to statewide benchmarking and must first provide annual energy data under the ordinance. This allows time to establish baselines before their BPS targets take effect.
2. Performance Metrics
Performance metrics are the core of a Building Performance Standards (BPS) policy.
They measure a building’s energy performance and form the basis for setting and tracking compliance targets. Under this ordinance, the specific requirements for applying performance metrics will be finalized in the administrative regulations process.
Targets may be based on one or both of the following:
• Metric #1 – Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GHGI): GHGI is defined as a building’s greenhouse gas use expressed as metric tons of CO2e per square foot per year. A building’s GHGI is calculated by dividing the total greenhouse gases
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produced by the building in one (1) year (measured in CO2e) by the total gross floor area of the building. This metric highlights emissions from on-site fossil fuel use and supports electrification strategies.
• Metric #2 – Site Energy Use Intensity (Site EUI): Site EUI is defined as a building's weather-normalized site energy use expressed as energy per square foot per year as a function of its size, normalized for weather and other characteristics that are significant drivers of energy performance as feasible with the reporting platform used. A building's EUI is calculated by dividing the total energy consumed by the building in one (1) year (measured in kBtu) by the total gross floor area of the building. This metric emphasizes overall energy efficiency, targeting reductions in both electricity and natural gas use.
Jurisdictions that have implemented BPS policies have chosen either GHGI, Site EUI, or a combination of both metrics depending on regional climate and building characteristics. GHGI is effective for driving electrification or reducing fossil fuel combustion while Site EUI supports broad energy efficiency improvements. When used together, both GHGI and Site EUI can encourage efficient electrification and reduced total energy use — benefiting building owners through lower emissions, improved performance, and often reduced energy bills.
3. Targets & Compliance Cycles
Targets and compliance cycles begin with establishing baseline performance for each covered building type, recognizing that different building types have different energy profiles. Energy Star Portfolio Manager identifies up to 80 different building types, each of which may have distinct baseline values. Baseline performance represents a building’s energy performance in a specific year (it’s annual GHGI and/or Site EUI).
Example: if a building’s 2024 baseline is 5.0 kgCO2e/sf/yr (GHGI) and 100 kBtu/sf/yr (Site EUI), those figures become its starting point for target setting. The detailed process for determining baselines will be finalized during the administrative regulations process.
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The BPS ordinance establishes a final target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for all covered buildings. To ensure steady progress, it also requires interim performance targets at 5-year intervals. Buildings must meet each interim target and maintain or improve performance in the subsequent compliance cycle. Interim targets follow a “trajectory approach” (Figure 3): a straight-line reduction path from each building’s baseline to the 2050 net-zero goal. This ensures consistent progress over time while allowing flexibility in how owners achieve reductions.
Figure 3. BPS Trajectory Approach
Source: Institute for Market Transformation, 2023
The interim performance targets for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 properties are as follows:
Phase 1 properties:
• First Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2031
• Second Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2036
• Third Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2041
• Fourth Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2046
Phase 2 properties:
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• First Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2036
• Second Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2041
• Third Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2046
Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 properties would be required to meet the final performance target on June 1st, 2051.
4. Compliance Pathways
Compliance pathways give property owners flexibility in how they meet Building Performance Standards (BPS) requirements. The ordinance provides two options:
1. Performance Pathway: The building meets interim and final performance targets directly, using any combination of behavioral, energy efficiency and/or electrification upgrades. Examples include improved lighting, building envelope enhancements, energy monitoring systems, replacement of water or space heaters, and conversion of gas appliances to electric. This pathway allows owners to select the most cost-effective measures for reducing operational emissions.
2. Building Performance Action Plan (BPAP) Pathway: If unusual circumstances make it unreasonable to meet a target on schedule, the owner may submit a BPAP. This BPAP can extend or adjust targets while keeping the building on track for long-term compliance. This option is useful when aligning upgrades with the natural replacement cycle of major systems (for example, replacing a newly installed gas water heater at the end of its service life rather than immediately).
BPAP requirements and review procedures will be detailed in administrative regulations, and City staff will monitor approved plans to ensure progress.
5. Enforcement
Enforcement provisions, including penalties for non-compliance, will be finalized during the administrative regulation process. The ordinance anticipates using fines paid by property owners in place of meeting required performance or reporting obligations.
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Recommendations from the BPS working group support a fine structure that:
• Scales penalties based on the degree of non-compliance (larger gaps from the target result in higher fines).
• Imposes a separate flat fine for failure to submit benchmarking data. • Sets penalty amounts higher than the cost of compliance to incentivize building upgrades rather than payment in lieu.
City staff will refine the fine framework during the administrative regulations process to ensure it is effective, equitable, and consistent with policy goals.
6. Exemptions
Exemptions apply to certain property types and circumstances, with definitions to be finalized in administrative regulations during the administrative regulation drafting process. Based on stakeholder input, examples of exempt property types may include all-electric buildings, federal facilities, and industrial buildings.
Properties not in an exempt category may still qualify for an exemption if:
1. A demolition permit has been issued, or demolition is planned that would prevent meeting the next interim target.
2. The property lacked a certificate of occupancy (or temporary certificate) for all twelve months of the baseline year preceding the compliance schedule.
3. The property is in financial hardship, as defined by the Department of Public Works in consultation with the Community Accountability Working Group.
4. The Department of Public Works determines that strict compliance would cause financial hardship or would not serve the public interest.
BPS Implementation/Management
The Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE) staff would manage BPS implementation and ongoing compliance internally with the assistance of a qualified vendor selected through a formal request for proposals. The City would procure software services designed explicitly to track and manage BPS compliance. Funding for this software would come from OSE’s existing operational budget. Ongoing BPS management would include activities such as:
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• Setting up a building performance database
• Conducting outreach to covered property owners
• Operationalizing data collection
• Analyzing building data
• Establishing an online resource hub and call center
• Providing ongoing building-owner support, such as educational opportunities and compliance resources
Next Steps
The Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards ordinance is presented to Council for adoption.
If approved by Council, the proposed ordinance would undergo additional rulemaking through the administrative regulations process between the adopted date and proposed effective date of June 1, 2026. Staff would continue to engage owners of covered buildings and other industry associations and professionals to develop equitable BPS rules with oversight from the BPS technical committee and Community Accountability Working Group. Public notification of the effective date of the ordinance would be posted on the City’s website, in addition to a suite of information on compliance, reporting and other building owner assistance. After the effective date, Staff would provide ongoing communication with owners of covered building to ensure awareness of and compliance with the new requirements.
Environmental Review
The ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) of the CEQA Guidelines. Section 15308 also provides an exemption for Class 8 projects, which include actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for the protection of the environment. The ordinance would require that improving building performance over time would reduce
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carbon emissions for the protection of the environment. Therefore, the ordinance is categorically exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guideline section 15308.
Past Council Actions
Meeting Date Description
05/28/2019
(Attachment A)
Adopted the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan
09/10/2019
(Attachment C)
Adopted the Zero Emission Building Code
09/27/2022
(Attachment D)
Adopted the 2020 Energy Reach Code
9/10/2024
(Attachment F)
Adopted the 2024 Energy Performance Reach Code
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of recommended action. Staff will return to Council if specific budget actions are required in the future.
Prepared By: Nico Predock, Sustainability Analyst
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. May 28, 2019 Staff Report (Web Link)
B. Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (Web Link)
C. September 10, 2019 Staff Report (Web Link)
D. September 27, 2022 Staff Report (Web Link)
E. Bay Area Air Quality Management District zero-NOx gas furnace + water heater requirement (Web Link)
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F. September 10, 2024 Staff Report (Web Link)
G. Energy Performance Approach Reach Code
H. Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance
I. Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance
J. Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap
K. Memo_National_BPS_Cohort_signed 4.24.23
L. Santa Monica Covered Buildings 20-50k Square Feet
M. Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet
N. Santa Monica's Existing Building Stock
O. Background on Building Performance Standards
P. BPS Community & Stakeholder Outreach
Q. BPS Administrative Regulations Process and Community Accountability Working Group
R. Equity Priority Buildings and BPS Fund
S. Written Comments
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City Council Meeting: September 10, 2024 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER_______ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING ARTICLE 8 OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 8.38 ENTITLED “ZERO EMISSION BUILDING CODE” AND
ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE TITLE 24, PART 6 UNDER SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.36 WHEREAS, scientific evidence has established that natural gas combustion, procurement and transportation produce significant greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and climate change; and
WHEREAS, the amendments to this Chapter are reasonably necessary because of health and safety concerns as City residents suffer from asthma and other health conditions associated with poor indoor and outdoor air quality exacerbated by the combustion of natural gas; and
WHEREAS, as a coastal city, Santa Monica is vulnerable to sea level rise, and human activities releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere cause increases in worldwide average temperature, which contribute to melting of glaciers and thermal expansion of ocean water, resulting in rising sea levels; and WHEREAS, consistent with the City’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, this chapter establishes incentives for carbon-neutral construction, which will reduce
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Packet Pg. 696 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) demands for local energy and resources, reduce regional pollution, and promote a lower contribution to greenhouse gases; and
WHEREAS, using electric heating and cooling infrastructure in new buildings fueled by less greenhouse gas intensive electricity is linked to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and is cost competitive because of the cost savings associated with all-electric designs that avoid new gas infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the incentivization of electric building design benefits the health, welfare, and resiliency of Santa Monica and its residents; and WHEREAS, the most cost-effective time to integrate electrical infrastructure is in the design phase of a building project because building systems and spaces can be designed to optimize the performance of electrical systems and the project can take full advantage of avoided costs and space requirements from the elimination of natural gas piping and venting for combustion air safety; and
WHEREAS, Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 25402.1(h)(2) and the California Energy Code, Title 24, Part 6, Section 10-106 establish a process by which local jurisdictions may adopt more stringent standards to the energy efficiency and conservation provisions in the California Energy Code, Title 24, Part 6, provided that the standards have been determined to be cost effective and will require buildings to be designed to consume no more energy than permitted by the California Energy Code; and
WHEREAS, staff has reviewed the "2022 Cost-Effectiveness Study: Single Family New Construction Study" and associated study data, the “2022 Cost-Effectiveness Study:
Multifamily New Construction Study” and associated study data, and the “2022 Code:
Non-Residential New Construction Reach Code Cost-Effectiveness Study” and
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Packet Pg. 697 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) associated data developed for the California Energy Codes and Standards Statewide Utility Program, and find them sufficient to illustrate compliance with the requirements set forth under California Administrative Code Chapter 10-106; and WHEREAS, the 2022 California Energy Code offers compliance options that were established through the public rulemaking process of the code update; and WHEREAS, the Council expressly declares that the proposed amendments to the Energy Code are reasonably necessary because of local climatic and environmental conditions; and
WHEREAS, the content and details of this ordinance were the subject of a public stakeholder workshop conducted on April 3, 2024, at which attendees included architects, energy modelers, designers, builders, developers, and residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to establish standards for new buildings to exceed certain minimum 2022 Title 24 Part 6 requirements.
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.38 (Zero Emission Building Code) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. The California Energy Code, Title 24, Part 6, adopted by the City of Santa Monica codified under Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.36.010 is hereby amended as follows:
Subchapter 1 – All Occupancies – General Provisions
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Packet Pg. 698 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Section 100.1(b) is amended to add the following:
ELECTRIC HEATING APPLIANCE. A device that produces heat energy to create a warm environment by the application of electric power to resistance elements, refrigerant compressors, or dissimilar material junctions, as defined in the California Mechanical Code.
NET FREE AREA (NFA) is the total unobstructed area within the air gaps between louver and grille slats in a vent, allowing the passage of air. The narrowest distance between two slats, perpendicular to the surface of both slats is the air gap height. The narrowest width of the gap is the air gap width. The NFA is the air gap height multiplied by the air gap width multiplied by the total number of air gaps between slats in the vent.
Subchapter 2 – Mandatory Requirements for Pool and Spa Systems and Equipment Section 110.4 is amended as follows:
(a) Certification by manufacturers. Any pool or spa heating system or equipment heater for a pool, spa, or a pool and spa combination shall may be installed only if the manufacturer has certified that the system or equipment has all of the following:
1. Efficiency. For eEquipment subject to State or federal appliance efficiency standards, listings in the Commission’s directory of certified equipment showing compliance with applicable standards shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 110.1; and
2. On-off switch. A readily accessible on-off switch, mounted on the outside of the heater that allows shutting off the heater without adjusting the thermostat setting; and
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3. Instructions. A permanent, easily readable and weatherproof plate or card that provides the energy efficiency rating and gives instruction for the energy efficient operation of the pool and/or spa heater, and for the proper care of pool or spa water when a cover is used; and
4. Electric resistance heating. No electric resistance heating.
Exception 1 to Section 110.4(a)4: Listed package units with fully insulated enclosures, and with tight-fitting covers that are insulated to at least R-6.
Exception 2 to Section 110.4(a)4: Pools or spas deriving at least 60 (b) Installation. Any pool and/or spa system or equipment shall be installed with all of the meet the following requirements:
1. Heating Equipment. Equipment installed to heat water for pools and/or spas shall be selected from equipment meeting the standards shown in Table 110.4- A.
Table 110.4-A HEATING EQUIPMENT STANDARDS
Heating Energy Source Standard
Electric Resistance UL 1261
Gas-fired ANSI Z21.56/CSA 4.7a
Heat Pump AHRI 1160 and one of the following: CSA
C22.2 No. 236, UL 1995, or UL/CSA
60335-2-40
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collectors
21. Piping. At least 36 18 inches of horizontal or vertical pipe shall be installed between the filter and the heater or dedicated suction and return lines, or built-in or built-up connections shall be installed to allow for the future addition of solar heating equipment;
32. Covers. Outdoor pools and/or spa with electric or gas heating equipment shall be installed with a pool cover. A cover for outdoor pools and/or outdoor spas that have a heat pump or gas heater.; and
43. Directional inlets and time switches for pools. If the system or equipment is for a pool:
i. The pool shall have directional inlets that adequately mix the pool water; and ii. A time switch or similar control mechanism shall be permanently installed as part of a pool water circulation control system that will allow all pumps to be set or programmed to run only during off-peak electric demand period, and for the minimum time necessary to maintain the water in the condition required by applicable public health standards.
(c) Heating Source Sizing. Heating systems or equipment for pool and/or spa shall meet one of the sizing requirements of 1 2, or 3through 5 below:
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1. A solar pool heating system with a solar collector surface area that is equivalent to the following:
A. For nonresidential and multifamily buildings, 65 percent or greater of the pool and/or spa surface area.
B. For single family buildings, 60 percent or greater of the pool and/or spa surface area;. or
2. A heat pump pool heater as the primary heating system that meets the sizing requirements of Reference Joint Appendix JA16.3. The control for the heat pump pool heater shall meet the requirements specified in section 110.2(b). The backup supplementary heater can be of any energy source; or
3. A heating system that derives at least 60 percent of the annual heating energy from onsite renewable energy or on-site recovered energy.
4. A combination of a solar pool heating system and heat pump pool heater without any additional supplementary heater; or
5. A pool heating system determined by the Executive Director to use no more energy than the systems specified in Items 1, 2, 3, or 4 above.
Exception 1 to Section 110.4(c): Portable electric spas compliant with 20 CCR § 1605.3(g)(7) of the Appliance Efficiency Regulations.
Exception 2 to Section 110.4(c): Alterations to existing pools and/or spas with existing heating systems or equipment.
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Packet Pg. 702 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Exception 3 to Section 110.4(c): A pool and/or spa that is heated solely by a solar spool heating system without any backup heater.
Exception 4 to Section 110.4(c): Heating systems which are used exclusively for permanent spa applications in existing buildings with gas availability.
Exception 5 to Section 110.4(c): Heating systems which are used exclusively for permanent spa applications where there is inadequate sSolar Aaccess Roof Area (SARA) as specified in Section 150.1(c)14 for a solar pool heating system to be installed. (d) Controls for Heat Pump Pool Heaters with Supplementary Heating. Heat pump pool heaters with supplementary heaters shall have controls that meet the following:
1. Supplementary heater shall not operate when the heating load can be met by the heat pump pool heater alone; and
2. The cut-on temperature for heat pump heating is higher than the cut-on temperature for supplementary heating, and the cut-off temperature for heat pump heating is higher than the cut-off temperature for supplementary heating.
Subchapter 3 – Nonresidential Hotel/Motel Occupancies, and Covered Processes – Mandatory Requirements
Section 120.2 Required Controls for Space Conditioning Systems is amended to add Section 120.2(l) as follows:
(l) HVAC Hot Water Temperature. Zones that use hot water for space heating shall be designed for a hot water supply temperature of no greater than 130 °F.
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(k) Mandatory requirements for commercial kitchens. Electric Readiness for Newly Constructed Commercial Kitchens shall meet the following requirements:
1. Quick-service commercial kitchens and institutional commercial kitchens shall include a dedicated branch circuit wiring and outlet that would be accessible to cookline appliances and shall meet all of the following requirements:
a. The branch circuit conductors shall be rated at 50 amps minimum.
b. The electrical service panel shall have a minimum capacity of 800 connected amps.
2. The electrical service panel shall be sized to accommodate an additional either 208v or 240v 50-amp breaker.
EXCEPTION 1 to Section 120.6(k): healthcare facilities.
EXCEPTION 2 to Section 120.6(k): all-electric commercial kitchens.
Subchapter 4 – Nonresidential and Hotel/Motel Occupancies Section 130.0 is amended as follows:
a. The design and installation of all lighting systems and equipment in nonresidential and hotel/motel buildings, outdoor lighting, and electrical power distribution
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NOTE: The requirements of Sections 130.0 through 130.5130.6 apply to newly constructed buildings. Section 141.0 specifies which requirements of Sections 130.0 through 130.5130.6 also apply to additions and alterations to existing buildings.
Add Section 130.6 - Electric Readiness for Systems Using Gas or Propane:
130.6 Electric Readiness Requirements for Systems Using Gas or Propane Where nonresidential systems using gas or propane are installed, the construction drawings shall indicate electrical infrastructure and physical space accommodating the future installation of an electric heating appliance in the following ways, as certified by a registered design professional or licensed electrical contractor. a) Branch circuit wiring, electrically isolated and designed to serve all electric heating appliances in accordance with manufacturer requirements and the California Electrical Code, including the appropriate voltage, phase, minimum amperage, and an electrical receptacle or junction box within five feet of the appliance that is accessible with no obstructions. Appropriately sized conduit may be installed in lieu of conductors; and
b) Labeling of both ends of the unused conductors or conduit shall be with “For Future Electrical Appliance”; and
c) Reserved circuit breakers in the electrical panel for each branch circuit, appropriately labeled (e.g. “Reserved for Future Electric Range”), and positioned on the opposite end of the panel supply conductor connection; and
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Packet Pg. 705 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) d) Connected subpanels, panelboards, switchboards, busbars, and transformers shall be sized to serve the future electric heating appliances. The electrical capacity requirements shall be adjusted for demand factors in accordance with the California Electric Code; and
e) Physical space for future electric heating appliances, including equipment footprint, and if needed a pathway reserved for routing of ductwork to heat pump evaporator(s), shall be depicted on the construction drawings. The footprint necessary for future electric heating appliances may overlap with non-structural partitions and with the location of currently designed combustion equipment.
Subchapter 5 – Nonresidential and Hotel/Motel Occupancies Section 140.0 - Performance and Prescriptive Compliance Approaches is amended as follows:
Nonresidential and hotel/motel buildings shall comply with all of the following:
a) The requirements of Sections 100.0 through 110.12 applicable to the building project (mandatory measures for all buildings).
b) The requirements of Sections 120.0 through 130.56 (mandatory measures for nonresidential, and high-rise residential and hotel/motel buildings). c) Either the performance compliance approach (energy budgets) specified in Section 140.1 or the prescriptive compliance approach specified in Section 140.2 for the climate zone in which the building will be located. Climate zones are shown in FIGURE 100.1-A.
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Packet Pg. 706 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) NOTE to Section 140.0(c): The Commission periodically updates, publishes and makes available to interested persons and local enforcement agencies precise descriptions of the climate zones, which is available by zip code boundaries depicted in the Reference Joint Appendices along with a list of the communities in each zone.
NOTE to Section 140.0: The requirements of Sections 140.1 through 140.910 apply to newly constructed buildings. Section 141.0 specifies which requirements of Section 140.1 through 140.910 also apply to additions or alterations to existing buildings.
Section 140.1 Performance Approach: Energy Budgets is amended as follows:
A building complies with the performance approach if provided that:
1. The time-dependent valuation (TDV) energy budget calculated for the Proposed Design Building under Subsection (b) is no greater than the TDV energy budget calculated for the Standard Design Building under Subsection (a), and
2. The source energy budget calculated for the proposed design building under Subsection (b) has a source energy compliance margin, relative to the source energy budget calculated for the standard design building under Subsection (a), of at least 7% for hotels, 2% for restaurants, 14% for office, and 7% for all other nonresidential occupancies.
Exception 1 to 140.1 item 2 A source energy compliance margin of 0 percent or greater is required when nonresidential occupancies are designed with single zone spaceconditioning systems complying with Section 140.4(a)2.
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Subchapter 7 - Single-Family Residential Buildings
Section 150.0 Mandatory Features and Devices is amended as follows:
Single-family residential buildings shall comply with the applicable requirements of Sections 150(a) through 150.0(v).
NOTE: The requirements of Sections 150.0(a) through 150.0(rv) apply to newly constructed buildings. Sections 150.2(a) and 150.2(b) specify which requirements of Sections 150.0(a) through 150.0(r) also apply to additions or alterations. The amendments to sections 150.0 (t) do not apply to additions or alterations. (a) – (s): Subsections 150.0(a) – (s) are adopted without modification.
Section 150.0(t) of Section 150.0 Mandatory Features and Devices is amended as follows:
(t) Heat pump space heater ready. Systems using gas or propane furnace to serve individual dwelling units shall include the following:
1. A dedicated 240 volt branch circuit wiring shall be installed within 3 feet from the furnace and accessible to the furnace with no obstructions. The branch circuit conductors shall be rated at 30 amps minimum. The blank cover shall be identified as “240V ready”. All electrical components shall be installed in accordance with the California Electrical Code.
2. The main electrical service panel shall have a reserved space to allow for the installation of a double pole circuit breaker for a future heat pump space heater
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3. A designated exterior location for a future heat pump compressor unit with either a drain or natural drainage for condensate.
(u) – (v): Subsections 150.0(u) – (v) are adopted without modification.
Subchapter 8 – Single-Family Residential Buildings
Section 150.1 Performance and Prescriptive Compliance Approaches for Single-Family Residential Buildings is amended as follows:
(a) Section (a) is adopted without modification.
(b) Performance Standards Approach. A building complies with the performance standards approach if the energy consumption calculated for the proposed design building is no greater than the energy budget calculated for the standard design building using Commission-certified compliance software as specified by the Alternative Calculation Methods Approval Manual, as specified in sub-sections 1, 2 and 3 below.
1. Newly Constructed Buildings. The Energy Budget for newly constructed buildings is expressed in terms of the Energy Design Ratings, which are based on source energy and time-dependent valuation (TDV) energy. The Energy Design Rating 1 (EDR1) is based on source energy. The Energy Design Rating 2 (EDR2) is based on TDV energy and has two components, the Energy Efficiency Design Rating, and the Solar Electric Generation and Demand Flexibility Design Rating. The total Energy Design Rating shall account for both the Energy Efficiency Design Rating and the Solar Electric
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EXCEPTION 1 to Section 150.1(b)1. A community shared solar electric generation system, or other renewable electric generation system, and/or community shared battery storage system, which provides dedicated power, utility energy reduction credits, or payments for energy bill reductions, to the permitted building and is approved by the Energy Commission as specified in Title 24, Part 1, Section 10-115, may offset part or all of the solar electric generation system Energy Design Rating required to comply with the Standards, as calculated according to methods established by the Commission in the Residential ACM Reference Manual.
EXCEPTION 2 to Section 150.1(b)1. A newly constructed building with a conditioned floor area less than 1,500 square feet shall achieve a Source Energy compliance margin of 2.0 or greater, relative to the Source Energy Design Rating 1 calculated for the Standard Design building.
EXCEPTION 3 to Section 150.1(b)1. If a newly constructed building with a conditioned floor area less than 625 square feet demonstrates that due to conditions specific to the project, it is technically infeasible to achieve
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2. Additions and Alterations to Existing Buildings. The Energy Budget for additions and alterations is expressed in terms of TDV energy.
3. Section (b)(3) is adopted without modification.
Section (c) is adopted without modification.
Subchapter 10 - Multifamily Buildings – Mandatory Requirements Section 160.4 Mandatory Requirements for Water Heating systems is amended to remove subsection (a) as follows:
(a) Reserved. Systems using gas or propane water heaters to serve individual dwelling units shall include the following components:
1. A dedicated 125 volt, 20 amp electrical receptacle that is connected to the electric panel with a 120/240 volt 3 conductor, 10 AWG copper branch circuit, within 3 feet from the water heater and accessible to the water heater with no obstructions. In addition, all of the following:
A. Both ends of the unused conductor shall be labeled with the word “spare” and be electrically isolated; and
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Packet Pg. 711 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) B. A reserved single pole circuit breaker space in the electrical panel adjacent to the circuit breaker for the branch circuit in A above and labeled with the words “Future 240V Use”; and
2. A Category III or IV vent, or a Type B vent with straight pipe between the outside termination and the space where the water heater is installed; and
3. A condensate drain that is no more than 2 inches higher than the base of the installed water heater, and allows natural draining without pump assistance; and
4. A gas supply line with a capacity of at least 200,000 Btu/hr.
Sections (b) to (f) are adopted without amendments.
Section 160.9 Mandatory Requirements for Electric Ready Buildings Section 160.9 Sections (a) to (c) are adopted without amendments. Sections (d) through (f) are added as follows:
d) Systems using gas or propane water heaters to serve individual dwelling units shall include the following components:
1. A dedicated 125 volt, 20 amp electrical receptacle that is connected to the electric panel with a 120/240 volt 3 conductor, copper branch circuit rated to 30 amps, within 3 feet from the water heater and accessible to the water heater with no obstructions. In addition, all of the following:
A. Both ends of the unused conductor shall be labeled with the word “spare” and be electrically isolated; and
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Packet Pg. 712 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) B. A reserved single pole circuit breaker space in the electrical panel adjacent to the circuit breaker for the branch circuit in A above and labeled with the words “Future 240V Use”;
2. A condensate drain that is no more than 2 inches higher than the base of the installed water heater, and allows natural draining without pump assistance,
3. The construction drawings shall indicate the location of the future heat pump water heater. The reserved location shall have minimum interior dimensions of 39”x39”x96”
4. A ventilation method meeting one of the following:
A. The location reserved for the future heat pump water heater shall have a minimum volume of 700 cu. ft.,
B. The location reserved for the future heat pump water heater shall vent to a communicating space in the same pressure boundary via permanent openings with a minimum total net free area of 250 sq. in., so that the total combined volume connected via permanent openings is 700 cu. ft. or larger. The permanent openings shall be:
i. Fully louvered doors with fixed louvers consisting of a single layer of fixed flat slats; or
ii. Two permanent fixed openings, consisting of a single layer of fixed flat slat louvers or grilles, one commencing within 12 inches from the top of the enclosure and one commencing within 12 inches from the bottom of the enclosure.
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Packet Pg. 713 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) C. The location reserved for the future heat pump water heater shall include two 8” capped ducts, venting to the building exterior.
i. All ducts connections and building penetrations shall be sealed. ii. Exhaust air ducts and all ducts which cross pressure boundaries shall be insulated to a minimum insulation level of R-6
iii. Airflow from termination points shall be diverted away from each other. e) Central Heat Pump Water Heater Electric Ready. Central water heating systems using gas or propane to serve multiple dwelling units shall include the following:
1. The system input capacity of the gas or propane water heating system shall be determined as the sum of the input gas or propane capacity of all water heating devices associated with each gas or propane water heating system.
2. Space reserved shall include:
A. Heat Pump. The minimum space reserved shall include space for service clearances, air flow clearances, and keep outs and shall meet one of the following:
i. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, the minimum space
reserved for the heat pump shall be 2.0 square feet per input 10,000 BTU per hour of the gas or propane water heating system, and the minimum linear dimension of the space
reserved shall be 48 linear inches.
ii. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per hour, the
minimum space reserved for the heat pump shall be 3.6
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Packet Pg. 714 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) square feet per input 10,000 BTU per hour of the gas or propane water heating system, and the minimum linear
dimension of the space reserved shall be 84 linear inches. iii. The space reserved shall be the space required for a heat pump water heater system that meets the total building hot water demand as calculated and documented by the
responsible person associated with the project.
B. Tanks. The minimum space reserved shall include space for service clearances and keep outs and shall meet one of the following:
i. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, the minimum space
reserved for the storage and temperature maintenance tanks shall be 4.4 square feet per input 10,000 BTU per hour. of the gas or propane water heating system.
ii. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per hour, the
minimum physical space reserved for the storage and
temperature maintenance tanks shall be 3.1 square feet per input 10,000 BTU per hour. of the gas or propane water
heating system.
iii. The space reserved shall be the space required for a heat pump water heater system that meets the total building hot
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Packet Pg. 715 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) water demand as calculated and documented by the
responsible person associated with the project.
3. Ventilation shall be provided by meeting one of the following:
A. Physical space reserved for the heat pump shall be located outside, or
B. A pathway shall be reserved for future routing of supply and exhaust air via ductwork from the reserved heat pump location to an appropriate outdoor location. Penetrations through the building envelope for louvers and ducts shall be planned and identified for future use. The reserved pathway and penetrations through the building envelope shall be sized to meet one of the following:
i. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, the minimum air flow rate shall be 70 CFM per input 10,000 BTU per hour of the gas or propane water heating system and the total external static pressure drop of ductwork and louvers shall not exceed 0.17 inch when the future heat pump water heater is installed. ii. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per hour, the
minimum air flow rate shall be 420 CFM per input 10,000 BTU per hour of the gas or propane water heating system and the total external static pressure drop of ductwork and louvers shall not exceed 0.17 inch when the future heat pump water heater is installed.
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Packet Pg. 716 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) iii. The reserved pathway and penetrations shall be sized to serve a heat pump water heater system that meets the total building hot water demand as calculated and documented by the responsible person associated with the project.
4. Condensate drainage piping. An approved receptacle that is sized in accordance with the California Plumbing Code to receive the condensate drainage shall be installed within 3 feet of the reserved heat pump location, or piping shall be installed from within 3 feet of the reserved heat pump location to an approved discharge location that is sized in accordance with the California Plumbing Code, and meets one of the following:
A. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, condensate drainage shall be sized for 0.2 tons of refrigeration capacity per input 10,000 BTU per hour B. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per hour, condensate drainage shall be sized for 0.7 tons of refrigeration capacity per input 10,000 BTU per hour
C. Condensate drainage shall be sized to serve a heat pump water heater system that meets the total building hot water demand as calculated and documented by the responsible person associated with the project.
5. Electrical.
A. Physical space shall be reserved on the bus system of the main switchboard or on the bus system of a distribution board to serve the
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Packet Pg. 717 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) future heat pump water heater system including the heat pump and temperature maintenance tanks. In addition, the physical space reserved shall be capable of providing adequate power to the future heat pump water heater as follows:
i. Heat Pump. For the Heat Pump, the physical space reserved shall comply with one of the following:
A. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, provide 0.1
kVA per input 10,000 BTU per hour
B. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per
hour, provide 1.1 kVA per input 10,000 BTU per hour
C. The physical space reserved supplies sufficient
electrical power required to power a heat pump water
heater system that meets the total building hot water
demand as calculated and documented by the
responsible person associated with the project.
ii. Temperature Maintenance Tank. For the Temperature
Maintenance Tank, the physical space reserved shall comply with one of the following:
A. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is less than 200,000 BTU per hour, provide 1.0
kVA per input 10,000 BTU per hour
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Packet Pg. 718 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) B. If the system input capacity of the gas water heating system is greater than or equal to 200,000 BTU per
hour, provide 0.6 kVA per input 10,000 BTU per hour
C. The physical space reserved supplies sufficient
electrical power required to power a heat pump water
heater system that meets the total building hot water
demand as calculated and documented by the
responsible person associated with the project.
(f) The building electrical system shall be sized to meet the future electric requirements of the electric ready equipment specified in sections 160.9 a – e. To meet this requirement the building main service conduit, the electrical system to the point specified in each subsection, and any on-site distribution transformers shall have sufficient capacity to supply full rated amperage at each electric ready appliance in accordance with the California Electric Code.
Subchapter 11 – Multifamily Buildings
Amend Section 170.1 - Performance Approach - as follows:
A building complies with the performance approach if the TDV energy budget calculated for the Proposed Design Building under Subsection (b) is no greater than the TDV energy budget calculated for the Standard Design Building under Subsection (a). Additionally, the energy budget, expressed in terms of source energy, of a newly constructed multifamily building with three habitable stories or less shall be at least 7 percent lower than that of the Standard Design Building. Newly Constructed multifamily buildings with
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Packet Pg. 719 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) four habitable stories or more shall be at least 3 percent lower than that of the Standard Design Building.
Sub-sections (a) to (d) are adopted without amendments.
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica 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 5. 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 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of the 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 thirty days after adoption. Building permit applications submitted on or after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth herein.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Packet Pg. 720 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) _______________________
Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 721 Attachment: Energy Performance Approach Reach Code (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) City Council Meeting: September 9th, 2025 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER ____(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 8.39 ENTITLED
BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS
WHEREAS, scientific evidence has established that natural gas combustion, procurement and transportation produce significant greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and climate change; and
WHEREAS, existing buildings contribute to 34% of greenhouse gas emissions in the City of Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, this Chapter is also reasonably necessary because of health and safety concerns as City residents suffer from asthma and other health conditions associated with poor indoor and outdoor air quality exacerbated by the combustion of natural gas; and
WHEREAS, as a coastal city, Santa Monica is vulnerable to sea level rise. Human activities releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere cause increases in worldwide average temperature, which contribute to melting of glaciers and thermal expansion of ocean water, resulting in rising sea levels; and
WHEREAS, low-income and communities of color are disproportionally impacted by the effects of climate change through increased urban heat island effect, stormwater flooding, and poor air quality; and
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Packet Pg. 722 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) WHEREAS, consistent with the City’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, this Chapter establishes requirements for adopting Building Energy Benchmarking and a Carbon Reduction Ordinance for Existing Buildings (Building Performance Standards), which will reduce demands for local energy and resources, reduce regional pollution, and promote a lower contribution to greenhouse gases; and
WHEREAS, CA AB 802, the California Building Energy Benchmarking Program, was adopted in 2018, requiring owners of commercial and multi-family buildings larger than 50,000 square feet to annually submit energy usage data to the California Energy Commission; and
WHEREAS, based on City staff’s review, the Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Ordinance does not conflict with AB 306 (2025-2026) because the Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Ordinance does not amend, add, or repeal any provisions adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17922 and published in the California Building Standards Code or the other regulations thereafter adopted pursuant to Section 17922 to amend, add, or repeal ordinances or regulations which impose the same requirements as are contained in the provisions adopted pursuant to Section 17922 and published in the California Building Standards Code; and
WHEREAS, using electric heating and cooling infrastructure in existing buildings fueled by less greenhouse gas intensive electricity is linked to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and is cost competitive because of the long-term cost savings associated with reduced utility bills; and
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Packet Pg. 723 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) WHEREAS, energy efficient, all-electric building design benefits the health, welfare, and resiliency of Santa Monica and its residents; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to eliminate natural gas emissions in existing buildings where all-electric, energy efficient infrastructure can be integrated, thereby reducing the environmental and health hazards produced by the consumption and transportation of natural gas; and
WHEREAS, the content and details of this ordinance were the subject of 6 stakeholder workshops conducted on September 7, 2023, October 19, 2023, November 16 2023, January 18, 2024, February 29, 2024 and April 6, 2024, and 3 public information meetings conducted on March 27th, 2025, May 8th, 2025 and June 12th, 2025 at which attendees included architects, energy modelers, designers, builders, developers and residents, climate organizations, and Covered Property Owners.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.39 is hereby added to read as follows:
Chapter 8.39 Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards
8.39.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Administrative Regulations” means a comprehensive set of rules and regulations governing this Chapter.
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Packet Pg. 724 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) (b) “Benchmarking” means measuring a covered building's energy and emissions performance using the ENERGY STAR portfolio manager tool or other platforms as the Department of Public Works may designate. (c) “Benchmarking Submission” means the data submitted each year via the ENERGY STAR portfolio manager tool, or other platforms, using a template and submission link to be distributed and publicized by the Department of Public Works. All information expressly denoted as mandatory by either ENERGY STAR portfolio manager or the Department of Public Works shall be included in the submission.
(d) “Baseline Performance” means, for any Performance Metric of any Covered Building, the value of the Performance Metric in the Baseline Year as established by the Department of Public Works.
(e) “Baseline Year” means a 12-month period, or multiple 12-month periods averaged out, established by the Department of Public Works for each Covered Property for each Performance Metric.
(f) “Building Performance Action Plan” means a binding agreement between an Owner and the Department of Public Works that provides additional flexibility to Owners facing exceptional challenges in meeting their designated interim or final performance standards.
(g) “California Building Energy Benchmarking Program” means California’s program requiring large buildings to annually report energy use to the California Energy Commission.
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Packet Pg. 725 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) (h) “Covered Property” means any of the following with at least 20,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area:
i. A single building;
ii. Two or more buildings that are served by the same electric or gas meter or are served by the same heating or cooling system(s).
Covered Properties shall not mean the following:
i. A facility in which the majority of energy is consumed for manufacturing, for the generation of electric power or district thermal energy to be consumed off site, for communications infrastructure, or for other process loads. Process loads are energy consumed for purposes other than heating, cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, cooking, lighting, appliances, office equipment, data centers, or other plug loads. ii. The property is owned by the federal government.
iii. Single-family residences.
iv. All-electric buildings.
v. Condominiums as defined in Section 9.54.010 (E).
vi. Other property types that do not meet the purpose of this law as determined by the Department of Public Works.
(i) “CO2e” means carbon dioxide equivalent which is expressed as the number of metric tons of CO2 emissions with the same global warming potential as one metric ton of another greenhouse gas.
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Packet Pg. 726 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) (j) “ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager” means the online tool created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used to measure and track a building’s energy use, water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. (k) “Existing Building Performance” means the energy efficiency and natural gas use of a Covered Property measured by Site Energy Use Intensity (EUI) or Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity (GHGI).
(l) “Final Performance Target” means the numeric value of a Performance Metric, which Covered Properties shall achieve by an established date in calendar year 2050.
(m) “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity or GHGI” means a building’s greenhouse gas use expressed as metric tons of CO2e per square foot per year.
A building’s GHGI is calculated by dividing the total greenhouse gases produced by the building in one (1) year (measured in CO2e) by the total gross floor area of the building.
(n) “Gross Floor Area” means the total property square footage, measured between the principal exterior surfaces of the enclosing fixed walls of a building, as defined in the ENERGY STAR portfolio manager definitions. (o) “Interim Performance Target” means the numeric value of a Performance Metric, which Covered Properties shall achieve by a fixed date every five years from the effective date of the BPS.
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Packet Pg. 727 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) (p) “Net Zero Carbon Emissions” means all remaining emissions released by buildings are counterbalanced by removing carbon from the atmosphere so that GHGI is equal to 0.
(q) “OSE” means the Santa Monica Office of Sustainability and the Environment.
(r) “Owner” means the person or entity having a legal or equitable interest in real property and its fixtures and appurtenances, which shall explicitly include but not be limited to a homeowner's association or authorized agent acting on behalf of the Owner.
(s) “Performance Metric” means each of the objectively verifiable numeric measures of building performance regulated by this ordinance: Site EUI and GHGI.
(t) “Phase One Property” means any Covered Property with a gross floor area greater than or equal to 50,000 square feet.
(u) “Phase Two Property” means any Covered Property with a gross floor are greater than or equal to 20,000 square feet.
(v) “Property Type(s)” means a category of Covered Properties subject to the same Interim and Final Performance Targets, as defined by the Department of Public Works. Covered Properties within each Property Type shall have shared characteristics that facilitate the implementation and enforcement of this law. The Department of Public Works may define one or more Property Types to be identical to ENERGY STAR property types.
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Packet Pg. 728 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) (w) “Site Energy Use Intensity or EUI” means a building's weather-normalized site energy use expressed as energy per square foot per year as a function of its size, normalized for weather and other characteristics that are significant drivers of energy performance as feasible with the reporting platform used. A building's EUI is calculated by dividing the total energy consumed by the building in one (1) year (measured in kBtu) by the total gross floor area of the building. (x) “Social Cost of Carbon” (SCC) means a measure, in dollars, of the longterm damage done by a ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a given year.
This dollar figure also represents the value of damages avoided for a small emission reduction (i.e., the benefit of a CO2 reduction). The value of the SCC will be based on values adopted by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, state, or regional government agency.
8.39.020 Applicability
The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to all “Covered Properties”.
8.39.030 Purpose.
The purpose of this Chapter is to improve performance, conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions and reduce operating costs of existing buildings in Santa Monica to meet the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan goals. The Chapter’s purpose is to achieve this by establishing Building Energy Benchmarking and a Building Performance Standards program requiring Covered Property Owners to annually report and Benchmark building energy performance, and to make necessary physical or behavioral changes to meet building performance targets over time through energy efficiency or electrification. It is the
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Packet Pg. 729 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) intention of the City to provide flexibility to Owners in meeting performance targets. Where appropriate, the Department of Public Works will consider Building Performance Action Plan (BPAP) applications by Owners, which would provide additional flexibility to Owners facing exceptional challenges in meeting their designated Interim or Final Performance Targets.
8.39.40 Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting.
1) Each Owner of a Covered Property must Benchmark the building’s energy use annually using the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool, or other platform as the Department of Public Works may designate, and by June 1st each year beginning in 2026, accurately submit energy Benchmarking data to the Department of Public Works for the previous calendar year. This shall apply to Phase One and Phase Two Properties.
2) Reported energy Benchmarking submissions required by Owners must include:
a) Basic information to track and ensure compliance with this chapter and California’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program (AB 802), as set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Article 9, including, but not limited to:
i) Property address
ii) Gross Floor Area
iii) Property Type
iv) Year Built
v) Number of stories
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Packet Pg. 730 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) b) Necessary data for energy usage Benchmarking, including at a minimum, but not limited to:
i) Monthly energy billed amounts for both natural gas and electricity usage. ii) Annual maximum electric demand (in kW) and the corresponding date; and iii) Monthly maximum electric demand (in kW).
3) Owners shall self-certify and provide third-party data verification during compliance years designated in Administrative Regulations to verify and ensure that the Benchmarking Report components are complete and accurate. Self-certifications and third-party data verifications shall be submitted through the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool or other platform approved by the Department of Public Works as part of the Benchmarking Submission.
4) Building Owners shall consult Administrative Regulations for more information regarding components and submission of the Benchmarking Report.
8.39.050 Building Performance Standards.
1) BPS Targets.
a) Owners of Phase One Properties must meet Interim Performance Targets no later than June 1st, 2031. Owners of Phase Two Properties must meet Interim Performance Targets no later than June 1st, 2036. Interim Performance Target years shall be established on five-year intervals from the first Interim Performance Target year until the Final Performance Target. The Department of Public Works shall establish Interim Performance Targets for one or both Performance Metrics, Site EUI and/or GHGI, by drawing a straight line for each target from a Covered
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Packet Pg. 731 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Building’s established Baseline Performance to a Final Performance Target of Net Zero Carbon Emissions by calendar year 2051 for each individual Covered Property.
2) Establishing Baseline Performance.
a) For Phase One Properties that reported Benchmarking data through the California Energy Benchmarking Program (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Article 9) prior to the effective date of this ordinance, Baseline Performance shall be determined individually by the Property Owner as an average of [three] years of reported data if third-party data verification can be provided, or set as the Covered Property’s reported performance during the most recent reporting year.
b) For Phase Two Properties that have not reported Benchmarking data in previous years through the California Energy Benchmarking Program (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Article 9), Administrative Regulations shall establish an appropriate process for setting reasonable Baseline Performance. Reasonable Baseline Performance for Covered Buildings that have not reported through the California Energy Benchmarking Program prior to the effective date of this ordinance may be established based on building type and a predicted site EUI and/or GHGI target.
3) Establishing Interim Performance Targets.
a) For all Covered Properties, the Department of Public Works shall calculate each Interim Performance Target using a straight-line trajectory from the Covered
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Packet Pg. 732 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Property’s Baseline Performance for each or both Performance Metric(s) to the Final Performance Target such that a calculated Performance Metric shall improve in equal increments during each (five-year) compliance cycle. b) For Phase One Properties, the Department of Public Works will set required Interim Performance Targets prior to June 1st, 2026 pending the development of an appropriate Baseline Performance establishment process through Administrative Regulations.
c) For Phase Two Properties, the Department of Public Works will set required Interim Performance Targets prior to June 1st, 2031 pending the development of an appropriate Baseline Performance establishment process through Administrative Regulations.
4) Demonstrating compliance with Building Performance Standards. a) Owners of Covered Buildings shall use the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool, and report the following to the Department of Public Works:
i) In the Benchmarking Submission due on June 1st, 2031, a demonstration that the Phase One Property has met the Interim Performance Target; ii) In the Benchmarking Submission due on June 1st, 2036, a demonstration that the Phase Two Property has met the Interim Performance Target; iii) In the Benchmarking Submission due at the end of each five-year compliance cycle for both Phase One and Phase Two Properties, a demonstration that the Covered Property has met and maintained the Interim Performance
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Packet Pg. 733 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Target for each compliance cycle. Interim Performance Target dates for Both Phase One and Phase Two Properties are as follows:
(1) Phase One Properties:
(a) First Interim Performance Target: June 1st 2031
(b) Second Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2036
(c) Third Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2041
(d) Fourth Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2046
(2) Phase Two Properties:
(a) First Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2036
(b) Second Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2041
(c) Third Interim Performance Target: June 1st, 2046
iv) In the Benchmarking Submission due on June 1st, 2051, a demonstration that the Covered Property has met the Final Performance Target. b) Owners of all Covered Buildings must maintain the Interim Performance Targets each subsequent year and must maintain the Final Performance Target indefinitely.
c) The Administrative Regulations shall address Alternative Compliance Pathways that add flexibility for Covered Property Owners while executing the purpose of this Chapter. The Department of Public Works shall establish Administrative Regulations governing when Covered Property Owners may be eligible for Alternative Compliance Pathways. Alternative Compliance Pathways may
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Packet Pg. 734 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) include but are not limited to, a process to adjust timing for meeting Interim and Final Performance Target dates specified above, a process to adjust targets for each Covered Building, inclusion of prescriptive upgrade options where reasonable and Building Performance Action Plans.
5) Building Performance Action Plans
a) If, due to unusual circumstances, an Owner believes that a Covered Property cannot reasonably meet one or more of the applicable Interim or Final Performance Standards then the Owner may propose a Building Performance Action Plan (hereinafter, “BPAP”) to the Department of Public Works for approval using the Building Performance Action Plan Form. The BPAP shall include, at a minimum:
i) a description of unusual circumstances that prevent the building from reasonably complying with Interim or Final Performance Standards; ii) a physical description of the Covered Building;
iii) an inventory of all major energy- and water-using equipment including their age, efficiency, fuel type, designed performance, and capacity as indicated on the nameplate;
iv) recommendations, including engineering calculations, for proposed performance of the Covered Building; and
v) a timeline by which proposed improvements will be achieved. b) As part of a BPAP application, an Owner may propose additional services and benefits to the community; in consultation with the Community Accountability
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Packet Pg. 735 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Board Working Group, the Department of Public Works shall consider the value of such proposals.
c) By June 1st, 2026, the Department of Public Works shall establish rules and deadlines governing BPAPs, including regarding whether the Department of Public Works shall publish some or all BPAPs and criteria for such publication decisions.
d) Once a BPAP for a Covered Property is approved by the Department of Public Works, then the Covered Property shall be in compliance with this ordinance so long as the terms of the BPAP are fulfilled on a timely basis. The BPAP may establish provisions to cure any noncompliance with the BPAP; if these are not included in the BPAP, then normal enforcement provisions of this ordinance shall apply. The BPAP constitutes a binding agreement between the Owner of the Covered Property and the Department of Public Works and shall be referenced in an attachment to the deed to the Covered Property at the City Clerk’s Office. e) When seeking to sell a property, the Owner of any Covered Property or any portion of a Covered Property subject to a BPAP, the Owner shall include a reference to the BPAP in any listings, notices, advertisements of sale, term sheets, or contracts of sale.
f) At least three weeks prior to selling a Covered Property or any portion of a Covered Building, the Owner shall apply to the Department of Public Works for a certification that the Covered Property is in compliance with this law and provide the certification to the buyer. The Department of Public Works shall include in
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Packet Pg. 736 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) any certification a reference to any BPAP to which the Covered Property is subject.
6) Prohibition of unnecessary delays in improvement
a) The City of Santa Monica recognizes that there is both an environmental and economic value to achieving the standards in this ordinance sooner rather than later. BPAPs are therefore intended principally to give flexibility in the replacement of long-lived equipment such as air-conditioning and heating or long-lived envelope components such as windows and insulation. They are not intended to allow the unnecessary delay of improvements that can be done at the same cost at any time including changes in operations, maintenance and controls, lighting retrofits, and behavioral changes.
7) Extensions, adjustments and exemptions
a) The Department of Public Works may grant an extension, adjustment or exemption to one or more Interim or Final Performance Standards for a Covered Property whose Owner submits a request, together with documentation, in a form prescribed by the Department of Public Works, at least 180 prior to any submission deadline, if the Covered Property meets any of the following criteria:
i) A demolition permit was issued or demolition is planned that will prevent achievement of the next Interim Performance Standard;
ii) The Covered Property did not have a certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy for all twelve months of the Baseline Year prior to the Interim Performance Standard compliance schedule;
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Packet Pg. 737 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) iii) The Covered Property is in financial hardship, as defined by rules written by the Department of Public Works in consultation with the Community Accountability Working Group;
iv) The Department of Public Works determines that strict compliance with provisions of this law would cause financial hardship or would not be in the public interest.
8) Disclosure upon sale. Owners of all Covered Buildings shall disclose the building’s compliance status, including all Performance Targets, any approved Alternate Compliance Pathways, and any penalties assessed, to a prospective buyer prior to the sale of a building. The Owner shall disclose to all prospective buyers the Covered Building’s compliance status in all documentation or advertising concerning the sale of the Covered Property including, but not limited to, any listings, notices, advertisements of sale, term sheets, and contracts of sale.
8.39.060 Appeals
1) An Owner may appeal a determination that their building is subject to the Building Performance Standards described in Section 8.39.050. An appeal shall be submitted to the Director of Public Works at least 180 days before the submission deadline for any Interim or Final Performance Standard, as described in Section 8.39.050. An appeal must be made in writing and specify the reasons for appeal. The Director of Public Works shall issue a determination no later than 90 days from submission of the appeal. The Director of Public Works’ determination on the appeal shall be final.
8.39.070 Administrative Regulations.
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Packet Pg. 738 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 1) The Director of Public Works may adopt Administrative Regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter, including, but not limited to, Performance Metrics, Property Types, Baseline Performance, Interim and Final Performance Standards by Property Type, enforcement, exemptions, BPAPs, data verification requirements, reporting and compliance procedures. From time to time, the Department of Public Works shall issue such guidance and promulgate such rules as deemed in its discretion necessary to carry out the provisions of this ordinance.
8.39.080 Community Accountability Working Group
1) Within 60 days of the adoption of this ordinance, the Director of Public Works shall establish, and appoint no less than 10 members to, a Community Accountability Working Group (“Working Group”) composed of representatives of Covered Property Owners, disinvested communities, experts in areas related to racial and social inequity, affordable housing Owners/providers, and representatives from neighborhood groups or Community-Based Organizations. Working Group responsibilities may include:
a) Advise and guide the Department of Public Works on the adoption of sufficient Administrative Regulations to equitably implement the provisions of this chapter; b) Review the impact of the ordinance on disinvested communities and recommend actions to increase equitable outcomes;
c) Develop recommendations on how to allocate funds collected from noncompliance fines to improve the performance of Covered Properties and ensure that they benefit disinvested communities;
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Packet Pg. 739 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) d) Evaluate the ordinance’s equity impacts and recommend strategies to improve the ordinance’s effect on Owners of Covered Properties; e) Advise on community priorities that could be advanced through additional BPAP requirements; review portions of proposed action plans as requested by the Department of Public Works.
2) Within 90 days of the adoption of this Ordinance, the Director of Public Works shall, in consultation with the Working Group, establish a Technical Committee composed of no Owners of Covered Buildings, experts in areas related to sustainable design and green building, architects, engineers, utility representatives, individuals representing trade groups such as builders, contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians and others, and environmental/climate advocacy organizations.
Technical committee responsibilities may include:
a) Establish technical elements of Administrative Regulations such as:
i) Interim Performance Standards by Property Type
ii) Baseline Performance
iii) Additional BPAP requirements
iv) Non-compliance fines
b) As requested by the Department of Public Works, review submitted Building Performance Action Plans and make recommendations for changes, approval or denial by the Department of Public Works.
8.39.090 Transparency
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Packet Pg. 740 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 1) The Department of Public Works may publish Benchmarking data for each Covered Property, as reported by Owners, on the City’s website, pursuant to State Law (Public Resources Code section 25402.10).
2) The Department of Public Works shall publish each building’s Interim and Final Performance Target and its performance against those standards across every Performance Metric on an annual basis beginning 3 years after the initial Interim Performance Targets are determined.
8.39.100 Maintenance of Records
1) Owners shall maintain records as the Department determines necessary for effective enforcement of this Chapter, including, but not limited to, energy bills and reports or forms received from tenants and/or utilities, BPAPs, and records demonstrating compliance with Interim or Final Performance Standards. Such records shall be preserved for a period of five years. At the request of the Department, such records shall be made available for inspection and audit by the Department. When a Covered Property is sold, the records shall be given to the new Owner.
8.39.110 Compliance Obligation
1) Owners of Covered Properties shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable Interim and Final Performance Targets at the applicable compliance dates published by the Department of Public works at the appropriate compliance date. Responsibility to comply shall not be affected by changes in ownership, Owner/tenant lease language or changes thereto.
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Packet Pg. 741 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 2) No action shall be taken to cause a Covered Property and one or more additional real properties to newly share energy, heating, or cooling without submeter(s) to allow separate measurement of each property’s energy consumption or prior written permission from the Department of Public Works. No building over 1,000 gross square feet shall be constructed to share energy or water with another building over 1,000 gross square feet without submeter(s) to allow separate measurement of each building’s energy and water consumption or prior written permission from the Department of Public Works. No modifications shall be made to cause two or more buildings over 500 gross square feet that had previously been separately metered to newly share one or more utility meters or heating, cooling or water heating systems without submeter(s) to allow separate measurement of each building’s energy and water consumption and for the buildings to be separately subject to this ordinance or prior written permission from the Department of Public Works.
8.39.120 Enforcement and Fines
1) Any person who intentionally violates any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this Chapter may also be enforced through the issuance of administrative citations and the imposition of administrative fines pursuant to Chapter 1.09 of this Code.
2) A Property Owner who fails to comply with annual Benchmarking requirements as described in Section 8.39.040 may be subject to fines as specified in the Administrative Regulations.
3) A Property Owner whose Covered Property fails to perform to the level of an Interim or Final Performance Target by the applicable compliance date, as described in
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4) The Department of Public Works shall include in its Administrative Regulations criteria to determine required fines for Covered Properties however, fines shall proportionally reflect:
a) The total number of Interim or Final Performance Targets which a Covered Property has failed to achieve.
b) The magnitude of non-compliance under each Performance Metric. 5) A non-lapsing fund called the BPS Fund shall be established, which shall be used solely for the purposes stated in this ordinance and the Administrative Regulations. 6) All funds collected from payment of fines shall be deposited into the BPS Fund. 7) All funds deposited into the BPS Fund, and any interest earned on the funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in this law without regard to fiscal year limitation.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________
Heidi von Tongeln, Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 743 Attachment: Santa Monica Benchmarking & Performance Ordinance [Revision 4] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 1 City Council Meeting: May 14, 2024 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 2778 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING ARTICLE 8 OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE
TO ADOPT THE 2022 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, REPEAL OUTDATED LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND ADOPT A 2022 LOCAL
AMENDMENT RELATING TO CONCRETE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS
WHEREAS, the California State Building Standards Commission approved and published the 2022 edition of the California Building Standards Code on July 1, 2022, and such code becomes effective 180 days thereafter, on January 1, 2023; and WHEREAS, the 2022 California Building Standards Code includes the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code; and
WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Sections 17958.7 and 18941.5 provide that the City may make changes or modifications to the building standards contained in the California Building Standards Code based upon express findings that such changes or modifications are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, Section 101.7.1 of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code provides that for the purposes of local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, local climatic, topographical, or geological conditions include local environmental conditions as established by the City; and WHEREAS, at its September 27, 2022 meeting, the Council adopted a resolution making findings regarding local climatic, geological, topographical, and environmental DocuSign Envelope ID: 2B4D3A87-C1B4-4E8F-A312-DB582EFFD818
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Packet Pg. 744 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 2 conditions to support certain local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the City’s May 2019 Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, the local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code implemented by this ordinance will reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and WHEREAS, local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code relating to building cement and global warming potential limits were the subject of meetings between City staff and concrete suppliers ,conducted from July 27, 2023 – February 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code relating to building cement and global warming potential limits were reviewed by the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment in 2023; and
WHEREAS, at its September 18, 2023 meeting, the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment recommended that the City Council adopt a low carbon ordinance that significantly reduces emissions and protects the environment and human health; and
WHEREAS, once adopted by the City Council, the local amendments to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code will, in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 17958.7, be submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for filing, and shall become effective 30 days after this submission.
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Packet Pg. 745 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 3 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Purpose
It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to adopt the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11), along with local modifications and changes that provide local standards that apply to plain and reinforced concrete installed in certain projects within City of Santa Monica to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SECTION 2. Chapter 8.106 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.106.010. Adoption.
That certain document entitled "California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition," as published by the California Building Standards Commission, is hereby adopted as the Green Building Standards Code of the City of Santa Monica.
8.106.020. Local amendments to the California Green Building Standards Code.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 California Energy Code, or other codes adopted by any Chapter in Article VIII of the Municipal Code to the contrary, the following local amendments shall apply.
SECTION 3. Section 8.106.130 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
8.106.130 Reduction in cement use.
8.106.130.1 Adoption of Local Amendments.
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Packet Pg. 746 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 4 That certain document entitled “California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition,” as published by the California Building Standards Commission, is hereby amended with the following local amendments:
8.106.130.2 Definitions.
Unless defined herein, all defined terms shall be those found in the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code.
For the application of this section the following definitions shall apply:
Cement Limit: The maximum allowed amount of Cement in concrete at specified compressive strengths measured in pounds per cubic yards and listed on concrete mixdesigns.
Concrete: Concrete is any approved combination of mineral aggregates bound together into a hardened conglomerate in accordance with the requirements of this code.
Environmental product declaration (EPD): EPDs present quantified environmental information on the life cycle of a product to enable comparisons between products fulfilling the same function. EPDs must conform to ISO 14025, and EN 15804 or ISO 21930, and have at least a "cradle to gate" scope (which covers product life cycle from resource extraction to the factory).
High Early Strength Cement: Defined as cement used to produce concrete with the compressive strength shown on submitted building plans within 12 hours.
Newly-Constructed Building: “Newly-constructed building” means a new structure that has never before been used or occupied for any purpose or removal and replacement of an existing structure, or repair, alteration, modification, addition to, or rehabilitation of DocuSign Envelope ID: 2B4D3A87-C1B4-4E8F-A312-DB582EFFD818
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Packet Pg. 747 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 5 an existing structure, where a demolition will occur, as defined Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.25.030 (A.1) or (A.2).
8.106.130.3 - Scope.
The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to all Newly Constructed Buildings and swimming pools and spas as provided in Section 8.106.130.1 for which a building permit for construction is issued on or after 30 days following the second reading of this ordinance. Projects that do not meet the thresholds requiring plan review, as determined by the Building Officer, shall be exempt from this ordinance.
8.106.130.3-California Building Standards Code amendments.
Section 1901.2 of the 2022 California Building Code is hereby amended as follows:
Structural concrete shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and ACI 318 as amended in Section 1905 of this code and Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.106.130. Except for the provisions of Sections 1904 and 1907, and other than compliance with Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
8.106.130, the design and construction of slabs on grade shall not be governed by this chapter unless they transmit vertical loads or lateral forces from other parts of the structure to the soil.
Section R402.2.1 of the 2022 California Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
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Packet Pg. 748 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 6 R402.2.1 Materials for concrete. Materials for concrete shall comply with the requirements of Section R608.5.1, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
8.106.130.
Section R404.1.3 of the 2022 California Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
R404.1.3 Concrete foundation walls. Concrete foundation walls that support lightframe walls shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of this section, ACI 318, ACI 332, or PCA 100, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.106.130. Concrete foundation walls that support above-grade concrete walls that are within the applicability limits of Section R608.2 shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of this section, ACI 318, ACI 332, or PCA 100, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.106.130. Concrete foundation walls that support above-grade concrete walls that are not within the applicability limits of Section R608.2 shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of ACI 318, ACI 332, or PCA 100, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
8.106.130. Where ACI 318, ACI 332, PCA 100 or the provisions of this section, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.106.130, are used to design concrete foundation walls, project drawings, typical details and specifications are not required to bear the seal of the architect or engineer responsible for design, unless otherwise required by the state law of the jurisdiction having authority.
Section R506.1 of the 2022 California Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
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Packet Pg. 749 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 7 R506.1 General. Concrete slab-on-ground floors shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of this section or ACI 332, as amended by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.106.130. Floors shall be a minimum 3 1/2 inches (89mm) thick (for expansive soils, see Section R403.1.8). The specified compressive strength of concrete shall be as set forth in Section R402.2.
Section R608.5 of the 2022 California Residential Code is hereby amended as follows:
R608.5 Materials. Materials used in the construction of concrete walls shall comply with this section, as amended by, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.106.130.
Section 301 of the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code is hereby augmented with the following:
301.6 Low-carbon concrete requirements for all projects. Plain and reinforced concrete installed as part of any project subject to the application of this code shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
8.106.130, the full text of which is herein added to this code by reference.
Section 5.409.3 Product GWP compliance – prescriptive path of the California Green Building Standards Code is hereby adopted and amended as follows:
5.409.3 Product GWP compliance – prescriptive path. Each product that is permanently installed and listed in Table 5.409.3 shall have a Type III environmental product declaration (EPD), either product-specific or factory-specific. All concrete must comply with section 5.409.3.2.
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Packet Pg. 750 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 8 TABLE 5.409.3
PRODUCT GWP LIMITS
Buy Clean California
Materials Product
Category 1
Maximum acceptable
GWP value
(unfabricated)
(GWP allowed)
Unit of Measurement
Hot-rolled structural
steel sections
1.77 MT CO2e/MT
Hollow structural
sections
3.00 MT CO2e/MT
Steel plate 2.61 MT CO2e/MT
Concrete reinforcing
steel
1.56 MT CO2e/MT
Flat glass 2.50 kg CO2e/MT
Light-density mineral
wool board insulation
5.83 kg CO2e/1 m2
Heavy-density mineral
wool board insulation
14.28 kg CO2e/1 m2
Concrete, Ready-Mixed 2, 3
Concrete Product
Category
Maximum GWP
allowed value
(GWP allowed)
Unit of Measurement
up to 2499 psi 450 kg CO2e/m3
2500-3499 psi 489 kg CO2e/m3
3500-4499 psi 566 kg CO2e/m3
4500-5499 psi 661 kg CO2e/m3
5500-6499 psi 701 kg CO2e/m3
6500 psi and greater 799 kg CO2e/m3
Concrete, Lightweight Ready-Mixed 2
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Packet Pg. 751 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 9 CConcrete Product
Category
Maximum GWP
allowed value (GWP
allowed)
Unit of Measurement
up to 2499 psi 875 kg CO2e/m3
2500-3499 psi 956 kg CO2e/m3
3500-4499 psi 1,039 kg CO2e/m3
Footnotes:
1. The GWP values of the products listed in Table 5.409.3 are based on 175 percent of Buy Clean California Act (BCCA) GWP values, except for concrete products which are not included in BCCA.
2. For concrete, 175 percent of the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA) 2022 version 3 Pacific Southwest regional benchmark values are used for the GWP allowed, except for High Early strength.
3. Concrete High Early Strength ready-mixed shall be calculated at 130 percent of the Ready mixed concrete GWP allowed values for each product category.
Notation:
Authority: Health and Safety Code Section 18930.5
Reference(s): Health and Safety Code Section 18930.5
5.409.3.1 Products shall not exceed the maximum GWP value specified in Table
5.409.3.
Exception: Concrete may be considered one product category to meet compliance with this section. A weighted average of the maximum GWP for all concrete mixes installed in the project shall be less than the weighted average maximum GWP allowed per Table 5.409.3 using Exception Equation 5.409.3.1. Calculations shall be performed with consistent units of measurement for the material quantity and the GWP value. For the purposes of this exception, industry wide EPD’s are acceptable.
Exception EQUATION 5.409.3.1
GWPn < GWPallowed
where
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Packet Pg. 752 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 10 GWPn = Σ (GWPn)(vn) and GWPallowed = Σ (GWPallowed)(vn) and
n = each concrete mix installed in the project
GWPn = the GWP for concrete mix n per concrete mix EPD, in kg CO2e /m3 GWPallowed = the GWP potential allowed for concrete mix n per Table 5.409.3 vn = the volume of concrete mix n installed in the project, in m3
5.409.3.2. Verification of compliance. Calculations to demonstrate compliance, Type III EPDs for products required to comply if included in the project, and Worksheet WS-5 signed by the design professional of record shall be provided on the construction documents. Updated EPDs for products used in construction shall be provided to the owner at the close of construction and to the enforcement entity upon request. The enforcing agency may require inspection and inspection reports in accordance with Sections 702.2 and 703.1 during and at completion of construction to demonstrate substantial conformance. Inspection shall be performed by the design professional of record or third party acceptable to the enforcing agency.
5.409.3.2 Reduction in cement use requirements.
All plain and reinforced concrete installed in residential and non-residential Newly Constructed Buildings and swimming pools and spas as provided in Section 8.106.130.1 for which a building permit for construction is issued on or after 30 days after the second reading of this ordinance shall comply with Section 5.409.3 to reduce embodied carbon in concrete. Projects that do not meet the thresholds requiring plan review, as determined by the Building Officer, shall be exempt from this ordinance.
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Packet Pg. 753 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 11 5.409.3.2.1.
Products shall comply with the requirements for product GWP or Cement Limit performance in accordance with Section 5.409.3 using the maximum acceptable GWP or Cement Limit value for the product category listed in Table 5.409.3.5.
5.409.3.3 Project Based Compliance:
A weighted average of the maximum GWP or Cement Limit for all concrete mixes installed in the project shall be less than the weighted average maximum GWP or Cement Limit allowed per Table 5.409.3.5 using Project Based Equation 5.409.3.3A or 5.409.3.3B Calculations shall be performed with consistent units of measurement for the material quantity and the GWP or Cement Limit value. For the purposes of this exception, industry wide EPD’s are acceptable.
Project Based GWP Equation 5.409.3.3A
GWPn < GWP allowed
where
GWPn = Σ (GWPn)(vn) and GWP allowed = Σ (GWP allowed)(vn) and
n = each concrete mix installed in the project
GWPn = the GWP for concrete mix n per concrete mix EPD, in kg CO2e /m3 GWP allowed = the GWP potential allowed for concrete mix n per Table 5.409.3.5 vn = the volume of concrete mix n installed in the project, in m3 Project Based Cement Limit Equation 5.409.3.3B
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Packet Pg. 754 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 12 Cem proj < Cem allowed
where
Cem proj = ΣCem n v n and Cem allowed = ΣCem lim v n
and
n = the total number of concrete mixtures for the project Cem n = the cement content for mixture n , kg/m 3 or lb/yd 3 Cem lim = the maximum cement content for mixture n per Table 5.409.3.5 kg/m 3 or lb/yd 3
v n = the volume of mixture n concrete to be placed, yd 3 or m 3 Applicant can use yd 3 or m 3 for calculation, but must keep same units throughout
5.409.3.4. Verification of compliance.
Calculations to demonstrate compliance, Type III EPDs for products required to comply if included in the project, or Mix Designs showing the cement content, and the Acknowledgement Worksheet signed by the design professional of record shall be provided on the construction documents. Updated EPDs or Mix Designs for products used in construction shall be provided to the owner at the close of construction and to the City.
The City requires inspection and inspection reports in accordance with Sections 702.2 and 703.1 during and at completion of construction to demonstrate substantial conformance. Inspection shall be performed by the design professional of record or third party acceptable to the City
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Packet Pg. 755 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 13 TABLE 5.409.3.5
Concrete GWP and Cement Limits
Note: Acceptable supplementary cementitious materials used to replace cement in concrete mix designs include but are not limited to:
1. Fly ash conforming to ASTM C618.
2. Slag cement (GGBFS) conforming to ASTM C989.
3. Silica fume conforming to ASTM C1240.
4. Natural pozzolan conforming to ASTM C618.
5. Blended supplementary cementitious materials conforming to ASTM C1697.
6. Ultra-fine fly ash (UFFA) conforming to ASTM C618.
7. Metakaolin conforming to ASTM C618.
8. Ground-glass pozzolan per ASTM C1866/C1866M.
9.Other materials with comparable or superior environmental benefits, as approved by the Engineer of Record and enforcing authority.
Concrete, Ready-Mixed
Cement Limits Global Warming Potential
(GWP) Limits
Minimum specified 28 day
compressive strength f’c, psi
Maximum cement
content, lbs/yd3
Maximum Global Warming
Potential (GWP) kg CO2e/m3
up to 2500 362 260
3000 410 289
4000 456 313
5000 503 338
6000 531 356
7000 594 394
7001 and higher 657 433
up to 2499 light weight 512 500
Up to 3499 light weight 571 546
Up to 4499 light weight 629 594
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Packet Pg. 756 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 14 Notes
(1) For concrete strengths between the stated values, use linear interpolation to determine cement and/or GWP limits.
(2) Cement of any type per ASTM C150, ASTM C595.
(3) Project applicants can choose to comply using the Maximum Cement limits OR the Maximum Global Warming Potential limits.
5.409.3.6 Allowable Increases.
1. Cement or GWP limits shown in Table 5.409.3.5 can be increased by 30% for concrete demonstrated in writing to the Building Official or for Public Works Projects, the City Engineer, as requiring high early strength. Such concrete could include precast, prestressed concrete; beams and slabs above grade; shotcrete; and other applications as demonstrated in writing by the Professional Engineer or other licensed professionals.
2. Approved Cements. The industry-average EPD describing Portland cements produced in the United States by the Portland Cement Association, certified by ASTM, lists a Portland cement global warming potential of 922 kg CO2e/metric ton. If your plant specific EPD for a cement or blended cement, demonstrated to the Building Official by an approved EPD, is lower than 922 kg CO2e/metric ton an increase in cement is allowed (e.g. use of ASTM 595 Type 1L Cement). The maximum cement content may be increased above the compliance level in Table 5.409.3.5 proportionate to the percentage difference in GWP of the plant specific EPD and the industry-average 922 kg CO2e/metric ton.
Formula: 922 – Plant Specific GWP = Difference
Difference/922 = Percent Allowable Increase
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Packet Pg. 757 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 15 For example: A plant specific EPD of 900 kg CO2e/metric ton could allow up to a 2% increase in allowable cement.
922– 900 = 22
22/922 = 0.02.
5.409.3.7 Exemptions.
If an applicant for a project subject to this chapter believes that circumstances exist that make it a hardship or infeasible to meet the requirements of this chapter, the applicant may request an exemption in writing to the building department or Public Works (for City project or work within the Public Right of Way). In applying for an exemption, the burden is on the applicant to show hardship or infeasibility. Circumstances that constitute hardship or infeasibility may include:
There is a lack of commercially available material necessary to comply with this chapter. Applicant must provide written notice from at least two local concrete suppliers that there is a lack of commercially available materials necessary to comply.
The cost of the concrete mix that achieves compliance is more than the cost of a 100% Portland cement (ASTM C-150) or a 100% Portland limestone cement (ASTM C-595 Type 1L) mix. Applicant must provide quotes from at least two local concrete suppliers comparing the cost of a 100% PC (ASTM150) or 100% PLC (ASTM C-595 Type 1L) mix and equivalent strength lowcarbon concrete mix. Emergency purchases made in conformance with Section 2.24.240; Building permit applications submitted over the counter are exempt from this ordinance.
This Chapter does not apply to pre-packaged proprietary concrete bags used for small quantities (less than 3 yards) or where there is an immediate need for on-site concrete mixing.
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such DocuSign Envelope ID: 2B4D3A87-C1B4-4E8F-A312-DB582EFFD818
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Packet Pg. 758 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 16 inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of the 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 thirty days after adoption. Building permit applications submitted on or after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth herein.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
________________________
Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
DocuSign Envelope ID: 2B4D3A87-C1B4-4E8F-A312-DB582EFFD818
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Packet Pg. 759 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Approved and adopted this 14th day of May, 2024.
_____________________________
Phil Brock, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2778 (CCS) had its introduction on April 23, 2024 and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on May 14, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers de la Torre, Torosis, Davis, Parra, Zwick, Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Brock
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
_____________________________________ _________________ Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2778 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to California Government Code Section 40806.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 2B4D3A87-C1B4-4E8F-A312-DB582EFFD818 5/16/2024
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Packet Pg. 760 Attachment: Santa Monica Low Carbon Concrete Ordinance (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 1 City of Santa Monica
Existing Building
Electrification Roadmap
2023
Prepared by the City of Santa Monica’s
Office of Sustainability and the
Environment
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Packet Pg. 761 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3
2.0 BACKGROUND................................................................................................................4
2.1 WHY ELECTRIFY? ........................................................................................................4
2.2 ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES................................................................6
2.3 BARRIERS TO ELECTRIFICATION.......................................................................7
3.0 EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ........................................................7
4.0 BUILDING STOCK ANALYSIS..................................................................................10
5.0 COST ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................11
6.0 POLICY OPTIONS .........................................................................................................11
7.0 A CALL TO ACTION....................................................................................................13
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Packet Pg. 762 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION
Santa Monica’s Existing Building Electrification Roadmap outlines policy recommendations to electrify Santa Monica’s existing buildings to help achieve emissions reduction goals in the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan. The roadmap includes priority areas from local stakeholders and outlines equity principles and funding goals. This roadmap also includes an analysis of Santa Monica’s existing building stock to guide local fuel-switching strategies. Expanded sections on electrification technologies, equity & stakeholder engagement, and building stock/cost analysis are linked in this Roadmap.
Disclaimer: The Roadmap does not include adopted policies nor has this document been officially approved by Santa Monica City Council. Further stakeholder engagement and review by commissions and City Council will take place before any requirements are considered for adoption.
The following benefits highlight the importance of existing building electrification that are central to this roadmap:
• Health and Safety – Improving indoor air quality and appliance safety for residents.
• Housing and Energy Costs –Ensuring that electrification projects do not present a cost burden for Low-Income residents (upfront and long-term with gentrification and rent-increase concerns).
• Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reductions – Meeting Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP) & statewide goals to reduce GHG emissions in the building sector. • Comfort – Improving indoor comfort for residents with Heat Pump technology.
Community Co-developed Goals
The City developed a timeline and goals for existing building electrification. These goals are supported by policies and programs that will accelerate existing building electrification. The City worked with community stakeholders (identified in section 3.0) to iterate on goals outlined in this roadmap. The following goals are consistent with other state and local building electrification goals. The 2022 California Air Resources Board Scoping Plan includes a measure for a statewide zero-emission GHG standard for new appliances. If adopted by the state, starting in 2030, new space and water heaters sold for new and existing buildings would need to comply with the standard.
Table 1. Existing Building Electrification Goal Timeline Goal Timeline
Implement Building Performance Standards & benchmarking (for buildings <50k square feet) for existing buildings
End of 2024
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Packet Pg. 763 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 4 Implement time of sale policy By 2028
Implement time of replacement policy By 2030
Fully electrify all multifamily affordable housing By 2030 Prohibit the installation of new fossil fuel appliances By 2030 Transition every existing building within City limits to all-electric By 2045 Above policies are outlined in section 6.0 of this roadmap.
Figure 1. Sample Timeline for Building Electrification Policies *This is a sample timeline and does not reflect adopted or council-approved policies.
2.0 BACKGROUND
2.1 WHY ELECTRIFY?
Electrification is the process of transitioning from gas-powered appliances to more efficient all-electric alternatives. Electrification is beneficial because of the inherent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, improved electrical grid resiliency, and reduced indoor air pollution.
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Packet Pg. 764 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 5 HEALTH: IMPACTS, INEQUITY AND RELIEF
Burning natural gas for heating and cooking indoors can release dangerous levels of air pollutants like ozone, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and small particulate matter (PM5, PM10, or PM25), particularly if the space is not well ventilated.
Recent studies have found that gas stoves can increase indoor concentrations of NO2 by 50%-400%. These pollutants are linked to significant respiratory, cardiovascular, and developmental health impacts, especially in at-risk populations such as children, the elderly, or those with asthma. By removing gas appliances from indoor areas, these health impacts can be minimized.
Figure 2.0 All-Electric Home
SAFETY
Natural gas, and the infrastructure needed to transport and deliver it to homes, places communities and households at avoidable risk of injury, fire, and property damage when reliable and safer electric options are available. Natural gas appliances like stoves, ovens, water heaters, space heaters, and central heat systems can also cause fires and explosions.
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Packet Pg. 765 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 6 CLIMATE CHANGE
Residents of Santa Monica are feeling the impacts of a rapidly changing climate.
With 30% of Santa Monica’s GHG emissions coming from burning fossil fuels in buildings, it is important to be aware of the underlying fossil fuel infrastructure that is also contributing to climate change. Pipelines that transport methane gas used as fuel in our buildings are known to leak; with 2.5% or more of gas leaking while in transport between extraction to the gas meters at the point of the end user. Methane (the chemical form of natural gas) is a potent greenhouse gas that has 86 times the warming power of CO2. Electrifying existing buildings will accelerate the decommissioning of gas infrastructure that is contributing to climate change.
2.2 ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Currently, more than 70% of single-family and small multifamily buildings in Santa Monica use natural gas as their primary fuel type. The predominant uses of natural gas are space heating, water heating, cooking and clothes-drying. Water heating and space heating account for approximately 38% of total greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. There are now all-electric appliance alternatives for each of these uses available today.
Electric alternatives are typically much more energy efficient than their gas counterparts. As renewable energy becomes increasingly abundant, transitioning to electric appliances ensures that buildings are operating using clean energy. Coupling building electrification with efficiency upgrades like weatherization improvements can reduce indoor air pollution, maximize comfort, and reduce energy usage. The following are common building electrification technologies that can replace natural gas-powered counterparts.
HEAT PUMPS
Heat pumps use electricity to circulate heat from outdoor air, water or the ground into an indoor space. The process uses the same technology as refrigerators (refrigerators use refrigerants that absorb and release heat), but the process can be reversed to heat spaces instead of cooling them. Heat pumps are 2-3x more efficient than their gas appliance counterparts. Heat Pump technology can be used for water heating, HVAC & clothes-drying.
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Packet Pg. 766 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 7 d
INDUCTION/ELECTRIC COOKING
Gas ranges and stovetops can be replaced by either induction stoves, or by traditional electric ranges. Induction stoves use an electromagnetic field below the surface of the cooktop to heat metal pots and pans while electric ranges use metal coils to transfer heat to cookware. Induction stoves are safer, and provide improved performance compared to their gas counterparts.
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
• Energy Efficiency Upgrades
• On-site Solar PV & battery
• Smart Controls
2.3 BARRIERS TO ELECTRIFICATION
Although there are significant market and regulatory barriers preventing widespread adoption of building electrification, equity barriers such as the landlordtenant split incentive and high upfront costs present the greatest barrier. • Landlord-Tenant Split Incentive - The split incentive problem describes divergent interests and benefits for landlords vs. tenants. For example, if tenants push for an energy retrofit or electrification upgrade, landlords usually bear the upfront cost of installation, while benefits such as decreased utility bills favor the tenants. This is especially problematic in a community like Santa Monica, which is 75% renter occupied.
• Upfront Costs - Although both costs of equipment and installation are on the decline, electrification retrofits are expensive. This is a major barrier to lowincome residents who do not have the capital to afford upfront costs. 29% of Santa Monica households fall below 60% AMI and many of these households already face significant energy burden. Reducing these upfront costs provides an opportunity to electrify equitably.
Click here for more information on the technology and benefits of electrification.
3.0 EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Transitioning existing buildings to all-electric offers an opportunity to address economic and health inequities and is therefore consistent with Santa Monica’s
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Packet Pg. 767 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 8 commitment to overcoming and correcting racial inequities. Santa Monica’s existing building electrification strategy must be rooted in equity and access. Building electrification efforts must directly address systemic inequities seen in the building sector.
Low-income, marginalized communities are in areas that face disproportionate burdens of air pollution, extreme heat and other environmental problems. ‘ As the most impacted stakeholders, these communities must be engaged early on to help create and shape electrification policies. The Office of Sustainability and the Environment has begun this process, working closely with three key organizations to cooperatively develop strategies and goals for building electrification in Santa Monica. With the help of these organizations, the City will be able to carry out a public community engagement process to ensure that disadvantaged community members codevelop electrification policies and programs. • Santa Monica Black Lives Association (SMBLA)
• Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM)
• Climate Action Santa Monica (CASM)
Figure 3. The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership (Image credit: Facilitating Power)
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Packet Pg. 768 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 9 The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership (Figure 3) provides an important framework for engaging the Santa Monica community when developing existing building electrification policies & programs. It will be increasingly important to collaborate with and defer to a diverse set of Santa Monica community members as the City approaches building electrification goals outlined in this roadmap.
Through an iterative process working with the above organizations, the following equity and funding principles have been Identified:
Prioritize access to health and safety benefits provided by electrification • Ensure that marginalized and low-income communities are prioritized to receive benefits like improved indoor air quality and comfort from electrification
Support anti-displacement & housing affordability
• Work across City departments to develop tenant protection policies that eliminate the risk of displacement in response to building electrification projects • Educate property owners and renters about the benefits of electrification, and empower them to pursue electrification retrofits
•
Provide funding and financing
• Maximize incentives for marginalized communities to ensure equitable access to affordable funding mechanisms
• Work with Federal, State and Regional program providers to stack electrification funding options, especially for marginalized communities Support electrification jobs
• Work with industry groups, non-profits and schools to develop workforce training programs
Simplify installation process
• Streamline permitting process to decrease complexity for residents • Develop technical assistance program(s) to support all stages of electrification projects
Click here for more information on the City’s Equity & Stakeholder Engagement process.
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Packet Pg. 769 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 10 4.0 BUILDING STOCK ANALYSIS
This roadmap includes an analysis of the City’s existing building stock, based on data from the E3 2019 California Residential Building Electrification Study. The breakdown of Santa Monica’s buildings in table 3.0 highlight the challenges of the City’s existing building stock for electrification.
• Many buildings in Santa Monica are built before 1978 and may require electric panel upgrades (due to limited panel capacity) to electrify:
o 78% of residential buildings in Santa Monica were built before 1978 o 72% of Single-Family homes were built before 1978
o 93% of multifamily homes were built before 1978
• Most residents are renters in multifamily homes. Multifamily homes present a challenge due to split incentives (section 2.3) between tenants and landlords. o 71% of all residential buildings in Santa Monica are renter-occupied o 84% of multifamily buildings are renter occupied.
Table 2. Key Statistics on Santa Monica’s Building Stock Key Statistics Single-family Multi-family Total
Number of buildings 9,081 (69%) 4,053 (31%) 13,138
Number of households 11,592 (26%)
32,068
(73%) 44,142
% of houses built before 1978 72% 93% 78%
% of units renter occupied 30% 84% 71%
% of households with A/C 55% 42% 46%
% of population in disadvantaged community - - 7%
% of total roofs viable for solar - - 81%
% of households in 0-100% AMI 30% 46% 42%
% of households in 0-30% AMI 9% 18% 16%
Area Median Income (AMI) $77,300
Avg. energy burden of households in 0-30% AMI 18% 5% 7% Many older buildings built before 1978 in Santa Monica likely have the following problems that will make electrification more costly:
• Poor envelope insulation/sealing
• Leaky HVAC ducts
• Lower capacity electric panels
• Knob-and-tube wiring
• Asbestos
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Packet Pg. 770 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 11 The building stock analysis reveals that that there are complex challenges involving residential electrification in Santa Monica. With these challenges, a variety of creative tactics and policies will be needed to make residential electrification feasible.
5.0 COST ANALYSIS
The City also used the E3 2019 California Residential Building Electrification Study to input data into a cost model that tests assumptions about the costs of residential electrification in Santa Monica’s climate zone (CZ6). The cost model showed that over a span of 30 years, residential building electrification has potential to be the more costeffective option between gas and electric. Improved efficiency brought by new electric appliances can generate savings on annual utility bills. Over time, these utility bill savings were found to cover the incremental capital cost of switching from gas to electric appliances in all electrification scenarios.
There are many factors that will continue to improve the economic viability of residential electrification projects in the future:
• Gas utility rates - Gas utility rates are projected to increase 22% between 2020 and 2030. These price increases are factored into the above model. • Capital cost reductions - Installation and product costs of electric appliances such as heat pumps and solar PV systems are expected to decrease in the future. Increased workforce availability also has potential to reduce the demand for currently-limited trained workers and therefore reduce installed costs.
• Electric rate tariffs - Electrification may provide higher utility bill savings to customers who take advantage of time of use rates and utilize demand management software.
• On-site Solar - Rooftop or other onsite solar provides additional benefits to electrification by adding resiliency and removing electrical utility costs.
Click here to learn more about Santa Monica’s existing building stock and costs of electrifying.
6.0 POLICY OPTIONS
A Phased Policy Approach
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Packet Pg. 771 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 12 Modeled after other cities (such as Berkeley and San Jose) that have adopted building electrification strategies for existing buildings, Santa Monica plans to use a 3- phased approach to develop and implement building performance standards and electrification programs and policies.
The policies highlighted below are not yet adopted. This is a roadmap that outlines policy options that will be discussed in stakeholder workshops and commission meetings before any policies are presented to city council for adoption.
Table 3. Phases of Building Electrification
Phase 1
Phase 1 actions lay the foundation for implementation of future policies. In order to support the rate of
electrification needed to achieve goals outlined in this roadmap, the City will work with a range of stakeholders to expand equitable funding, develop technical
assistance programs to improve accessibility, ensure
workforce availability, design electrification pilot
projects, collaborate on regional and state policies, and continue to analyze equity impacts and costeffectiveness.
Phase 2
Phase 2 marks the beginning of implementation for core
policies outlined above. A strategic and communitydriven approach will determine the most viable policy options for the City. Phase 2 may include building
performance standards, benchmarking policies, and
energy efficiency standards.
Phase 3 Phase 3 may include time of replacement or upgrade requirements.
Table 4. Policy Options to Reduce Emissions and Electrify Existing Buildings Policy Description Timeline Phase
Building Performance
Standards
Establishes targets for
buildings to electrify or
reduce GHG emissions by
certain dates.
2024
2 Minimum Efficiency
Standards for Rentals
Requires property owners
to meet minimum
efficiency standard before
2028 or later
2- 3
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Packet Pg. 772 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 13 renewal of rental license.
Time of Sale Require prescriptive
upgrades at time of sale for
a property.
2028 or later
2- 3
Time of Replacement
at Major renovation
Prescriptive requirements
for allowable electric
building systems at the
time of major renovation of
a building.
2030 or later
2- 3
Appliance Emissions
Standards
Establishes rules limiting
the GHG emissions from a
certain appliance.
50% reduction
by 2037 (TBD) 3
7.0 A CALL TO ACTION
What Santa Monica Residents can do right now
There are many short-term actions that residents can do to be part of the solution.
Table 5. Actions you can take to Electrify
Apply for an Electrify Santa
Monica appliance rebate
If you are planning on switching out a gas appliance
in your home for a more efficient all-electric one, fill out an application to receive an Electrify Santa
Monica appliance rebate.
Work with a TECH Clean
California contractor
Find a TECH certified contractor through the Switch
is On to get a discount on your next heat pump
installation.
Explore additional
funding/financing opportunities.
Visit SantaMonica.gov to discover more
funding/financing opportunities.
Understand where your energy
comes from
If you live in Santa Monica and have not made any
changes to your utility bill, you are already enrolled in in the Clean Power Alliance, California’s largest
Community Choice Aggregator, which supplies 100%
clean electricity.
Learn what types of energy heat
your home, water & stove.
Energy awareness can help you make lifestyle
choices that can save money and reduce pollution in
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Packet Pg. 773 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 14 your home and the environment. E.g. washing your
clothes in cold water, hang drying your clothes,
turning off your lights, keeping your thermostat low…
Take advantage of CPA’s time of
use rates
Time of use rates offer lower rates during “off-peak
hours” and higher rates during “peak” hours. Use less
energy doing “peak” hours and save money on your
next utility bill. Just remember this simple rule: If you can, use energy when the sun is shining bright! It will help you save money and be good for the planet.
Ventilate your kitchen while
cooking
If you cook with a gas stove, make sure to turn on the
fan while cooking or open windows to reduce indoor
air pollution. If you want to know more about your
indoor air quality, you can purchase a device that
monitors indoor air quality. If the flames in your stove are burning orange, rather than blue, your stove is
creating more pollution than necessary & it’s time for
a tune up!
Weatherize your home Make future electrification upgrades more effective by adding insulation and sealing air leaks. You can
save 5-15% on your energy and heating bills by
weatherizing your home.
Improve your indoor air quality Ask a contractor about adding air filters to your existing gas systems to reduce indoor air pollution.
Adjust the temperature on your
water heater
Water heating in Southern California could be your
largest energy expense. Turn down the temperature
on your water heater to save on gas bills.
Check out SoCalREN for more
electrification resources
SoCalREN offers incentives on efficiency upgrades
for multifamily buildings and has resources and
information for building owners and renters.
Visit SwitchisOn.org Learn more about the benefits of electrifying by visiting the Switch is On website. Find contractors
and rebates in your area to make your next energy
upgrade easier.
Complete our survey on
electrification
Have you made the switch to electrify your car or
appliance(s) in your home? Sharing your story can
help us improve the experience for you and others
who continue to electrify their lives moving forward.
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Packet Pg. 774 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 15 Interested in learning more? Check out the roadmap briefs below:
• Electrification Benefits & Technology
• Electrification Equity & Stakeholder Engagement
• Santa Monica’s Existing Building Stock + Electrification Cost Analysis
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Packet Pg. 775 Attachment: Existing Buildings Electrification Roadmap (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) MEMO
TO DavidWhite, CityManager
FROM Rick Valte,Director of Public Works
DATE April 14, 2023
SUBJECT National Building Performance Standards Coalition Participation
SUMMARY
Launched by President Biden, the National Building Performance Standards(BPS) Coalition comprises a nationwide group ofstate and local governmentsthat have committed to inclusively design and implement building performance policies and programsin their jurisdiction. There are currently 41 U.S. jurisdictionsthat have committed to joining the National BPS Coalition & as many as 10 that have already adopted BPS. OSE staff recommend that Santa Monica join the national cohort, which requires Mayor or City Manager approval of the BPS commitment to adopt a BPS policy by Earth Day 2024 and to provide a quote or video for the Coalition website.
Joining the National BPS Coalition would present an opportunity for the City of Santa Monica to accelerate equitable decarbonization of our existing buildings, with a focus on the largest buildings that produce the most pollution. Recently, the City supported Net‐Zero Carbon Buildings goals outlined in the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan by releasing an Existing Building Electrification Roadmap. The Roadmap highlights different policy optionsto equitably electrify Santa Monica’s existing building stock and presented BPS as a priority policy to do so.
In March 2023, OSE hosted the first in a series of workshops dedicated to designing a BPS policy for Santa Monica by soliciting input from a diverse group of 30+ technicalstakeholders. Stakeholders were largely supportive of the efforts and recognize the importance of adopting a BPS to reduce emissionsfrom the existing building sector – particularly from large commercial properties. The second workshop isscheduled for April 28th, 2023.
Commitment to the National BPS Coalition would position the City to utilize the momentum of federal action and local government leadership and leverage past work acrossthe country to adopt BPS by 2024. The National BPS Coalition offerssupport from federal agencies, labor, and non‐governmental organizationsthat are providing resourcesfor workforce engagement, technical analysis, equity strategies, policy design, and stakeholder engagement.
Upon approval, OSE staff will work to develop a script or talking pointsfor City Manager’s office for submittal to the Coalition website as noted above. Contact Ariana Vito at ext. 2294, for additional information.
APPROVED
_______________________
David White, City Manager
DocuSign Envelope ID: 85BFA65C-E654-4824-932A-3F528E8B06D9 4/24/2023
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Packet Pg. 776 Attachment: Memo_National_BPS_Cohort_signed 4.24.23 (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Santa Monica Covered Buildings 20-50k Square Feet
Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 0 1343-1357 4th St 1343-1357 4th st 1343-1357 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289102 retail 1 2601 Ocean Park Blvd 2601 ocean park blvd 2601 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440810259 commercial 2 1422-1424 2nd St 1422-1424 2nd st 1422-1424 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299322 retail 3 1447 2nd St 1447 2nd st 1447 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299531 commercial 4 1315 3rd Street Promenade 1315 3rd st 1315 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299465 commercial 5 1316-1320 3rd Street Promenade 1316-1320 3rd st 1316-1320 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299518 hotel 6 1337-1339 3rd Street Promenade 1337-1339 3rd st 1337-1339 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299496 retail 7 1460 4th St 1460 4th st 1460 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440299422 commercial 8 1235 5th St 1235 5th st 1235 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289104 apartments 9 1411-1413 5th St 1411-1413 5th st 1411-1413 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289246 commercial 10 1530 7th St 1530 7th st 1530 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289126 apartments 11 1510-1512 11th St 1510-1512 11th st 1510-1512 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 391267655 hotel 12 1640 14th St 1640 14th st 1640 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 13 1304 15th St 1304 15th st 1304 15th st, Santa Monica, CA 440792107 commercial 14 1651 16th St 1651 16th st 1651 16th st, Santa Monica, CA 391179498 yes 15 2644 30th St 2644 30th st 2644 30th st, Santa Monica, CA 440810843 commercial 16 301 Arizona Ave 301 arizona ave 301 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299565 commercial 17 2225 Broadway 2225 broadway 2225 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 1210634275 apartments 18 1450 Cloverfield Blvd 1450 cloverfield blvd 1450 cloverfield blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1172270065 yes 19 3221-3233 Donald Douglas Loop S 3221-3233 donald douglas loop s 3221-3233 donald douglas loop s, Santa Monica, CA 414682052 yes 20 1900-1916 Lincoln Blvd 1900-1916 lincoln blvd 1900-1916 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440292884 retail 21 1901 Main St 1901 main st 1901 main st, Santa Monica, CA 440843221 retail 22 2415-2449 Main St 2415-2449 main st 2415-2449 main st, Santa Monica, CA 439420576 retail 23 2525 Main St 2525 main st 2525 main st, Santa Monica, CA 439420608 retail 24 3015 Main St 3015 main st 3015 main st, Santa Monica, CA 413245147 retail 25 3212-3232 Nebraska Ave 3212-3232 nebraska ave 3212-3232 nebraska ave, Santa Monica, CA 389269094 commercial 26 3435 Ocean Park Blvd 3435 ocean park blvd 3435 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 391286840 retail 27 3025 W Olympic Blvd 3025 w olympic blvd 3025 w olympic blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580178 industrial 28 321 Santa Monica Blvd 321 santa monica blvd 321 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299333 retail 29 331 Santa Monica Blvd 331 santa monica blvd 331 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299333 retail 30 502-514 Santa Monica Blvd 502-514 santa monica blvd 502-514 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289215 retail 31 602-616 Santa Monica Blvd 602-616 santa monica blvd 602-616 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289133 retail 32 2222 Santa Monica Blvd 2222 santa monica blvd 2222 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440812754 commercial 33 2822 Santa Monica Blvd 2822 santa monica blvd 2822 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1148965893 apartments 34 11870 Santa Monica Blvd 11870 santa monica blvd 11870 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 35 1757 Stanford St 1757 stanford st 1757 stanford st, Santa Monica, CA 425580171 industrial 36 201 Wilshire Blvd 201 wilshire blvd 201 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291420 commercial 37 210-214 Wilshire Blvd 210-214 wilshire blvd 210-214 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299391 retail 38 631 Wilshire Blvd 631 wilshire blvd 631 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285584 yes 39 2102-2116 Wilshire Blvd 2102-2116 wilshire blvd 2102-2116 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440849867 retail 40 2530 Wilshire Blvd 2530 wilshire blvd 2530 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390300011 retail 41 1137 2nd St 1137 2nd st 1137 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 256875414 commercial 42 1217 2nd St 1217 2nd st 1217 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299318 retail 43 1322 3rd Street Promenade 1322 3rd st 1322 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299484 retail 44 1334 3rd Street Promenade 1334 3rd st 1334 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299490 retail 45 1343-1349 3rd Street Promenade 1343-1349 3rd st 1343-1349 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299461 retail 46 1404-1408 3rd Street Promenade 1404-1408 3rd st 1404-1408 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 47 1505 4th St 1505 4th st 1505 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289075 retail 48 1248 5th St 1248 5th st 1248 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289284 yes 49 1450 10th St 1450 10th st 1450 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 440784075 commercial 50 725 Arizona Ave 725 arizona ave 725 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440289119 commercial 51 730 Arizona Ave 730 arizona ave 730 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440289113 commercial 52 700-716 Colorado Ave 700-716 colorado ave 700-716 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440858042 warehouse 53 929 Colorado Ave 929 colorado ave 929 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 391267649 retail 54 1205 Colorado Ave 1205 colorado ave 1205 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440815735 industrial 55 1221 Colorado Ave 1221 colorado ave 1221 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 56 1315 Lincoln Blvd 1315 lincoln blvd 1315 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440300467 retail 57 525 Santa Monica Blvd 525 santa monica blvd 525 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289264 retail 58 3122 Santa Monica Blvd 3122 santa monica blvd 3122 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425617995 commercial 59 530 Wilshire Blvd 530 wilshire blvd 530 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289128 commercial 60 720 Wilshire Blvd 720 wilshire blvd 720 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289120 commercial 61 1808 Wilshire Blvd 1808 wilshire blvd 1808 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390834752 retail 62 2101 Wilshire Blvd 2101 wilshire blvd 2101 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390851494 commercial 63 2901 Wilshire Blvd 2901 wilshire blvd 2901 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440841227 commercial 64 2914-2936 Wilshire Blvd 2914-2936 wilshire blvd 2914-2936 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425557933 retail 65 3201 Wilshire Blvd 3201 wilshire blvd 3201 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6321581 commercial [425446435, 425446436] 66 1332 2nd St 1332 2nd st 1332 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299326 retail 67 1201 3rd Street Promenade 1201 3rd st 1201 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299410 retail 68 1232-1240 3rd Street Promenade 1232-1240 3rd st 1232-1240 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299453 retail 69 1402 3rd Street Promenade 1402 3rd st 1402 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299475 retail 70 1412-1434 4th St 1412-1434 4th st 1412-1434 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440299343 commercial 71 1433-1437 4th St 1433-1437 4th st 1433-1437 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289268 retail 72 1639 11th St 1639 11th st 1639 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 440850379 industrial 73 1556 20th St 1556 20th st 1556 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 440818697 office 74 219-231 Arizona Ave 219-231 arizona ave 219-231 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299417 retail 75 1742-1758 Berkeley St 1742-1758 berkeley st 1742-1758 berkeley st, Santa Monica, CA 425580269 industrial 76 3302-3330 Pico Blvd 3302-3330 pico blvd 3302-3330 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422279011 commercial 77 401-415 Santa Monica Blvd 401-415 santa monica blvd 401-415 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289272 retail 78 2336 Santa Monica Blvd 2336 santa monica blvd 2336 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440812774 commercial 79 2428 Santa Monica Blvd 2428 santa monica blvd 2428 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440812775 commercial 80 1101-1115 Wilshire Blvd 1101-1115 wilshire blvd 1101-1115 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285412 commercial 81 817 2nd St 817 2nd st 817 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290489 apartments 82 827 2nd St 827 2nd st 827 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290500 apartments 83 850 2nd St 850 2nd st 850 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA
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Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 84 851 2nd St 851 2nd st 851 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290572 residential 85 926 2nd St 926 2nd st 926 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440292221 apartments 86 950 2nd St 950 2nd st 950 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA
87 1022-1028 2nd St 1022-1028 2nd st 1022-1028 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440292095 apartments 88 1227 2nd St 1227 2nd st 1227 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 373843776 retail 89 1305 2nd St 1305 2nd st 1305 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299375 apartments 90 1305 2nd St 1305 2nd st 1305 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299375 apartments 91 1318-1320 2nd St 1318-1320 2nd st 1318-1320 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 1005900912 yes 92 1328 2nd St 1328 2nd st 1328 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299528 yes 93 1436 2nd St 1436 2nd st 1436 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299350 commercial 94 1520-1522 2nd St 1520-1522 2nd st 1520-1522 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299570 retail 95 2303 2nd St 2303 2nd st 2303 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 6534800 yes [439420541, 439420552] 96 2513 2nd St 2513 2nd st 2513 2nd st, Santa Monica, CA 439420718 apartments 97 821 3rd St 821 3rd st 821 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290555 apartments 98 832 3rd St 832 3rd st 832 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290573 apartments 99 837 3rd St 837 3rd st 837 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290591 apartments 100 858-860 3rd St 858-860 3rd st 858-860 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290545 apartments 101 901 3rd St 901 3rd st 901 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290552 apartments 102 915 3rd St 915 3rd st 915 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290571 yes 103 937 3rd St 937 3rd st 937 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290544 residential 104 938 3rd St 938 3rd st 938 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 6550504 apartments [440290468, 440290457] 105 960 3rd St 960 3rd st 960 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440290614 house 106 1001 3rd St 1001 3rd st 1001 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440291474 hotel 107 1012 3rd St 1012 3rd st 1012 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440291414 apartments 108 1033 3rd St 1033 3rd st 1033 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 109 1045 3rd St 1045 3rd st 1045 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 6550530 apartments [440291376, 440291378] 110 2010 3rd St 2010 3rd st 2010 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440843226 apartments 111 2210 3rd St 2210 3rd st 2210 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 112 2402 3rd St 2402 3rd st 2402 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 439420915 apartments 113 2727 3rd St 2727 3rd st 2727 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 439421135 apartments 114 3111 3rd St 3111 3rd st 3111 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 6168333 apartments [413254269, 413254264] 115 1202 3rd Street Promenade 1202 3rd st 1202 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299542 commercial 116 1231-1233 3rd Street Promenade 1231-1233 3rd st 1231-1233 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299571 retail 117 1310 3rd Street Promenade 1310 3rd st 1310 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299529 retail 118 1355 3rd Street Promenade 1355 3rd st 1355 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299469 yes 119 1404-1408 3rd Street Promenade 1404-1408 3rd st 1404-1408 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 120 1415 3rd Street Promenade 1415 3rd st 1415 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 351956004 retail 121 1429-1431 3rd Street Promenade 1429-1431 3rd st 1429-1431 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 351956001 retail 122 2120 4th 2120 4th 2120 4th, Santa Monica, CA 6550615 apartments [440296163, 440296157] 123 808 4th St 808 4th st 808 4th st, Santa Monica, CA
124 817 4th St 817 4th st 817 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440290556 apartments 125 827 4th St 827 4th st 827 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440290550 apartments 126 834 4th St 834 4th st 834 4th st, Santa Monica, CA
127 843 4th St 843 4th st 843 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440290549 house 128 846 4th St 846 4th st 846 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440290548 apartments 129 938 4th St 938 4th st 938 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550507 apartments [440290461, 440290458] 130 1011 4th St 1011 4th st 1011 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 131 1207 4th St 1207 4th st 1207 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289136 retail 132 1227 4th St 1227 4th st 1227 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289140 church 133 1251 4th St 1251 4th st 1251 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289083 commercial 134 1300 4th St 1300 4th st 1300 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440299363 commercial 135 1427-1429 4th St 1427-1429 4th st 1427-1429 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289300 retail 136 1447-1457 4th St 1447-1457 4th st 1447-1457 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289303 retail 137 1527 4th St 1527 4th st 1527 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289134 yes 138 1533 4th St 1533 4th st 1533 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550490 yes [440289030, 440289041] 139 1539 4th St 1539 4th st 1539 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440977163 residential 140 1717 4th St 1717 4th st 1717 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 440858065 government_office 141 1802 4th St 1802 4th st 1802 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 142 2110 4th St 2110 4th st 2110 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550616 apartments [440296149, 440296158] 143 2505 4th St 2505 4th st 2505 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 144 2704 4th St 2704 4th st 2704 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6534809 apartments [439421092, 439421095] 145 2901 4th St 2901 4th st 2901 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 413254304 apartments 146 2925 4th St 2925 4th st 2925 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6168327 apartments [413254271, 413254266] 147 2928 4th St 2928 4th st 2928 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 6168328 apartments [413254275, 413254272] 148 3120 4th St 3120 4th st 3120 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 149 2427 W 4th St 2427 w 4th st 2427 w 4th st, Santa Monica, CA 439420806 apartments 150 833 5th St 833 5th st 833 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550469 apartments [440286540, 440286559] 151 930 5th St 930 5th st 930 5th st, Santa Monica, CA
152 1124-1144 5th St 1124-1144 5th st 1124-1144 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550524 apartments [440291372, 440291385] 153 1241 5th St 1241 5th st 1241 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 440978632 yes 154 1324 5th St 1324 5th st 1324 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 155 1332-1336 5th St 1332-1336 5th st 1332-1336 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 156 1437 5th St 1437 5th st 1437 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 157 1550-1558 5th St 1550-1558 5th st 1550-1558 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 158 1640 5th St 1640 5th st 1640 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 314864616 yes 159 2322 5th St 2322 5th st 2322 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 440296250 apartments 160 811 6th St 811 6th st 811 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440286601 apartments 161 855 6th St 855 6th st 855 6th st, Santa Monica, CA
162 1033 6th St 1033 6th st 1033 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 163 1117 6th St 1117 6th st 1117 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285619 apartments 164 1122 6th St 1122 6th st 1122 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285632 apartments 165 1250 6th St 1250 6th st 1250 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289129 commercial 166 1325 6th St 1325 6th st 1325 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 167 1332 6th St 1332 6th st 1332 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289139 yes 2 of 6
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Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 168 1423 6th St 1423 6th st 1423 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 169 1425 6th St 1425 6th st 1425 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550489 apartments [440289034, 440289039, 440289042] 170 1428 6th St 1428 6th st 1428 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289124 apartments 171 1445 6th St 1445 6th st 1445 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289122 apartments 172 1519 6th St 1519 6th st 1519 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550487 apartments [440289049, 440289033] 173 1531 6th St 1531 6th st 1531 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550487 apartments [440289049, 440289033] 174 1535 6th St 1535 6th st 1535 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289186 retail 175 2318 6th St 2318 6th st 2318 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 440296258 apartments 176 2727 6th St 2727 6th st 2727 6th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550630 apartments [440297250, 440297245] 177 1238 7th St 1238 7th st 1238 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 178 1317 7th St 1317 7th st 1317 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440978637 apartments 179 1411 7th St 1411 7th st 1411 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289184 retail 180 1418 7th St 1418 7th st 1418 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 181 1427 7th St 1427 7th st 1427 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440978633 apartments 182 1430 7th St 1430 7th st 1430 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550492 yes [440289050, 440289028, 440289040] 183 1437 7th St 1437 7th st 1437 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289070 commercial 184 1448 7th St 1448 7th st 1448 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550492 yes [440289050, 440289028, 440289040] 185 1537 7th St 1537 7th st 1537 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 440289110 apartments 186 911 9th St 911 9th st 911 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550464 apartments [440286553, 440286542] 187 1015 9th St 1015 9th st 1015 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550444 apartments [440285245, 440285243] 188 1115-1117 9th St 1115-1117 9th st 1115-1117 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 189 1142 9th St 1142 9th st 1142 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 190 1254-1264 9th St 1254-1264 9th st 1254-1264 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 440300488 apartments 191 1313 9th St 1313 9th st 1313 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550690 apartments [440300208, 440300204] 192 1636 9th St 1636 9th st 1636 9th st, Santa Monica, CA 391271896 yes 193 855 10th St 855 10th st 855 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 440287541 apartments 194 1133 10th St 1133 10th st 1133 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 6550443 apartments [440285253, 440285241] 195 1238 10th St 1238 10th st 1238 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 440300431 house 196 1250 10th St 1250 10th st 1250 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 440300531 apartments 197 1342 10th St 1342 10th st 1342 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 198 1445-1453 10th St 1445-1453 10th st 1445-1453 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 199 1863 10th St 1863 10th st 1863 10th st, Santa Monica, CA 200 1008 11th St 1008 11th st 1008 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285330 yes 201 1102 11th St 1102 11th st 1102 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285325 apartments 202 1127 11th St 1127 11th st 1127 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 203 1425 11th St 1425 11th st 1425 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 204 1901-1909 11th St 1901-1909 11th st 1901-1909 11th st, Santa Monica, CA 440833109 yes 205 814-818 12th St 814-818 12th st 814-818 12th st, Santa Monica, CA 440287686 apartments 206 1021 12th St 1021 12th st 1021 12th st, Santa Monica, CA 440344369 house 207 1114 12th St 1114 12th st 1114 12th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285308 apartments 208 1144 12th St 1144 12th st 1144 12th st, Santa Monica, CA 440285320 apartments 209 1211 12th St 1211 12th st 1211 12th st, Santa Monica, CA 210 1115 14th St 1115 14th st 1115 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 211 1433-1437 14th St 1433-1437 14th st 1433-1437 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 212 1458 14th St 1458 14th st 1458 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 440982187 apartments 213 1601 14th St 1601 14th st 1601 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 214 1620 14th St 1620 14th st 1620 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 391271968 warehouse 215 1820 14th St 1820 14th st 1820 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 1136284833 yes 216 2028 14th St 2028 14th st 2028 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 217 2319 14th St 2319 14th st 2319 14th st, Santa Monica, CA 440304179 apartments 218 1312 15th St 1312 15th st 1312 15th st, Santa Monica, CA 440792091 residential 219 1448 15th St 1448 15th st 1448 15th st, Santa Monica, CA 440815808 commercial 220 1544-1554 16th St 1544-1554 16th st 1544-1554 16th st, Santa Monica, CA 221 2304 16th St 2304 16th st 2304 16th st, Santa Monica, CA 440304049 yes 222 2318 16th St 2318 16th st 2318 16th st, Santa Monica, CA 440304022 apartments 223 1034 17TH St 1034 17th st 1034 17th st, Santa Monica, CA 6562556 apartments [440805052, 440805058] 224 1450 17th St 1450 17th st 1450 17th st, Santa Monica, CA 440818768 residential 225 1122 18th St 1122 18th st 1122 18th st, Santa Monica, CA 226 910 19th St 910 19th st 910 19th st, Santa Monica, CA 227 840 20th St 840 20th st 840 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 440801062 house 228 1060 20th St 1060 20th st 1060 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 6562557 apartments [440805055, 440805057] 229 1223 20th St 1223 20th st 1223 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 440849806 apartments 230 1239 20th St 1239 20th st 1239 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 6563258 apartments [440849602, 440849606] 231 1255 20th St 1255 20th st 1255 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 440849608 hotel 232 1634 20th St 1634 20th st 1634 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 391062729 warehouse 233 1925 20th St 1925 20th st 1925 20th st, Santa Monica, CA 440862012 apartments 234 1155 21st St 1155 21st st 1155 21st st, Santa Monica, CA 390851494 commercial 235 1133 24th St 1133 24th st 1133 24th st, Santa Monica, CA 236 225-253 26th St 225-253 26th st 225-253 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 237 1113 26th St 1113 26th st 1113 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 440840882 apartments 238 1114-1128 26th St 1114-1128 26th st 1114-1128 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 390285168 detached 239 1133 26th St 1133 26th st 1133 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 440840958 house 240 1349 26th St 1349 26th st 1349 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 6562293 apartments [440780294, 440780314] 241 1633 26th St 1633 26th st 1633 26th st, Santa Monica, CA 425580149 commercial 242 2323 28th St 2323 28th st 2323 28th st, Santa Monica, CA 1111598912 apartments 243 2929 31st St 2929 31st st 2929 31st st, Santa Monica, CA 414681645 commercial 244 3400 Airport Ave 3400 airport ave 3400 airport ave, Santa Monica, CA 6181694 yes [414681467, 414681480, 414681476, 414681470] 245 3400 Airport Ave 3400 airport ave 3400 airport ave, Santa Monica, CA 6181694 yes [414681467, 414681480, 414681476, 414681470] 246 1637 Appian Way 1637 appian way 1637 appian way, Santa Monica, CA 440858157 apartments 247 302 Arizona Ave 302 arizona ave 302 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299337 yes 248 312 Arizona Ave 312 arizona ave 312 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299337 yes 249 604 Arizona Ave 604 arizona ave 604 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 440289099 commercial 250 1120 Arizona Ave 1120 arizona ave 1120 arizona ave, Santa Monica, CA 251 533 Ashland Ave 533 ashland ave 533 ashland ave, Santa Monica, CA 6168331 apartments [413254262, 413254267] 3 of 6
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Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 252 220 BAY St 220 bay st 220 bay st, Santa Monica, CA 440843217 apartments 253 300 Bay St 300 bay st 300 bay st, Santa Monica, CA
254 325 Bay St 325 bay st 325 bay st, Santa Monica, CA 6550619 apartments [440296159, 440296156, 440296155] 255 1730-1738 Berkeley St 1730-1738 berkeley st 1730-1738 berkeley st, Santa Monica, CA 425580550 commercial 256 1738 Berkeley St 1738 berkeley st 1738 berkeley st, Santa Monica, CA 425580550 commercial 257 2400 Beverley Ave 2400 beverley ave 2400 beverley ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550561 apartments [440292453, 440292451] 258 2441 Beverly Ave 2441 beverly ave 2441 beverly ave, Santa Monica, CA 440292864 apartments 259 2501 Beverly Ave 2501 beverly ave 2501 beverly ave, Santa Monica, CA 260 2535-2545 Beverly Ave 2535-2545 beverly ave 2535-2545 beverly ave, Santa Monica, CA 440292652 apartments 261 101-117 Broadway 101-117 broadway 101-117 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440299372 retail 262 223-227 Broadway 223-227 broadway 223-227 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440299325 retail 263 401 Broadway 401 broadway 401 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 1005900911 yes 264 420 Broadway 420 broadway 420 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440289058 commercial 265 500 Broadway 500 broadway 500 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 1080874329 residential 266 519-525 Broadway 519-525 broadway 519-525 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 267 609 Broadway 609 broadway 609 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440289127 retail 268 626 Broadway 626 broadway 626 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440289282 retail 269 710 Broadway 710 broadway 710 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 133127763 retail 270 902-914 Broadway 902-914 broadway 902-914 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440784060 retail 271 920-934 Broadway 920-934 broadway 920-934 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 272 1424 Broadway 1424 broadway 1424 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440816010 apartments 273 1912-1919 Broadway 1912-1919 broadway 1912-1919 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 390841875 commercial 274 2308 Broadway 2308 broadway 2308 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440812817 industrial 275 2602 Broadway 2602 broadway 2602 broadway, Santa Monica, CA 440168250 apartments 276 123 California Ave 123 california ave 123 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550545 apartments [440292092, 440292084] 277 220 California Ave 220 california ave 220 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 278 300 California Ave 300 california ave 300 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 279 303 California Ave 303 california ave 303 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550523 apartments [440291386, 440291383] 280 601 California Ave 601 california ave 601 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550458 apartments [440285570, 440285573] 281 725 California Ave 725 california ave 725 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 440285624 church 282 1015 California Ave 1015 california ave 1015 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 283 1330 California Ave 1330 california ave 1330 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 6551323 apartments [440344331, 440344333] 284 1400 California Ave 1400 california ave 1400 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 440344401 apartments 285 1723 Cloverfield Blvd 1723 cloverfield blvd 1723 cloverfield blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580503 industrial 286 1751-1753 Cloverfield Blvd 1751-1753 cloverfield blvd 1751-1753 cloverfield blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580254 yes 287 2121 Cloverfield Blvd 2121 cloverfield blvd 2121 cloverfield blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1098610347 retail 288 2121 Cloverfield Blvd 2121 cloverfield blvd 2121 cloverfield blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1098610347 retail 289 402 Colorado Ave 402 colorado ave 402 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 290 501-505 Colorado Ave 501-505 colorado ave 501-505 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 398282112 yes 291 502 Colorado Ave 502 colorado ave 502 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440858060 apartments 292 525 Colorado Ave 525 colorado ave 525 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440289294 yes 293 711 Colorado Ave 711 colorado ave 711 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 294 902-926 Colorado Ave 902-926 colorado ave 902-926 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 391271904 office 295 1920 Colorado Ave 1920 colorado ave 1920 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 390841905 industrial 296 2043 Colorado Ave 2043 colorado ave 2043 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440812810 warehouse 297 2100 Colorado Ave 2100 colorado ave 2100 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440861966 commercial 298 2105 Colorado Ave 2105 colorado ave 2105 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440812789 warehouse 299 2225 Colorado Ave 2225 colorado ave 2225 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440812793 commercial 300 2834 Colorado Ave 2834 colorado ave 2834 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 425580523 commercial 301 2929 Colorado Ave 2929 colorado ave 2929 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 6323503 apartments [425617967, 425617978] 302 1610-1630 Colorado Blvd 1610-1630 colorado blvd 1610-1630 colorado blvd, Santa Monica, CA 303 2032-2106 Delaware Ave 2032-2106 delaware ave 2032-2106 delaware ave, Santa Monica, CA 440861875 apartments 304 2112-2120 Delaware Ave 2112-2120 delaware ave 2112-2120 delaware ave, Santa Monica, CA 440861980 apartments 305 2828 Donald Douglas Loop N 2828 donald douglas loop n 2828 donald douglas loop n, Santa Monica, CA 414682035 yes 306 920-930 Euclid St 920-930 euclid st 920-930 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 307 935 Euclid St 935 euclid st 935 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 440287700 apartments 308 1114 Euclid St 1114 euclid st 1114 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 6551325 apartments [440344334, 440344330] 309 1302 Euclid St 1302 euclid st 1302 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 6562470 apartments [440791981, 440791983] 310 1331-1337 Euclid St 1331-1337 euclid st 1331-1337 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 311 1518-1522 Euclid St 1518-1522 euclid st 1518-1522 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 440815821 farm_auxiliary 312 1621 Euclid St 1621 euclid st 1621 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 391272047 warehouse 313 1630 Euclid St 1630 euclid st 1630 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 391271906 industrial 314 1924-1930 Euclid St 1924-1930 euclid st 1924-1930 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 315 2615-2623 Euclid St 2615-2623 euclid st 2615-2623 euclid st, Santa Monica, CA 440299271 apartments 316 1548 Fifth St 1548 fifth st 1548 fifth st, Santa Monica, CA 1040101537 residential 317 1302 Franklin St 1302 franklin st 1302 franklin st, Santa Monica, CA 390853053 yes 318 505 Idaho Ave 505 idaho ave 505 idaho ave, Santa Monica, CA 319 2325-2329 Kansas Ave 2325-2329 kansas ave 2325-2329 kansas ave, Santa Monica, CA 440844773 house 320 2345-2351 Kansas Ave 2345-2351 kansas ave 2345-2351 kansas ave, Santa Monica, CA 440844834 apartments 321 1318 Lincoln Blvd 1318 lincoln blvd 1318 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 322 1427-1431 Lincoln Blvd 1427-1431 lincoln blvd 1427-1431 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440784172 retail 323 1443 Lincoln Blvd 1443 lincoln blvd 1443 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440784032 residential 324 1607 Lincoln Blvd 1607 lincoln blvd 1607 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 973212528 apartments 325 1637 Lincoln Blvd 1637 lincoln blvd 1637 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 973212528 apartments 326 1650-1660 Lincoln Blvd 1650-1660 lincoln blvd 1650-1660 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440858093 warehouse 327 2120 Lincoln Blvd 2120 lincoln blvd 2120 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1221062571 apartments 328 2601-2645 Lincoln Blvd 2601-2645 lincoln blvd 2601-2645 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 412863370 retail 329 2807 Lincoln Blvd 2807 lincoln blvd 2807 lincoln blvd, Santa Monica, CA 412863472 apartments 330 3110 Main St 3110 main st 3110 main st, Santa Monica, CA 413241987 commercial 331 129 Marguerita Ave 129 marguerita ave 129 marguerita ave, Santa Monica, CA 332 212 Marine St 212 marine st 212 marine st, Santa Monica, CA 413245287 retail 333 2211 Michigan Ave 2211 michigan ave 2211 michigan ave, Santa Monica, CA 440861752 warehouse 334 2341 Michigan Ave 2341 michigan ave 2341 michigan ave, Santa Monica, CA 425580274 industrial 335 Montana , Santa Monica, CA
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Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 336 209 Montana Ave 209 montana ave 209 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 6277983 house [422268144, 422268145] 337 219 Montana Ave 219 montana ave 219 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268243 house 338 225 Montana Ave 225 montana ave 225 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268602 apartments 339 235 Montana Ave 235 montana ave 235 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268612 apartments 340 307 Montana Ave 307 montana ave 307 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268524 apartments 341 529 Montana Ave 529 montana ave 529 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550533 apartments [440291597, 440291606] 342 625 Montana Ave 625 montana ave 625 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 440291684 retail 343 820 Montana Ave 820 montana ave 820 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 129381309 retail 344 1724-1728 Montana Ave 1724-1728 montana ave 1724-1728 montana ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550512 apartments [440290829, 440290828] 345 2939 Nebraska Ave 2939 nebraska ave 2939 nebraska ave, Santa Monica, CA 425580229 commercial 346 3030 Nebraska Ave 3030 nebraska ave 3030 nebraska ave, Santa Monica, CA 425580423 industrial 347 301 Ocean Ave 301 ocean ave 301 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268159 apartments 348 423-429 Ocean Ave 423-429 ocean ave 423-429 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 349 433 Ocean Ave 433 ocean ave 433 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268355 apartments 350 615-617 Ocean Ave 615-617 ocean ave 615-617 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268221 apartments 351 633 Ocean Ave 633 ocean ave 633 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268337 apartments 352 757 Ocean Ave 757 ocean ave 757 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268233 house 353 901 Ocean Ave 901 ocean ave 901 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440292118 apartments 354 1025 Ocean Ave 1025 ocean ave 1025 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550544 apartments [440292083, 440292090] 355 1301 Ocean Ave 1301 ocean ave 1301 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299407 hotel 356 1415 Ocean Ave 1415 ocean ave 1415 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299555 hotel 357 1447 Ocean Ave 1447 ocean ave 1447 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440299472 hotel 358 2301-2307 Ocean Ave 2301-2307 ocean ave 2301-2307 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440843187 apartments 359 1915 Ocean Way 1915 ocean way 1915 ocean way, Santa Monica, CA 6563136 apartments [440843121, 440843123, 440843126] 360 1930 Ocean Way 1930 ocean way 1930 ocean way, Santa Monica, CA 357146408 yes 361 1921 Ocean Front Walk 1921 ocean front walk 1921 ocean front walk, Santa Monica, CA 362 1128 Ocean Park Blvd 1128 ocean park blvd 1128 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299298 apartments 363 3330 Ocean Park Blvd 3330 ocean park blvd 3330 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 414681744 commercial 364 3350 Ocean Park Blvd 3350 ocean park blvd 3350 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 414681737 commercial 365 1399 Olympic Blvd 1399 olympic blvd 1399 olympic blvd, Santa Monica, CA 391273418 retail 366 3019 Olympic Blvd 3019 olympic blvd 3019 olympic blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580465 industrial 367 230 Pacific Ave 230 pacific ave 230 pacific ave, Santa Monica, CA 368 501-509 Pacific St 501-509 pacific st 501-509 pacific st, Santa Monica, CA 440296248 apartments 369 234 Pico Blvd 234 pico blvd 234 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440843164 yes 370 708 Pico Blvd 708 pico blvd 708 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 371 1011 Pico Blvd 1011 pico blvd 1011 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440824517 apartments 372 1112-1122 Pico Blvd 1112-1122 pico blvd 1112-1122 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1187894844 apartments 373 1819 Pico Blvd 1819 pico blvd 1819 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 374 1905 Pico Blvd 1905 pico blvd 1905 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6563134 hospital [440842667, 440842666] 375 2201 Pico Blvd 2201 pico blvd 2201 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 158712310 public 376 2802 Pico Blvd 2802 pico blvd 2802 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 377 3102 Pico Blvd 3102 pico blvd 3102 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440810590 hotel 378 418 Pier Ave 418 pier ave 418 pier ave, Santa Monica, CA 6168326 apartments [413254263, 413254279] 379 1222 Princeton St 1222 princeton st 1222 princeton st, Santa Monica, CA 380 1538-1555 Princeton St 1538-1555 princeton st 1538-1555 princeton st, Santa Monica, CA 440168302 yes 381 1551 Princeton St 1551 princeton st 1551 princeton st, Santa Monica, CA 382 720 Raymond Ave 720 raymond ave 720 raymond ave, Santa Monica, CA 440298113 apartments 383 123-135 San Vicente Blvd 123-135 san vicente blvd 123-135 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268174 apartments 384 130 San Vicente Blvd 130 san vicente blvd 130 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268392 apartments 385 153 San Vicente Blvd 153 san vicente blvd 153 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268406 apartments 386 211 San Vicente Blvd 211 san vicente blvd 211 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 387 212 San Vicente Blvd 212 san vicente blvd 212 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268401 apartments 388 225 San Vicente Blvd 225 san vicente blvd 225 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268249 apartments 389 302-312 San Vicente Blvd 302-312 san vicente blvd 302-312 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268358 apartments 390 305 San Vicente Blvd 305 san vicente blvd 305 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6277982 apartments [422268149, 422268152, 422268153, 422268151] 391 316 San Vicente Blvd 316 san vicente blvd 316 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 392 326 San Vicente Blvd 326 san vicente blvd 326 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422268579 apartments 393 415 San Vicente Blvd 415 san vicente blvd 415 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 394 416 San Vicente Blvd 416 san vicente blvd 416 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291721 apartments 395 446 San Vicente Blvd 446 san vicente blvd 446 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6550539 house [440291601, 440291608] 396 451 San Vicente Blvd 451 san vicente blvd 451 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291779 apartments 397 527 San Vicente Blvd 527 san vicente blvd 527 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291894 apartments 398 537 San Vicente Blvd 537 san vicente blvd 537 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291756 apartments 399 540 San Vicente Blvd 540 san vicente blvd 540 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 400 605 San Vicente Blvd 605 san vicente blvd 605 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291950 apartments 401 621 San Vicente Blvd 621 san vicente blvd 621 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291857 apartments 402 630 San Vicente Blvd 630 san vicente blvd 630 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 403 206-214 Santa Monica Blvd 206-214 santa monica blvd 206-214 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299539 yes 404 919 Santa Monica Blvd 919 santa monica blvd 919 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 373843033 school 405 1127 Santa Monica Blvd 1127 santa monica blvd 1127 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 406 1404 Santa Monica Blvd 1404 santa monica blvd 1404 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 407 1501 Santa Monica Blvd 1501 santa monica blvd 1501 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440792103 commercial 408 1802 Santa Monica Blvd 1802 santa monica blvd 1802 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 409 1919 Santa Monica Blvd 1919 santa monica blvd 1919 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390842082 commercial 410 2200 Santa Monica Blvd 2200 santa monica blvd 2200 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 235091563 commercial 411 2505 Santa Monica Blvd 2505 santa monica blvd 2505 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440780350 retail 412 2811-2815 Santa Monica Blvd 2811-2815 santa monica blvd 2811-2815 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6562296 hotel [440780296, 440780305, 440780308] 413 2906 Santa Monica Blvd 2906 santa monica blvd 2906 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 414 3007 Santa Monica Blvd 3007 santa monica blvd 3007 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425557934 hotel 415 3008 Santa Monica Blvd 3008 santa monica blvd 3008 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1037433084 apartments 416 1239 Stanford St 1239 stanford st 1239 stanford st, Santa Monica, CA 390837315 apartments 417 1437-1453 Stanford St 1437-1453 stanford st 1437-1453 stanford st, Santa Monica, CA 425618131 house 418 1615-1633 Stanford St 1615-1633 stanford st 1615-1633 stanford st, Santa Monica, CA 425580275 industrial 419 1825-1841 Stanford St 1825-1841 stanford st 1825-1841 stanford st, Santa Monica, CA 425580455 yes 5 of 6
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Property Address Address Normalized Full Address osmid building ways 420 2033-2101 Virginia Ave 2033-2101 virginia ave 2033-2101 virginia ave, Santa Monica, CA 440861866 apartments 421 204 Washington Ave 204 washington ave 204 washington ave, Santa Monica, CA 440291444 apartments 422 222 Washington Ave 222 washington ave 222 washington ave, Santa Monica, CA 6550526 apartments [440291389, 440291375] 423 1122 Washington Ave 1122 washington ave 1122 washington ave, Santa Monica, CA 424 319-335 Wilshire Blvd 319-335 wilshire blvd 319-335 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291445 retail 425 507 Wilshire Blvd 507 wilshire blvd 507 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285612 retail 426 525 Wilshire Blvd 525 wilshire blvd 525 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285659 commercial 427 525 Wilshire Blvd 525 wilshire blvd 525 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285659 commercial 428 700-710 Wilshire Blvd 700-710 wilshire blvd 700-710 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440289085 apartments 429 900 Wilshire Blvd 900 wilshire blvd 900 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440300419 retail 430 901 Wilshire Blvd 901 wilshire blvd 901 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285349 commercial 431 1131 Wilshire Blvd 1131 wilshire blvd 1131 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440285283 commercial 432 1311 Wilshire Blvd 1311 wilshire blvd 1311 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 133127903 retail 433 1610 Wilshire Blvd 1610 wilshire blvd 1610 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390823604 retail 434 1626 Wilshire Blvd 1626 wilshire blvd 1626 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440825968 commercial 435 1821 Wilshire Blvd 1821 wilshire blvd 1821 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440805274 retail 436 2121 Wilshire Blvd 2121 wilshire blvd 2121 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390851410 commercial 437 2201 Wilshire Blvd 2201 wilshire blvd 2201 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390854428 retail 438 3105-3121 Wilshire Blvd 3105-3121 wilshire blvd 3105-3121 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425446546 retail 439 3202-3212 Wilshire Blvd 3202-3212 wilshire blvd 3202-3212 wilshire blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390853026 retail 440 1240 Yale St 1240 yale st 1240 yale st, Santa Monica, CA 6562292 apartments [440780298, 719411090, 440780315] 441 1404 3rd Street Promenade 1404 3rd st 1404 3rd st, Santa Monica, CA 440299533 retail 442 1323 5th St 1323 5th st 1323 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 443 2434 5th St 2434 5th st 2434 5th st, Santa Monica, CA 439420666 apartments 444 1507 7th St 1507 7th st 1507 7th st, Santa Monica, CA 133127763 retail 445 2006 27th St 2006 27th st 2006 27th st, Santa Monica, CA 440844842 apartments 446 2305 28th St 2305 28th st 2305 28th st, Santa Monica, CA 6562465 apartments [440789774, 440789773] 447 1751 Appian Way 1751 appian way 1751 appian way, Santa Monica, CA 357146025 apartments 448 3355 Barnard Way 3355 barnard way 3355 barnard way, Santa Monica, CA 413243982 yes 449 211 California Ave 211 california ave 211 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 440291475 house 450 1501 California Ave 1501 california ave 1501 california ave, Santa Monica, CA 359677301 school 451 2643 Centinela Ave 2643 centinela ave 2643 centinela ave, Santa Monica, CA 422279186 apartments 452 2663 Centinela Ave 2663 centinela ave 2663 centinela ave, Santa Monica, CA 422279034 house 453 516 Colorado Ave 516 colorado ave 516 colorado ave, Santa Monica, CA 440858034 residential 454 2625 Kansas Ave 2625 kansas ave 2625 kansas ave, Santa Monica, CA 6593015 apartments [442898427, 442898430, 442898429, 442898426] 455 1885 Main St 1885 main st 1885 main st, Santa Monica, CA 38115098 yes 456 2209 Main St 2209 main st 2209 main st, Santa Monica, CA 439420663 retail 457 603 Ocean Ave 603 ocean ave 603 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 422268381 house 458 1007 Ocean Ave 1007 ocean ave 1007 ocean ave, Santa Monica, CA 440292114 house 459 1212 Ocean Park Blvd 1212 ocean park blvd 1212 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440299290 house 460 3231 Ocean Park Blvd 3231 ocean park blvd 3231 ocean park blvd, Santa Monica, CA 422278923 commercial 461 3210 Olympic Blvd 3210 olympic blvd 3210 olympic blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580150 industrial 462 3250 Olympic Blvd 3250 olympic blvd 3250 olympic blvd, Santa Monica, CA 425580150 industrial 463 723 Palisades Beach Rd 723 palisades beach rd 723 palisades beach rd, Santa Monica, CA 422268385 house 464 601 Pico Blvd 601 pico blvd 601 pico blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440858048 yes 465 404 San Vicente Blvd 404 san vicente blvd 404 san vicente blvd, Santa Monica, CA 440291879 house 466 1402 Santa Monica Blvd 1402 santa monica blvd 1402 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 1182797267 retail 467 3031 Santa Monica Blvd 3031 santa monica blvd 3031 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 6322464 apartments [425557890, 425557879] 468 3107-3111 Santa Monica Blvd 3107-3111 santa monica blvd 3107-3111 santa monica blvd, Santa Monica, CA 390853176 yes 469 2200 Virginia Ave 2200 virginia ave 2200 virginia ave, Santa Monica, CA 158712310 public 470 2345 Virginia Ave 2345 virginia ave 2345 virginia ave, Santa Monica, CA 440844920 yes 471 2401 Virginia Ave 2401 virginia ave 2401 virginia ave, Santa Monica, CA 391059398 yes 472 1220 Yale St 1220 yale st 1220 yale st, Santa Monica, CA 390830463 apartments 6 of 6
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Building ID Assessor Gross
Floor Area
Reported Gross
Floor Area Address Type Street Address City State Abbreviation Postal Code Address Type.1 Name Street City.1 State Abbreviation.1 Postal Code.1 ubid 0 CA003067 50924 Multi-Family building 1422 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner nms properties 10960 wilshire blvd suite # 800 los angeles CA 90024-3702 85632G84+RV-2-2-1-2 1 CA003074 52954 building 525 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner marion i carlson trust 24300 little valley rd hidden hills CA 91302 85632G94+5F-2-3-2-2 2 CA003077 180138 158970 multifamily housing building 1725 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner city of santa monica 1901 main st suite # e santa monica CA 90405-1080 85632G55+V6-3-4-2-4 3 CA003078 60152 Office building 3110 main street santa monica CA 90401 owner demir properties 12727 sherman way suite # m 201 north hollywood CA 91605-5032 8553XGXC+23-1-1-1-2 4 CA003082 87818 building 417 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner oto development 100 dunbar st suite # 402 spartanburg SC 29306 85632G75+R8-2-3-3-2 5 CA003084 263462 Hospitality building 101 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner msd partners, lp 1 vanderbilt ave new york NY 10017-3852 85632F9X+6C-6-6-4-5 6 CA003085 98000 98000 office building 702 arizona avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner asb real estate investments 744 cowper st palo alto CA 94301-2602 85632G94+WW-7-9-7-8 7 CA003088 206000 377045 hotel building 1707 4th street santa monica CA 90401 owner westmont hospitality group 5847 san felipe st suite # 4600 houston TX 77057-3000 85632G66+P9-3-5-3-4 8 CA003089 53373 Hospitality building 201-211 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner renee kumetz 700 n palm dr beverly hills CA 90210 85632G73+HR-2-2-2-2 9 CA003091 121598 Multi-Family building 829 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner verbena road holdings ltd. 88 kearny st suite # 1818 san francisco CA 94108 85632G96+H6-2-2-2-2 10 CA003092 81698 89971 office building 808 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632GC4+RC-3-4-2-3 11 CA003093 64975 Multi-Family building 1540 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner alliance residential company 7135 e camelback rd suite # 360 scottsdale AZ 85251-1284 85632G85+7G-3-4-3-3 12 CA003096 52500 Multi-Family (Regional Mall) building 214 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner karl schober 830 berkeley st santa monica CA 90403 85632G73+XC-2-2-2-3 13 CA003097 54945 building 1427 7th street santa monica CA 90401 owner nms properties 10960 wilshire blvd suite # 800 los angeles CA 90024-3702 85632G95+9F-1-2-2-2 14 CA003098 59976 Multi-Family building 1548 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner nms properties 10960 wilshire blvd suite # 800 los angeles CA 90024-3702 85632G85+4M-2-3-2-2 15 CA003100 150630 198836 multifamily housing building 1431 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G73+C6-2-3-2-2 16 CA003101 101431 101992 office building 120 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G73+6M-2-4-4-3 17 CA003102 76892 Office building 1540 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner realty bancorp equities, llc 21800 oxnard st suite # 500 woodland hills CA 91367-3633 85632G64+W5-3-3-3-3 18 CA003103 55690 55690 multifamily housing building 1450 5th street santa monica CA 90401 owner jsm capital, llc 11039 mccormick st north hollywood CA 91601 85632G84+CJ-2-2-2-3 19 CA003104 91830 91830 multifamily housing building 606 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner pgim real estate 3350 peachtree rd ne suite # 1100 atlanta GA 30326-1039 85632G85+MG-2-2-1-3 20 CA003105 105262 Multi-Family building 1453 3rd street promenade santa monica CA 90401 owner maxxam enterprises 9440 s santa monica blvd suite # 700 beverly hills CA 90210 85632G74+W5-3-3-3-4 21 CA003106 171594 286265 parking building 1431 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner redevelopment agency of long beach city p.o.box 570 long beach CA 90801 85632G73+QJ-3-4-3-4 22 CA003107 321111 Office building 1776 main street santa monica CA 90401 owner rand corporation 1733 ocean ave santa monica CA 90401-3223 85632G55+RJ-7-4-7-4 23 CA003108 50559 Retail building 402 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner gll real estate partners inc 200 s orange ave suite # 1375 orlando FL 32801-3410 85632G84+G5-3-3-2-3 24 CA003109 50689 50689 multifamily housing building 1234 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner alliance residential company 7135 e camelback rd suite # 360 scottsdale AZ 85251-1284 85632G93+VJ-2-3-1-2 25 CA003113 105000 104267 parking building 601 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner santa monica public financing 1328 7th st santa monica CA 90401-1608 85632G94+FP-4-5-4-5 26 CA003115 117000 218339 office building 333 olympic drive santa monica CA 90401 owner city of santa monica 1901 main st suite # e santa monica CA 90405-1080 85632G65+VM-2-3-2-4 27 CA003116 78494 85115 office building 201 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G83+45-2-3-1-3 28 CA003118 130242 137600 office building 233 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G92+92-2-2-2-3 29 CA003119 81313 90424 mixed use property building 1333 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G83+72-2-3-2-2 30 CA003120 89000 Office building 606 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner soka gakkai international - usa 606 wilshire blvd santa monica CA 90401-1502 85632GC3+5P-4-4-3-4 31 CA003122 78180 building 1515 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner farzam siroos & gina 479 homewood rd los angeles CA 90049 85632G73+2P-2-4-3-3 32 CA003123 55625 Multi-Family building 1530 5th street santa monica CA 90401 owner the salvation army 615 slaters ln alexandria VA 22314-1112 85632G75+X5-2-3-2-3 33 CA003127 58798 54601 office building 225 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner rockwood capital 50 california st suite # 3000 san francisco CA 94111-4624 85632G83+68-1-1-1-2 34 CA003128 99351 Office building 1250 4th street santa monica CA 90401 owner milken institute 1250 4th st santa monica CA 90401-1366 85632G93+43-2-3-2-2 35 CA003129 275344 Retail building 500 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner kre capital, llc 315 s beverly dr suite # 201 beverly hills CA 90212-4312 85632G85+67-5-5-4-5 36 CA003130 54000 Retail building 500 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner kre capital, llc 315 s beverly dr suite # 201 beverly hills CA 90212-4312 85632G85+67-5-5-4-5 37 CA003131 144500 Multi-Family building 1755 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner 1755-501 ocean avenue llc 10960 wilshire los angeles CA 90024 85632G55+FG-3-4-3-3 38 CA003132 90257 58537 office building 1314 7th street santa monica CA 90401 owner rockwood capital llc 1999 avenue of the stars suite # 3425 los angeles CA 90067-6022 85632G94+QG-2-2-2-3 39 CA003133 120000 Multi-Family building 1705 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner unilev capital corp. 9250 wilshire blvd suite # 200 beverly hills CA 90212-3352 85632G65+35-5-5-4-5 40 CA003137 92977 110680 hotel building 1819 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner pebblebrook hotel trust 4747 bethesda ave suite # 1100 bethesda MD 20814 85632G55+7R-2-2-2-2 41 CA003138 90250 47800 multifamily housing building 1455 4th street santa monica CA 90401 owner equity residential 2 n riverside plz suite # 400 chicago IL 60606-2600 85632G84+6G-2-3-2-2 42 CA003140 255398 294924 office building 100 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632F8X+PQ-2-2-1-2 43 CA003141 150212 building 1100 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner parr property management 20341 birch st suite # 300 newport beach CA 92660 85632G98+R7-4-6-5-5 44 CA003142 148175 Specialty (Regional Mall) building 1219 4th street santa monica CA 90401 owner maldonado david c & olivia 1219 4th st san fernando CA 91340 85632G92+7V-3-3-2-3 45 CA003143 136365 Specialty building 1232 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner city of santa monica 1901 main st suite # e santa monica CA 90405-1080 85632G82+QC-3-4-3-3 46 CA003144 206840 215283 office building 1299 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G82+F7-2-4-2-3 47 CA003145 57686 Specialty building 1310 11th street santa monica CA 90401 owner u.s. marine corps recruiting 1400 defense pentagon washington DC 20301-1400 85632GC5+WX-5-4-3-5 48 CA003146 52981 building 1311 3rd street promenade santa monica CA 90401 owner american realty advisors 515 s flower st suite # 49th fl los angeles CA 90071-2201 85632G83+Q4-3-3-2-2 49 CA003147 126215 Specialty building 1320 5th street santa monica CA 90401 owner kilroy realty corporation 12200 w olympic blvd suite # 200 los angeles CA 90064-1041 85632G94+55-2-4-3-2 50 CA003148 185316 270000 parking building 1321 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner new 725 arizona ave llc 6922 hollywood blvd los angeles CA 90028-6117 85632G82+9V-3-3-2-3 51 CA003149 240000 224000 parking building 1440 4th street santa monica CA 90401 owner redevelopment agency of city of santa monica 1901 main st santa monica CA 90405-1005 85632G84+37-3-3-2-3 52 CA003150 57879 Retail building 1447 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner verbena road holdings ltd. 88 kearny st suite # 1818 san francisco CA 94108 85632G96+F2-1-2-2-2 53 CA003151 61938 building 1541 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner the hakim organization 3-5 w 57th st new york NY 10019-3407 85632G63+RX-2-2-2-2 54 CA003152 525344 Specialty building 1555 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 owner Raleigh NC 27609-5718 85632G74+5G-4-4-4-5 55 CA003153 50160 Office building 1685 main street santa monica CA 90401 owner state of california 701-707 3rd st west sacramento CA 95605-2811 85632G65+9V-4-6-5-6 56 CA003154 98268 Office building 1733 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner maguire investments 1733 ocean ave suite # 200 santa monica CA 90401 85632G55+M8-3-3-2-3 57 CA003155 101700 117801 retail store building 302 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner seritage growth properties 500 fifth ave suite # 1530 new york NY 10110-0002 85632G74+5X-2-4-3-3 58 CA003156 232146 256268 office building 401 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G92+WH-2-4-2-5 59 CA003157 86859 83798 mixed use property building 429 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G84+V3-2-3-2-2 60 CA003158 112987 111756 office building 520 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner olive hill group, llc 300 corporate pt suite # 220 culver city CA 90230-7614 85632G85+C8-2-3-2-3 61 CA003159 350000 Multi-Family building 710 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner vons companies, inc. 1371 oakland blvd walnut creek CA 94596-8408 85632G85+WX-3-4-4-4 62 CA003160 79526 building 415 east pacific coast highway santa monica CA 90402 owner state of california 120 s spring st los angeles CA 90012-3602 85632FFP+VM-1-1-1-2 63 CA003161 555169 Multi-Family building 101 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90402 owner berkadia commercial mortgage llc 323 norristown rd ambler PA 19002-2756 85632FGP+R7-4-5-4-5 64 CA003162 176060 Multi-Family building 515 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90402 owner West Sacramento CA 95605-2811 85632FFQ+VW-4-5-3-5 65 CA003163 92957 90000 multifamily housing building 220 san vicente boulevard santa monica CA 90402 owner dws 101 california st san francisco CA 94111-5802 85632FHQ+48-2-3-2-3 66 CA003164 130839 Multi-Family building 535 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90402 owner Santa Monica CA 90405-1080 85632FFR+P5-2-2-2-2 1 of 5
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Building ID Assessor Gross
Floor Area
Reported Gross
Floor Area Address Type Street Address City State Abbreviation Postal Code Address Type.1 Name Street City.1 State Abbreviation.1 Postal Code.1 ubid 67 CA003165 62000 Multi-Family building 701 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90402 owner Santa Monica CA 90405-1080 85632FFR+6V-2-3-3-3 68 CA003169 106813 118675 office building 2001 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632GJ8+PP-3-2-2-3 69 CA003170 60184 Multi-Family building 2300 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner gr properties usa, inc. 12100 wilshire blvd los angeles CA 90025-7120 85632GM9+9X-4-4-3-4 70 CA003174 54955 Multi-Family building 801 2nd street santa monica CA 90403 owner invesco ltd 1331 spring st nw suite # 1800 atlanta GA 30309 85632FFV+6H-2-3-2-2 71 CA003176 62238 Hospitality building 849 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner jrk property holdings 11766 wilshire blvd suite # 1500 los angeles CA 90025-6538 85632FCV+HJ-2-3-3-3 72 CA003177 55340 Multi-Family building 124 idaho avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner Santa Monica CA 90403-5087 85632FCV+GX-1-2-2-2 73 CA003178 62028 Multi-Family building 521 montana avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner jarasunas nijole l 521 montana ave santa monica CA 90403 85632FGW+9J-3-3-2-3 74 CA003179 71000 Multi-Family building 801 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner ann y song 8451 grand view dr los angeles CA 90046-1919 85632FCV+V5-2-2-2-1 75 CA003181 55362 Multi-Family building 855 3rd street santa monica CA 90403 owner sterling corporation 9441 wilshire blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632FFW+59-2-3-2-2 76 CA003182 110614 Multi-Family building 101 california avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner feliks goltsman 3718 crownridge dr van nuys CA 91403 85632F9W+FV-1-2-2-2 77 CA003183 51441 Multi-Family building 1021 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner sterling corporation 9441 wilshire blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632GF3+V6-2-2-2-3 78 CA003184 61080 Multi-Family building 707 idaho avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner sterling corporation 9441 wilshire blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632FGX+CV-1-2-2-2 79 CA003185 53778 Multi-Family building 1115 5th street santa monica CA 90403 owner sterling corporation 9441 wilshire blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632GC2+CP-2-3-2-2 80 CA003187 113065 Specialty building 1039 7th street santa monica CA 90403 owner archdiocese of l a educ 3424 wilshire blvd los angeles CA 90010-2263 85632GF2+HR-4-4-4-4 81 CA003188 68600 Multi-Family building 330 california avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner charmont partners inc 330 california ave suite # 107 santa monica CA 90403-5025 85632GC2+23-2-2-1-3 82 CA003189 60588 Multi-Family building 205 washington avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner sovereign restoration partners, ltd. 4715 breezy kingwood TX 77345 85632FCW+8J-2-3-2-2 83 CA003190 69830 Multi-Family building 1011 11th street santa monica CA 90403 owner Santa Monica CA 90403-5087 85632GG4+V8-2-3-3-4 84 CA003191 61620 72647 office building 2444 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner deutsch company 2444 wilshire blvd suite # 600 santa monica CA 90403-5808 85632GMC+VG-2-2-2-2 85 CA003193 91327 Multi-Family building 1118 3rd street santa monica CA 90403 owner morell lenore k trust 1118 3rd st santa monica CA 90403-5087 85632F9X+HR-2-2-2-3 86 CA003195 389556 Hospitality building 1133 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner the athens group 101 wilshire blvd suite # 101 santa monica CA 90401 85632F9X+6C-6-6-4-5 87 CA003196 60508 Office building 2730 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner jade enterprises 888 s figueroa st suite # 1900 los angeles CA 90017-5449 85632GPF+RQ-2-2-3-2 88 CA003197 60081 building 3000 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner public storage 701 western ave glendale CA 91201-2349 85632GQG+JP-2-3-2-3 89 CA003198 52293 40672 multifamily housing building 921 10th street santa monica CA 90403 owner bowman family trust 10901 creek rd ojai CA 93023-9422 85632GH3+29-2-3-3-2 90 CA003199 76020 Multi-Family building 951 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner West Sacramento CA 95605-2811 85632FCW+26-3-2-2-3 91 CA003200 101875 Specialty building 958 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner st pauls evangelical lutheran church 2211 mills st sandusky OH 44870 85632GF2+WP-2-2-1-2 92 CA003208 69525 69002 office building 3003 exposition boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner starwood capital group 100 pine st suite # 3000 san francisco CA 94111-5102 85632GHQ+VX-3-4-2-3 93 CA003210 309919 309919 multifamily housing building 2200 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner heitman 191 n wacker dr suite # 2500 chicago IL 60606-1615 85632GGF+QX-3-5-4-4 94 CA003213 61000 building 2419 michigan avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner redcar properties ltd 2341 michigan ave santa monica CA 90404-3907 85632GGJ+VF-2-3-3-4 95 CA003214 58800 9202 office building 2014-2058 broadway santa monica CA 90404 owner lionstone partners, llc 712 main st suite # 2500 houston TX 77002-3201 85632GHF+64-3-4-3-3 96 CA003220 51804 51804 hotel building 1920 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner gateway hotel lp 2528 s sepulveda blvd los angeles CA 90064 85632GH9+8X-2-3-3-3 97 CA003223 50000 Retail building 1726 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner lone eagle partners llc 1621 e 27th st los angeles CA 90067 85632GG9+J7-2-2-2-2 98 CA003224 62294 building 3220 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner fred leeds properties 3860 crenshaw blvd suite # 201 los angeles CA 90008-1851 85632GJR+9M-4-6-3-5 99 CA003226 60166 Office building 1647 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner colorado creative studios, llc 5446 cleon ave north hollywood CA 91601 85632GGP+VG-1-0-1-1 100 CA003227 70000 Multi-Family building 1641 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner cypress commercial real estate solutions 12121 wilshire blvd suite # 801 los angeles CA 90025 85632G87+C6-3-3-2-2 101 CA003228 69525 66434 office building 3030 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner national association of recording arts & sciences 3030 olympic blvd santa monica CA 90404-5073 85632GJQ+6M-2-3-1-3 102 CA003229 135121 133485 office building 3301 exposition boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner starwood capital group 100 pine st suite # 3000 san francisco CA 94111-5102 85632GHR+WC-3-4-2-5 103 CA003230 67187 60829 office building 2900 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner skydance productions, llc 1661-1669 lincoln blvd suite # 400 santa monica CA 90404-3731 85632GHP+V6-2-3-2-5 104 CA003231 58031 building 1661 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner sd commercial, llc 5440 morehouse dr suite # 4000 san diego CA 92121-1798 85632G87+7C-3-4-2-4 105 CA003232 339250 Multi-Family building 2929 pennsylvania avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner dinerstein companies 3411 richmond ave suite # 500 houston TX 77046-3400 85632GMM+64-3-4-4-4 106 CA003234 82325 Health Care building 1340 15th street santa monica CA 90404 owner goldstar santa monica assocs i 1350 15th st santa monica CA 90404-1802 85632GG7+3P-2-3-2-2 107 CA003235 80000 47600 multifamily housing building 2001 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner nms properties 10960 wilshire blvd suite # 800 los angeles CA 90024-3702 85632GFF+XX-2-2-3-3 108 CA003236 52000 Multi-Family building 2029 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner nms properties 10960 wilshire blvd suite # 800 los angeles CA 90024-3702 85632GGG+33-1-1-1-2 109 CA003237 222000 87822 office building 2701 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner lincoln property company 2000 mckinney ave suite # 1000 dallas TX 75201-1954 85632GHM+P3-3-5-3-5 110 CA003238 67934 Office building 1630 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner lionstone partners, llc 712 main st suite # 2500 houston TX 77002-3201 85632GJJ+JJ-3-4-4-5 111 CA003240 94120 51105 supermarket/grocery store building 1644 cloverfield boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner the decurion corporation 116-120 n robertson blvd suite # 3rd floor west hollywood CA 90048-3103 85632GGG+RF-3-4-3-4 112 CA003242 59876 building 3219 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 3223 santa monica llc 3211 santa monica blvd santa monica CA 90404-2605 85632GQJ+FJ-2-3-3-2 113 CA003243 62725 Retail building 1230 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 1230 santa monica blvd prop 200 sw market st portland OR 97201-5715 85632GF7+3C-2-2-2-3 114 CA003244 475164 Health Care building 1233 15th street santa monica CA 90404 owner the regents of the university of california 1111 franklin st oakland CA 94607-5201 85632GG7+V9-6-8-5-9 115 CA003245 88000 119917 medical office building 1260 15th street santa monica CA 90404 owner gwp real estate 9320 wilshire blvd suite # 306 beverly hills CA 90212-3216 85632GG7+G6-3-3-3-4 116 CA003246 140047 Office building 2834 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner colorado creative studios, llc 5446 cleon ave north hollywood CA 91601 85632GJJ+WQ-4-4-4-4 117 CA003247 163211 185021 medical office building 2020 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GHC+G7-3-3-3-4 118 CA003248 52776 Multi-Family building 1251 14th street santa monica CA 90404 owner premium properties 16429 shadow mountain rd pacific palisades CA 90272-2355 85632GG7+93-2-3-2-3 119 CA003249 77758 Multi-Family building 1625 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner cypress equity investments llc 12121 wilshire blvd suite # 801 los angeles CA 90025-1123 85632G87+H3-3-3-3-4 120 CA003250 115232 building 1703 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner nsb associates, inc. 433 n camden dr suite # 820 beverly hills CA 90210-4409 85632GJM+8P-4-5-5-5 121 CA003251 120000 Multi-Family building 2425 virginia avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner virginia village ptnshp 1423 2nd st santa monica CA 90401 85632GFM+WM-0-1-1-1 122 CA003256 51341 Office building 1223 16th street santa monica CA 90404 owner montecito medical real estate 6187 carpinteria ave suite # 300 carpinteria CA 93013-2805 85632GH7+5J-3-2-2-3 123 CA003257 61066 Office building 1245 16th street santa monica CA 90404 owner laura h rockwell family trust 28943 selfridge dr malibu CA 90265 85632GG7+XR-2-3-2-3 124 CA003258 213430 Specialty building 1310 16th street santa monica CA 90404 owner the regents of the university of california 1111 franklin st oakland CA 94607-5201 85632GG8+M5-4-4-3-4 125 CA003259 341772 Health Care building 1328 22nd street santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GJC+87-6-9-5-8 126 CA003260 50000 Industrial building 1330 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner Hal Thompson Company 6317 W Slauson Ave Culver City CA 90230-6125 85632GC8+6Q-4-4-4-4 127 CA003261 61902 Health Care building 1447 17th street santa monica CA 90404 owner holiday villa east 1447 17th st santa monica CA 90404 85632GG9+6F-2-3-3-3 128 CA003262 60750 building 1520 cloverfield boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner all storage 82 armstrong dr mustang OK 73064 85632GHF+GV-4-4-3-5 129 CA003263 70000 building 1631 16th street santa monica CA 90404 owner madison partners 433 n camden dr suite # 1100 beverly hills CA 90210-4409 85632GCC+X8-4-5-4-5 130 CA003264 52831 Office building 1655 26th street santa monica CA 90404 owner hillel j kellerman 623 foothill rd beverly hills CA 90210 85632GHJ+V5-3-4-2-4 131 CA003265 63994 Retail building 1655 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner Los Angeles CA 90025 85632G87+7C-3-4-2-4 132 CA003266 51442 71899 k-12 school building 1660 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner santa monica community college dist 1900 pico blvd santa monica CA 90405-1628 85632GJJ+CV-2-3-3-3 133 CA003267 100000 94681 non-refrigerated warehouse building 1740 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner howard f shepherd; loughborough john 649 seaview st laguna beach CA 92651 85632GJM+22-4-7-3-7 2 of 5
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Building ID Assessor Gross
Floor Area
Reported Gross
Floor Area Address Type Street Address City State Abbreviation Postal Code Address Type.1 Name Street City.1 State Abbreviation.1 Postal Code.1 ubid 134 CA003268 159470 Flex building 1800 stewart street santa monica CA 90404 owner kite pharma, inc. 2225 colorado ave santa monica CA 90404 85632GHM+7G-2-4-2-5 135 CA003269 59254 building 1811 centinela avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner vista investment group, llc 1847 centinela ave santa monica CA 90404 85632GJQ+RM-4-5-4-5 136 CA003270 76126 building 2001 broadway st santa monica CA 90404 owner verizon 2980 fairview dr falls church VA 22042 85632GHC+5H-3-4-3-4 137 CA003271 142452 Office building 2001 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GHC+J2-2-2-2-3 138 CA003272 272824 Specialty building 2021 arizona avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GH9+XV-5-6-5-5 139 CA003273 63446 Office building 2021 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GHC+Q5-1-2-2-2 140 CA003274 413568 Health Care building 2031 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner providence health & services 1801 lind ave sw suite # 118 renton WA 98057-3368 85632GJC+87-6-9-5-8 141 CA003275 56141 Office building 2110 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner kilroy realty corporation 12200 w olympic blvd suite # 200 los angeles CA 90064-1041 85632GGF+7M-3-3-2-3 142 CA003276 53702 Office building 2150 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner gic real estate pte ltd 168 robinson rd suite # 37-01, capital tower singapore 68912 85632GGF+HQ-2-3-1-3 143 CA003277 315346 building 2600 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner oracle 500 oracle pky redwood city CA 94065-1677 85632GJH+FX-5-7-6-7 144 CA003278 61969 61969 office building 2700 pennsylvania avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner the luzzatto company 7451-7465 beverly blvd suite # 5th floor los angeles CA 90036-2702 85632GJJ+2C-3-3-4-3 145 CA003279 54930 55472 medical office building 2825 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner harrison street capital 444 w lake st suite # 2100 chicago IL 60606 85632GPH+75-2-3-2-3 146 CA003280 79008 building 2842 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner the roberts companies 2886 colorado ave santa monica CA 90404 85632GMJ+5V-2-2-1-2 147 CA003281 96085 113239 office building 3130 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner the swig company 6300 wilshire blvd los angeles CA 90048-5204 85632GRH+28-3-4-3-3 148 CA003283 65722 Multi-Family building 3111 4th street santa monica CA 90405 owner mlt properties 1859 n doheny dr los angeles CA 90069-1150 8553XGXF+R9-3-3-3-4 149 CA003284 50687 Office building 3402 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner cypress creek renewables 3250 ocean park blvd suite # 355 santa monica CA 90405-3208 85632GGW+VG-3-3-2-3 150 CA003285 80511 91398 multifamily housing building 1920 6th street santa monica CA 90405 owner decron properties 6222 wilshire blvd los angeles CA 90048-5123 85632G68+52-3-3-2-4 151 CA003287 154000 Hospitality building 1910 ocean way santa monica CA 90405 owner the edward thomas hospitality corp. 9950 santa monica blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632G45+HF-2-4-3-3 152 CA003289 75000 building 3100 donald douglas loop north santa monica CA 90405 owner gunnell properties 3100 donald douglas loop n suite # hngr 1 santa monica CA 90405-3084 85632G9X+GV-5-5-6-4 153 CA003291 180326 180326 hotel building 530 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner pebblebrook hotel trust 4747 bethesda ave suite # 1100 bethesda MD 20814 85632G67+6R-4-4-3-3 154 CA003293 59888 42500 mixed use property building 2901 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner heron family trust 3101 ocean park blvd suite # 300 santa monica CA 90405-3022 85632GCW+36-1-3-2-3 155 CA003294 100000 100983 mixed use property building 2701 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner jade enterprises 888 s figueroa st suite # 1900 los angeles CA 90017-5449 85632G9V+C4-4-6-4-5 156 CA003295 74625 Multi-Family building 2035 4th street santa monica CA 90405 owner gutnisky carolina 2035 4th st santa monica CA 90405-1143 85632G57+7X-3-3-2-3 157 CA003299 95367 Multi-Family building 2021 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90405 owner sterling corporation 9441 wilshire blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632G46+97-3-3-3-3 158 CA003300 67441 Multi-Family building 2501 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner pacific reach 701 w georgia st suite # 1818 vancouver BC V7Y1C6 85632GFP+6G-2-2-2-2 159 CA003301 322704 building 122 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner mory phyllis 2222 avenue of the stars los angeles CA 90067-5655 85632G27+6X-4-4-3-4 160 CA003302 61715 Hospitality building 1 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner the edward thomas hospitality corp. 9950 santa monica blvd beverly hills CA 90212 85632G45+R8-4-4-4-5 161 CA003314 79080 482646 k-12 school building 1900 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner santa monica community 1702 pico blvd santa monica CA 90405 85632G8H+RF-3-4-3-3 162 CA003315 532416 463976 multifamily housing building 2700 neilson way santa monica CA 90405 owner douglas emmett management, llc 1299 ocean ave suite # 1000 santa monica CA 90401-1038 85632G28+3H-3-3-2-3 163 CA003318 57630 building 2601 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner balboa retail partners 11611 san vicente blvd suite # 900 los angeles CA 90049 85632G4G+R4-3-4-3-3 164 CA003319 53471 Office building 2772 donald douglas loop north santa monica CA 90405 owner city of santa monica 1901 main st suite # e santa monica CA 90405-1080 85632G8W+HM-4-4-3-4 165 CA003320 117000 Office building 2800 donald douglas loop north santa monica CA 90405 owner atlantic aviation 2800 donald douglas loop n santa monica CA 90405-2951 85632G8W+HM-4-4-3-4 166 CA003321 62194 building 3001 main street santa monica CA 90405 owner flinkman management inc 3005 main st santa monica CA 90405 8553XGXC+C5-3-4-3-3 167 CA003322 221332 Specialty building 3010 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner boston properties, inc. 800 boylston st boston MA 02199-8001 85632G9W+9Q-3-5-4-5 168 CA003323 63540 40185 multifamily housing building 430 pico boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner community corporation of santa monica 1423 2nd st suite # b santa monica CA 90401 85632G67+3H-2-3-2-2 169 CA006535 0 167278 k-12 school building 1501 ca ave. santa monica CA 90403 85632GH5+MV-5-6-5-6 170 CA006668 0 551891 k-12 school building 601 pico blvd. santa monica CA 90405 85632G68+J2-3-3-2-4 171 CA036899 202124 202124 multifamily housing building 1221 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632F8X+HX-3-2-2-3 172 CA036902 201150 201150 office building 1453 3rd street santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G74+W5-3-3-3-4 173 CA036904 88880 88880 multifamily housing building 425 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G84+8P-3-3-2-3 174 CA036907 87818 87818 hotel building 425 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 85632G75+R8-2-3-3-2 175 CA036908 91990 91990 hotel building 501 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 85632G75+XH-3-3-2-3 176 CA036911 76803 76803 mixed use property building 501 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G94+28-2-2-2-2 177 CA036914 52293 52293 multifamily housing building 1241 5th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G93+MJ-1-2-2-2 178 CA036916 51772 51772 multifamily housing building 1519 6th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G85+GM-2-4-3-3 179 CA036919 55163 55163 multifamily housing building 1445 6th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G85+V6-2-3-2-2 180 CA036920 53000 53000 multifamily housing building 1318 2nd street santa monica CA 90401 85632G82+6M-2-2-2-3 181 CA036969 333872 333872 office building 2500 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632GJG+7G-4-4-4-4 182 CA036970 75670 75670 mixed use property building 302 arizona avenue santa monica CA 90401 85632G83+Q4-3-3-2-2 183 CA036971 75712 75712 multifamily housing building 1317 7th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G94+WW-7-9-7-8 184 CA036972 55249 55249 multifamily housing building 2345 virginia ave. santa monica CA 90401 85632GFM+MC-0-1-1-1 185 CA036973 145000 145000 hotel building 1740 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G55+92-4-4-3-4 186 CA036974 260000 260000 hotel building 1700 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G54+JP-5-6-4-5 187 CA036975 54876 54876 multifamily housing building 210 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 85632G73+XC-2-2-2-3 188 CA036976 132180 132180 retail store building 220 broadway santa monica CA 90401 85632G74+FF-6-13-7-12 189 CA036979 142424 142424 multifamily housing building 1410 5th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G84+P8-2-2-3-3 190 CA036982 51141 51141 multifamily housing building 1530 7th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G85+HV-2-3-1-2 191 CA036984 100000 100000 multifamily housing building 1233 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632GC3+2W-2-3-2-3 192 CA036985 517000 517000 enclosed mall building 395 santa monica place santa monica CA 90401 85632G74+FF-6-13-7-12 193 CA036988 104962 104962 multifamily housing building 1725 ocean front walk santa monica CA 90401 85632G54+6R-0-0-1-1 194 CA036993 82163 82163 office building 1211 6th street santa monica CA 90401 85632GC3+5P-4-4-3-4 195 CA037000 55216 55216 multifamily housing building 620 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90401 85632G95+82-2-2-2-2 196 CA037001 236759 236759 multifamily housing building 525 broadway santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G85+M3-2-3-3-3 197 CA037011 186509 186509 strip mall building 301 arizona avenue santa monica CA 90401 85632G82+WX-2-2-1-2 198 CA037015 51358 51358 multifamily housing building 1535 6th street santa monica CA 90401 85632G85+9R-2-2-1-2 199 CA037016 50489 50489 multifamily housing building 1528 6th street santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G85+7G-3-4-3-3 200 CA037017 64000 64780 hotel building 120 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90401 owner 85632G64+P9-2-2-1-2 3 of 5
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Packet Pg. 785 Attachment: Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet [Revision 2] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet
Building ID Assessor Gross
Floor Area
Reported Gross
Floor Area Address Type Street Address City State Abbreviation Postal Code Address Type.1 Name Street City.1 State Abbreviation.1 Postal Code.1 ubid 201 CA037018 123808 123808 hotel building 1111 2nd street santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632F9X+GH-1-2-2-2 202 CA037019 63129 63129 multifamily housing building 1122 4th street santa monica CA 90403 85632G92+R6-3-4-3-3 203 CA037022 59046 59046 senior living community building 851 2nd street santa monica CA 90403 85632FCW+V2-2-2-2-3 204 CA037024 64560 64560 multifamily housing building 315 montana avenue santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632FFV+RW-2-2-2-3 205 CA037027 98958 98958 multifamily housing building 950 4th street santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632FCX+P5-2-2-2-3 206 CA037028 64116 64116 multifamily housing building 1125 3rd street santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632G92+P3-2-2-2-3 207 CA037030 169320 169320 multifamily housing building 1112 7th street santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632GC3+W5-2-3-3-3 208 CA037035 201894 201894 medical office building 2811 wilshire boulevard santa monica CA 90403 owner 85632GQF+6R-4-3-3-4 209 CA037037 54390 54390 self-storage facility building 1707 cloverfield boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GGH+QF-3-4-3-4 210 CA037038 50452 50452 multifamily housing building 1626 lincoln boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632G86+8X-1-2-2-1 211 CA037039 63207 63207 multifamily housing building 1959 cloverfield boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GFM+J5-2-3-2-4 212 CA037040 63898 63898 multifamily housing building 2033 virginia avenue santa monica CA 90404 85632GCH+JX-3-3-2-2 213 CA037041 110712 110712 office building 2100 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 85632GGF+CG-2-2-3-3 214 CA037043 146029 157717 office building 2425 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 85632GHG+XR-9-11-10-12 215 CA037045 208783 208783 office building 3000 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 85632GJP+2W-4-11-4-11 216 CA037046 63050 63050 self-storage facility building 3250 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 85632GJR+87-2-3-3-3 217 CA037054 87953 148457 office building 2120 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GGF+CV-2-4-2-4 218 CA037055 201006 201006 office building 2220 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHG+39-3-4-4-5 219 CA037056 195594 195594 office building 2401 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHG+XR-9-11-10-12 220 CA037086 246573 246573 office building 2425 colorado ave santa monica CA 90404 85632GHG+XR-9-11-10-12 221 CA037087 159177 159177 office building 2525 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHG+XR-9-11-10-12 222 CA037088 159310 159310 office building 2400 broadway santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHG+V5-2-4-3-5 223 CA037089 185787 185787 office building 2450 broadway santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GJG+37-3-4-2-5 224 CA037090 78004 78004 multifamily housing building 1441 21st street santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHC+GX-2-3-1-2 225 CA037091 59864 59864 multifamily housing building 2401 virginia avenue santa monica CA 90404 85632GFM+QH-1-1-1-1 226 CA037092 63376 63376 office building 3401 exposition boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GJR+3W-3-4-4-3 227 CA037094 784561 784561 hospital (general medical & surgical) building 2121 santa monica boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHC+WQ-2-4-3-4 228 CA037095 95667 95667 medical office building 1301 20th street santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GH9+XH-2-3-2-2 229 CA037096 340734 340734 office building 1620 26th street santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHH+PP-5-5-3-4 230 CA037097 316844 316844 office building 2425 olympic boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHH+7F-3-6-4-4 231 CA037098 341379 341379 office building 1601 cloverfield boulevard santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHG+7X-3-4-4-6 232 CA037099 278713 278713 mixed use property building 2450 colorado avenue santa monica CA 90404 owner 85632GHH+M5-4-5-3-6 233 CA037100 89090 89090 senior living community building 2107 ocean avenue santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G46+39-1-2-2-2 234 CA037101 152953 152953 multifamily housing building 2000 main street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G46+JF-4-4-3-4 235 CA037102 71904 71904 multifamily housing building 3100 neilson way santa monica CA 90405 owner 8553XGW9+WF-5-4-3-4 236 CA037103 113526 113526 office building 3420 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632HC2+JG-4-3-4-4 237 CA037104 105427 105427 office building 3340 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632HC2+C2-3-4-3-5 238 CA037105 68713 68713 office building 3250 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632GCX+6H-2-3-3-3 239 CA037106 139085 139085 office building 3100 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9X+R2-3-4-3-5 240 CA037107 69051 69051 office building 3000 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9W+HJ-3-3-2-3 241 CA037108 57102 57102 office building 2900 31st street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9X+J6-3-3-3-4 242 CA037109 74224 74224 office building 2950 31st street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9X+9C-2-3-3-3 243 CA037110 63622 63622 office building 2901 28th street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9W+38-2-3-2-3 244 CA037111 85835 85835 office building 2951 28th street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G8W+XP-2-3-3-4 245 CA037112 145554 145554 office building 2850 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9W+C5-4-4-4-4 246 CA037113 111003 111003 office building 2800 28th street santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G8W+J2-4-4-4-3 247 CA037114 101410 101410 office building 2716 ocean park boulevard santa monica CA 90405 owner 85632G9V+7G-3-5-3-4 248 CA037115 76169 76169 office building 1630 stewart avenue santa monica CA 90404 85632GJJ+JJ-3-4-4-5 249 CA044645 54321 54321 office building 530 wilshire blvd santa monica CA 90401 85632GC3+3F-2-2-2-3 250 CA045450 63129 building 1122 4th st, santa monica CA 90401 85632G92+R6-3-4-3-3 255 60750 Office building 1524 Cloverfield Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-3545 owner 85632GHF+GV-4-4-3-5 256 87818 Hospitality building 417-425 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90401-2319 owner 85632G75+R8-2-3-3-2 258 79008 Flex building 2842-2912 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90404-3614 owner 85632GMJ+5V-2-2-1-2 261 58031 Office building 1661-1669 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-3731 owner 85632G87+7C-3-4-2-4 263 61000 Office building 2419-2425 Michigan Ave Santa Monica CA 90404-4009 owner 85632GGJ+VF-2-3-3-4 264 61938 Office building 1541-1551 Ocean Ave Santa Monica CA 90401-2100 owner 85632G63+RX-2-2-2-2 274 115232 Office building 1703-1741 Stewart St Santa Monica CA 90404-4021 owner 85632GJM+8P-4-5-5-5 282 59254 Flex building 1811-1855 Centinela Ave Santa Monica CA 90404-4203 owner 85632GJQ+RM-4-5-4-5 292 208810 Multi-Family building 1410-1430 5th St Santa Monica CA 90401-4404 owner 85632G84+P8-2-2-3-3 297 70000 Flex building 1631-1645 16th St Santa Monica CA 90404-3801 owner 85632GCC+X8-4-5-4-5 304 62194 Retail building 3001-3013 Main St Santa Monica CA 90405-5317 owner 8553XGXC+C5-3-4-3-3 319 52981 Retail (Regional Mall) building 1311-1313 3rd Street Promenade Santa Monica CA 90401-1309 owner 85632G83+Q4-3-3-2-2 322 65691 Multi-Family building 1122-1136 4th St Santa Monica CA 90403 owner 85632G92+R6-3-4-3-3 325 240000 Specialty building 1440-1454 4th St Santa Monica CA 90401-3417 owner 85632G84+37-3-3-2-3 358 50000 Office building 3000-3100 31st St Santa Monica CA 90405-3059 owner 85632G9X+GV-5-5-6-4 366 76126 Flex building 2001 Broadway Santa Monica CA 90404-2909 owner 85632GHC+5H-3-4-3-4 370 117640 Retail (Regional Mall) building 220 Broadway Dr Santa Monica CA 90401 owner 85632G74+FF-6-13-7-12 4 of 5
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Packet Pg. 786 Attachment: Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet [Revision 2] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet
Building ID Assessor Gross
Floor Area
Reported Gross
Floor Area Address Type Street Address City State Abbreviation Postal Code Address Type.1 Name Street City.1 State Abbreviation.1 Postal Code.1 ubid 379 91990 Hospitality building 501-505 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90401-2454 owner 85632G75+XH-3-3-2-3 380 83695 Industrial building 1100-1120 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90401-3010 owner 85632G98+R7-4-6-5-5 386 163794 Office building 2425-2501 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90404-3584 owner 85632GHG+XR-9-11-10-12 387 319865 Office building 2600-2800 Colorado Ave Santa Monica CA 90404-3519 owner 85632GJH+FX-5-7-6-7 398 57630 Retail (Neighborhood Center) building 2601-2635 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica CA 90405-4619 owner 85632G4G+R4-3-4-3-3 402 532416 Multi-Family building 2700-2800 Neilson Way Santa Monica CA 90405-4011 owner 85632G28+3H-3-3-2-3 411 78180 Hospitality building 1515-1525 Ocean Ave Santa Monica CA 90401 owner 85632G73+2P-2-4-3-3 421 150000 Multi-Family building 1725 Ocean Front Santa Monica CA 90401-3100 owner 85632G54+6R-0-0-1-1 422 230000 Multi-Family building 10-150 Ocean Park Blvd Santa Monica CA 90405 owner 85632G27+6X-4-4-3-4 432 62294 Retail building 3220-3300 Olympic Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-5004 owner 85632GJR+9M-4-6-3-5 434 67187 Office building 2900 W Olympic Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-4127 owner 85632GHP+V6-2-3-2-5 435 232000 Office building 3000 W Olympic Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-5073 owner 85632GJP+2W-4-11-4-11 436 69525 Office building 3030 W Olympic Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-5073 owner 85632GJQ+6M-2-3-1-3 438 63540 Multi-Family building 430-506 Pico Blvd Santa Monica CA 90405 owner 85632G67+3H-2-3-2-2 446 56208 Multi-Family building 620-632 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90401-2522 owner 85632G95+82-2-2-2-2 453 59876 Retail building 3219-3223 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404-2605 owner 85632GQJ+FJ-2-3-3-2 454 303000 Retail (Regional Mall) building 395 Santa Monica Pl Santa Monica CA 90401 owner 85632G74+FF-6-13-7-12 464 60081 Specialty building 3000-3018 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica CA 90403 owner 85632GQG+JP-2-3-2-3 472 79526 Specialty building 415 Pacific Coast Hwy Santa Monica CA 90402 owner 85632FFP+VM-1-1-1-2 5 of 5
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Packet Pg. 787 Attachment: Santa Monica Covered Buildings >50k Square Feet [Revision 2] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Santa Monica’s Existing Building Stock
Through the National BPS Technical Assistance network, facilitated by the National BPS Coalition, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories analyzed building characteristics and carbon emissions from the City’s large commercial and residential buildings (>20,000 square feet). This analysis showed that most carbon emissions in the City’s large commercial and residential buildings come from the combustion of natural gas for space heating, water heating and cooking.
This data has helped staff narrow down the size and types of buildings that are the highest priority for decarbonization. Without impacting the majority of Santa Monica building owners, the City would see a substantial decrease in building sector carbon emissions by targeting carbon emission reductions in commercial and residential buildings larger than 20k square feet. Figure 1 shows the emission reductions impact of achieving net zero for buildings over 20,000 square feet. Achieving net zero for buildings larger than 20k square feet (762 buildings) reduces total building sector emissions by 44%.
Figure 2. Carbon Reductions from Buildings Larger than 20,000 Square Feet
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Packet Pg. 788 Attachment: Santa Monica's Existing Building Stock (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance)
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Packet Pg. 789 Attachment: Santa Monica's Existing Building Stock (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Background on Building Performance Standards
State and federal-level efforts to reduce carbon emissions from existing buildings include:
• The recent adoption of amendments by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to eliminate emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from residential and commercial natural gas furnaces and water heaters by requiring new appliances to be zero-NOx (Attachment E). This will begin with water heaters in 2027.
• CA Assembly Bill 802 (Building Energy Benchmarking Program), which requires owners of large commercial and multifamily buildings (>50,000 square feet) to report energy use to the California Energy Commission annually. • CA Senate Bill 48 (Energy Savings Act), which expands upon AB 802 to require state agencies (led by the California Energy Commission) to collaborate on the development of a strategy for using energy data to track and manage the energy usage and emissions of greenhouse gases of covered buildings to achieve state climate goals. The bill would authorize state agencies to jointly establish energy and water usage Building Performance Standards.
• The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 invested over $50 billion into clean energy technologies and improvements to lower energy bills, make buildings healthier and safer, reduce climate pollution, and prioritize associated benefits for lowincome communities. (Many of these incentives have since been rolled back by the Trump Administration, further emphasizing the need for state and local governments to step in.)
The CAAP’s Zero Net Carbon Buildings section lists action ZNC5: Adopt a Carbon Reduction Ordinance for Existing Buildings. Although the action does not specifically mention BPS, the recommendation states “Adopt a Carbon Reduction Ordinance to require energy benchmarking and carbon performance of existing buildings over 20,000 sq. ft. including multifamily buildings. Require a reduction of fossil fuel use of covered buildings by 15% in five years and elimination of fossil fuel use by 2050.”
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Packet Pg. 790 Attachment: Background on Building Performance Standards (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Jurisdictions across the U.S. have adopted or are beginning to adopt BPS to meet climate goals by decarbonizing existing buildings. Launched by President Biden, the National Building Performance Standards Coalition included over 50 state and local governments that had already adopted or committed to adopting BPS policies in their jurisdictions (Figure 4). In April 2023, Santa Monica was the first Southern California city to join the National BPS Coalition (Attachment K). The City is also a member of a state cohort of cities exploring BPS policies led by U.S. Green Building Council-California.
Figure 4. National BPS Policy Development
Source: Institute for Market Transformation, 2025
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Packet Pg. 791 Attachment: Background on Building Performance Standards (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Community & Stakeholder Outreach
In the Spring of 2023, OSE hosted two in-person BPS stakeholder workshops. These workshops involved various stakeholder groups including architects, green building designers, engineers, building trade associations, utilities, affordable housing development, environmental advocacy non-profits/NGOs such as Climate Action Santa Monica, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club, and internal city staff from the City Attorney’s Office, Rent Control, and Housing divisions. These workshops were designed to introduce BPS, cover existing examples of active BPS policies, and get initial feedback on BPS parameters from workshop participants. The workshops featured guest speakers from the Institute of Market Transformation, New Buildings Institute, and Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency.
In conjunction with the workshops, OSE staff began participating in a Technical Assistance (TA) program offered through the National BPS Coalition and the Department of Energy National BPS TA network, which is supported by the EPA and National Laboratories. Through the TA network, OSE worked with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to develop a BPS impact analysis, building stock analysis, and cost analysis.
Staff integrated feedback from the initial stakeholder workshops and from consultations with many individual jurisdictions across the country (Cities of Boston, Washington D.C., Denver, Chula Vista, West Hollywood and others) to craft high-level elements of the BPS policy. One of the most prominent pieces of stakeholder feedback was to include more property owners in the policy development process. OSE staff took this advice and created a working group comprised of local building owners and representatives, Building Operations and Managers of Los Angeles (BOMA-LA), green building designers, architects, energy modelers, and others. Six working group meetings were held from October 2023 to April 2024 focusing on different elements of the BPS policy, including performance metrics, compliance cycles, targets, non-compliance penalties, exemptions, and building owner support programs. During the final BPS working group meeting, stakeholders reviewed Santa Monica’s BPS policy and offered final comments.
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Packet Pg. 792 Attachment: BPS Community & Stakeholder Outreach (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) In March 2024, OSE staff provided an update on BPS policy development to the Commission on Sustainability, the Environment and Environmental Justice. On April 8, 2025, staff presented the proposed BPS ordinance to the Building and Fire Life Safety (BFLS) Commission, where it was met with support. On May 8, 2025, staff presented the proposed BPS ordinance to the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, where it was also met with support. In August 2025, [TBD], the Commission on Sustainability, the Environment and Environmental Justice passed a motion to support the proposed Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Ordinance (Attachment ).
During the months of April, May and June 2025, OSE staff held three online informational meetings to update the public about the BPS policy. Outreach was conducted via physical mailers sent to addresses of all 762 Covered Buildings. Virtual meeting invitations were also sent out via the Sustainable SaMo newsletter and through a City-wide blog post titled “New Santa Monica Building Performance Standards policy would help the city achieve its climate action goals.”
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Packet Pg. 793 Attachment: BPS Community & Stakeholder Outreach (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) Administrative Regulations Process
The Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Ordinance outlines the high-level structure of the BPS policy. However, many of the details composing the policy would be captured in the future “rulemaking” process, where administrative regulations governing the BPS ordinance would be drafted.
Administrative regulations encompass a wide range of rules and guidelines governing various sections of the Santa Monica Municipal Code and would be established to implement and clarify key details of the BPS ordinance.
The rulemaking process would include ongoing engagement with technical stakeholders, building owners and the City Attorney’s Office to develop additional rules including BPS compliance, targets, enforcement, Building Performance Action Plans and exemptions. The rulemaking process would be led in part by a “technical committee” composed of owners of covered buildings, experts in areas related to sustainable design and green building, architects, engineers, utility representatives, individuals representing trade groups such as builders, contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians and others. The formation and facilitation of the technical committee would be performed by a qualified vendor selected through a formal request for proposals process.
The City’s BPS rulemaking process is anticipated to take approximately nine months, until the ordinance’s effective date of June 1st, 2026. The City is following similar processes to other jurisdictions such as Washington D.C., Denver, CO, Chula Vista, CA, Seattle, WA, City of West Hollywood and others that have implemented rules and regulations following adoption of local BPS ordinances to allow for increased flexibility.
Community Accountability Working Group
Following Council adoption of the ordinance, staff would establish a Community Accountability Working group composed of representatives of covered property owners, disinvested communities, experts in areas related to racial and social inequity, affordable housing owners/providers, and representatives from neighborhood groups or Community-Based Organizations. The community accountability working group would
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Packet Pg. 794 Attachment: BPS Administrative Regulations Process and Community Accountability Working Group (6228 : Building Performance Standards function as an informal oversight committee and undertake responsibilities such as:
guiding the development of sufficient administrative regulations to equitably implement the BPS policy, developing plans for management of the BPS fund (see section below on BPS fund), reviewing impacts of the BPS policy on disinvested communities and advising the BPAP process to ensure equitable outcomes for covered property owners.
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Packet Pg. 795 Attachment: BPS Administrative Regulations Process and Community Accountability Working Group (6228 : Building Performance Standards Equity Priority Buildings
Pending council adoption, the City would develop an Equity Priority Buildings (EPB) program to support resource-constrained buildings covered by the BPS policy. This would include a pool of program-eligible covered buildings by developing an “equity index” modeled after the City of Denver, which utilizes geospatial and other data to identify buildings that are most likely to require additional technical assistance to meet the requirements of the City’s BPS. For example, EPB eligible buildings might include affordable multifamily housing properties, commercial buildings housing small local businesses, or nonprofits providing services to members of disadvantaged/frontline communities. These buildings may qualify for additional technical and financial support, as well as adjusted BPS targets and timelines to successfully comply with the BPS policy.
BPS Fund
Following other jurisdictions that have implemented BPS policies, the City would establish a non-lapsing “BPS Fund”. The BPS Fund would be composed of funds collected from Alternative Compliance Payment deposits. All funds deposited into the BPS Fund would not revert to the City’s General Fund and would be used for the purpose of improving existing buildings covered by the BPS. Rules to govern the fund and determine how money will be distributed back to owners of covered buildings will be drafted in administrative regulations.
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Laurene von Klan
Co-chair and Executive Director
Climate Action Santa Monica
[email protected]
www.climateactionsantamonica.org
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Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Subject: Support for Santa Monica’s Building Energy Benchmarking and Buildings Performance Standards Ordinance
Dear Mayor Negrete and Members of the City Council,
On behalf of Climate Action Santa Monica, we are writing to express strong support for the adoption and implementation of Santa Monica’s Building Performance Standards (BPS) policy. This policy represents an important step forward in advancing Santa Monica’s climate goals by addressing emissions from buildings, which represent a significant share of local emissions which heat up the climate and damage public health.
Performance standards provide a clear, flexible path for property owners to reduce energy use and to transition toward a healthier, more efficient building stock. Several CASM representatives participated in the public meetings and working group sessions that preceded this proposed policy. The benefits of this policy are numerous:
· Climate and Environmental Benefits – BPS will drive down emissions from existing buildings, contributing to cleaner air and helping Santa Monica meet its long-term sustainability commitments.
· Economic Benefits – By improving building efficiency, owners and tenants will save on utility bills while stimulating local jobs in energy retrofits, construction, and clean technologies.
· Housing and Development Compatibility – Importantly, Building Performance Standards are not anti-housing or anti-development. In fact, they Item 10-A
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· Equity and Community Resilience – Reducing energy waste and upgrading buildings ensures healthier, more comfortable spaces for all residents, particularly renters and vulnerable populations who are often most impacted by high utility costs and poor building performance.
We commend the staff and working group for their proposal. It offers a generous time horizon for implementing building improvements as well as alternative pathways should they be necessary based on the specifics of a particular building. We also commend the City for engaging stakeholders to ensure the standards are fair, flexible, and achievable. Building Performance Standards are a proven tool, already in effect in other cities. Adopting them will maintain Santa Monica as a leader in sustainability and community well-being.
For these reasons, we respectfully urge the Council to adopt the Building Performance Standards policy.
Thank you for your commitment to building a healthier, more resilient Santa Monica.
Sincerely,
Thank you,
Laurene von Klan, Co-Chair
Kent Strumpell, Co-Chair
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From: Nick Brown <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 1:01 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 10.A: Letter of Support for BPS
Attachments: Letter of Support for Santa Monica Building Performance Standards Ordinance BSG.docx
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Attached please find my letter of support for BPS in Santa Monica for the consideration of the City Council.
Nick Brown
President
Build Smart
(714) 984-3397
Linkedin profile
www.buildsmartgroup.com
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400 Los Altos Ave
Long Beach, CA 90814
September 3, 2025
Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Subject: Support for Santa Monica’s Building Energy Benchmarking and Buildings Performance Standards Ordinance
Dear Mayor Negrete and Members of the City Council,
On behalf of Build Smart Group, a local energy consulting firm, I am writing to express strong support for the adoption and implementation of Santa Monica’s Building Performance Standards (BPS) policy. After a decade in green building, I’ve come to recognize that existing buildings are the whole ballgame in terms of reaching climate goals. Policies that require extra efficiency in new construction barely move the needle compared to the emissions that existing building stock represent.
This policy represents an important step forward in advancing Santa Monica’s climate action goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the health and resilience of our community and the built environment. Buildings account for a significant share of local emissions, and performance standards provide a strong signal for property owners to reduce energy use and transition toward a cleaner, more efficient building stock.
By making Carbon emissions the compliance metric, the Clean and Healthy Existing Buildings Ordinance (CHEBO) can drive electrification and energy efficiency with PV and Battery in one straight-forward program.
The benefits of this policy are wide-reaching:
• Climate and Environmental Benefits – BPS will drive down emissions from existing buildings, contributing to cleaner air and helping Santa Monica meet its long-term sustainability commitments.
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Packet Pg. 801 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) • Economic Benefits – By improving building efficiency, owners and tenants will save on utility bills while stimulating local jobs in energy retrofits, construction, and clean technologies.
• Equity and Community Resilience – Reducing energy waste and upgrading buildings ensures healthier, more comfortable spaces for all residents, particularly renters and vulnerable populations who are often most impacted by high utility costs and poor building performance.
• Housing and Development Compatibility – Importantly, Building Performance Standards are not anti-housing or anti-development. In fact, they align with Santa Monica’s growth by ensuring that ALL housing (new and existing)is efficient, affordable to operate, and resilient in the face of climate change. • Important Regional Leadership – cities in the region look to Santa Monica for leadership on climate goals; I know my home city of Long Beach does. This BPS program will show that all sizes of cities can enact policies to focus on existing buildings, not just the big cities of LA and San Francisco.
We commend the City for its leadership in advancing this policy and for engaging stakeholders to ensure the standards are fair, flexible, and achievable. I especially like the nod to practical concerns with the option to submit a Building Performance Action Plan (BPAP) when buildings cannot immediately meet the BPS goals, so that they can commit to future action at a time when the economics of the work make more sense. Building Performance Standards are a proven tool, and adopting them will further establish Santa Monica as a leader in sustainability and community well-being.
For these reasons, I respectfully urge the Council to adopt the Building Performance Standards policy.
Thank you for your commitment to building a healthier, more resilient Santa Monica.
Sincerely,
Nick Brown
President
Build Smart Group
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From: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 8:36 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: FW: Letter of Support Building Performance Standard-Council Agenda 9.8.25 Item #10.A Attachments: Letter of Support for BPS Ord-090825 CC Agenda Item 10.A.pdf
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Mayor Negrete and Members City Council:
Please see my attached letter strongly supporting the staff Building Performance Standards proposal. It’s on the September 8 Council agenda, Item #10.A.
Thank you.
John Zinner, LEED Fellow
Sustainability & Green Building Consultant
310-801-1946
[email protected]
web: jzgreenguy.com
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Sustainability, Climate & Green Building Consultant
528 21st Place, Santa Monica, CA 90402
310.801.1946
[email protected]
jzgreenguy.com
September 3, 2025
Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Subject: Support for 9/9/25 Council Agenda Item 10.A, Santa Monica Building Energy Benchmarking & Buildings Performance Standards Ordinance Dear Mayor Negrete and Members of the City Council,
I am writing as a Building Performance Standards (BPS) Task Force Member, Climate Action Santa Monica Advisory Board Member, former Planning and Housing Commission Chair, codeveloper of the first Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan, and Sustainability & Green Building Consultant to express strong support for the adoption and implementation of the Santa Monica BPS ordinance, also known as a Clean and Healthy Buildings Ordinance (CHEBO).
Buildings currently account for 32 percent of Santa Monica citywide carbon emissions. As part of meeting the city’s 2030 80 percent greenhouse gas emission reduction goal, A Santa Monica Climate Action & Adaptation Plan objective requires reducing building fossil fuel use by 20%.
Additional significant building fossil fuel use reductions must be realized to meet the more stringent city carbon reduction goals.
As stated elsewhere, the BPS proposal will produce several significant benefits. Rather than focus on these, I wish to emphasize several key points about the proposal. I do this understanding the current challenging environment for retail, commercial and hospitality properties:
City staff has done an exemplary job developing the BPS ordinance, including reaching out to experts and local stakeholders and incorporating best practices from other ordinances, including for New York City, Boston and Portland. The ordinance’s 20,000 SF building threshold came from an analysis of how to costeffectively maximize climate benefit and ensure the program can be effectively managed.
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Packet Pg. 804 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) The requirement that all buildings meet a percentage improvement every 5 years while moving towards the 2050 net zero requirement allows building owners to select their best implementation path and to align significant investments with the end of each building system’s useful life. In other words, building owners can implement each building improvement when it’s most cost effective. This also allows property owners to work within the industry’s inevitable ups and downs.
Buildings experiencing qualifying financial distress are exempt. 50,000 SF buildings have an accelerated timetable over 20,000 SF buildings. The Task Force recommended metrics that address both greenhouse gas emissions reduction and energy efficiency improvements to ensure the benefits are maximized.
Property owners have the option to comply via alternative compliance payments. A Technical Committee will govern the rulemaking process that will define the details ahead of June 1, 2026, program launch. Significant technical assistance will be provided.
For these reasons, I respectfully urge the Council to adopt the Building Performance Standards policy.
Thank you for your commitment to building a healthier, more resilient Santa Monica.
Sincerely,
John S Zinner, LEED Fellow
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From: Karalyn Shima Honea <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2025 11:07 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Marika Erdely
Subject: 9/9/25 Meeting Agenda Item # 10.A. BEPPS. Letter of Support (Green Econome) Attachments: Green Econome Letter of Support-SM BEPS.pdf
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Thank you for your time, consideration and attention to this,
KARALYN HONEA
She/Her/Hers
Green Econome
Director of Marketing
Phone: (323) 546-0518
Email: [email protected]
Web: greeneconome.com
Check out our new Building Performance Dashboard. Request a Demo.
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September 4, 2025
Santa Monica City Council
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Subject: Support for Santa Monica’s Building Energy Benchmarking and Buildings Performance Standards Ordinance Dear Mayor Negrete and Members of the City Council,
On behalf of Green Econome, a local energy compliance, consulting and construction firm, I am writing to express strong support for the adoption and implementation of Santa Monica’s Building Performance Standards (BPS) policy.
This policy represents an important step forward in advancing Santa Monica’s climate action goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the health and resilience of our community and the built environment. Buildings account for a significant share of local emissions, and performance standards provide a clear, equitable, and flexible pathway for property owners to reduce energy use and transition toward a cleaner, more efficient building stock.
The benefits of this policy are wide-reaching:
• Climate and Environmental Benefits – BPS will drive down emissions from existing buildings, contributing to cleaner air and helping Santa Monica meet its long-term sustainability commitments. • Economic Benefits – By improving building efficiency, owners and tenants will save on utility bills while stimulating local jobs in energy retrofits, construction, and clean technologies. • Equity and Community Resilience – Reducing energy waste and upgrading buildings ensures healthier, more comfortable spaces for all residents, particularly renters and vulnerable populations who are often most impacted by high utility costs and poor building performance.
• Housing and Development Compatibility – Importantly, Building Performance Standards are not anti-housing or anti-development. In fact, they align with Santa Monica’s growth by ensuring that new and existing housing remains efficient, affordable to operate, and resilient in the face of climate change.
We commend the City for its leadership in advancing this policy and for engaging stakeholders, including me, to ensure the standards are fair, flexible, and achievable. Building Performance Standards are a proven tool, and adopting them will further establish Santa Monica as a leader in sustainability and community well-being.
For these reasons, we respectfully urge the Council to adopt the Building Performance Standards policy.
Thank you for your commitment to building a healthier, more resilient Santa Monica.
Sincerely,
Marika Erdely, MBA, LEED AP B+C, C.E.A., Fitwel Ambassador Green Econome, Founder/CEO
2309 Santa Monica Blvd #824
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (818) 681-5750
Email: [email protected]
Web: greeneconome.com
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From: Michael Rochmes <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2025 2:14 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Ben Stapleton; robyn eason; Ariana Vito; Nico Predock Subject: 10-A Building Performance Standards -- SUPPORT Attachments: USGBC-CA 2025 Letter of Support - Santa Monica BPS.pdf
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Dear Councilmembers,
Please find, attached, U.S. Green Building Council California's letter expressing strong support for City Council agenda item 10-A, Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best,
Michael
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Santa Monica City Council
℅ City Hall
1685 Main Street, Room 209
Santa Monica, CA 90401
[email protected]
RE: SUPPORT FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (10-A)
Dear Mayor Negrete and Councilmembers,
On behalf of the U.S. Green Building Council California, I write in strong support of Agenda Item 10-A, which establishes building energy benchmarking and building performance standards for large residential and commercial buildings.
USGBC California’s deep bench of members are sustainability and green building professionals with a strong commitment to addressing climate change and other local, state, and international environmental issues. Our members are designers, engineers, public agency and utility staff, consultants, product manufacturers, and service providers. Our mission is to transform California through the built environment into a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable place for all. Our goals include advancing environmental justice by developing diverse talent, and systemic change based on impactful solutions to address our urgent environment and social challenges.
Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies require owners of large properties to improve the sustainability of their buildings over time, resulting in significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution. By setting long-term targets and including alternative compliance pathways, BPS policies provide property owners with the time and clarity to plan cost-effective improvements into their regular building maintenance cycles.
Many cities, counties, and states across the country have implemented BPS policies successfully in recent years. At USGBC-CA, we developed the California Building Performance Peer Learning Collaborative (CalBPS PLC) to support and promote the development of local BPS policies across the state. Leading this effort, which brings together a variety of stakeholders and more than 45 municipalities considering or actively pursuing BPS policies, has allowed me to follow Santa Monica’s progress toward becoming one of the first cities in California to adopt a BPS policy.
Santa Monica staff have conducted significant stakeholder and community outreach, and have designed a thoughtful ordinance that will result in net zero emissions by covered buildings by 2050. We support the decision to set the covered building threshold at 20,000 sq. ft., which balances the overall policy The California Green Building Council dba USGBC California is a nonprofit 501c(3) charity EIN#75-3041444 Item 10-A
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Packet Pg. 809 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) impact and staff capacity. With this threshold, the BPS policy on its own can reduce all building-related emissions in the city by 44%.
Furthermore, the phased implementation and use of the Building Performance Action Plan alternative compliance pathway provide substantial flexibility for building owners to plan cost effective decarbonization actions in order to comply with the policy.
This proposed BPS policy is an important opportunity for Santa Monica to take a substantial step toward achieving the City’s climate goals, improve its air quality, and continue its legacy of environmental leadership that inspires the rest of California to accelerate progress on our shared goals.
I urge you to support agenda item 10-A, Building Energy Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards (BPS), when it comes before you on September 9.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Ben Stapleton,
Executive Director
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From: Diane Forte <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 8:02 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Subject: SCE Support of Santa Monica City Council Agenda Item Number 10 Attachments: SCE Support Letter - Santa Monica Existing Buildings BPS Ordinance 09082025.pdf
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Dear Mayor, Members of the City Council and City Clerk, Please see attached Southern California Edison’s support letter for Item Number 10 on tomorrow’s agenda: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Support Carbon Emissions Reductions from Existing Buildings.
Thank you.
Diane Forte
Government Relations Manager
SCE Corporate Affairs
Local Public Affairs
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Re: Support of City Council Agenda Item 10
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
I am writing on behalf of Southern California Edison (SCE) to express our enthusiastic support for September 9 th council
agenda item 10, concerning the Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance to Support Carbon Emissions Reductions from Existing Buildings. A building energy benchmarking and performance standards ordinance can be a very cost-effective way for local governments to achieve meaningful greenhouse gas reductions and help achieve climate and air quality goals. SCE offers the following points in support:
1. In order to meet the state’s climate goals, SCE’s Countdown to 2045 analysis shows that 95% of all building space and water heating must transition to electric appliances by 2045.
2. Modern electric technologies are very efficient and are often demand response capable.
3. SCE is modernizing our distribution system, making more than $5 billion in investments every year to improve reliability and resiliency – the grid is ready to support increased adoption of electric technologies.
4. Our efforts to strengthen the grid and add energy storage are paying off as evidenced by the state’s ability to avoid rotating outages during recent years’ record-setting heat waves.
5. California Assembly Bill 1279 requires direct GHG emissions reduction of 85% by 2045. Source energy, introduced as a new carbon metric in the 2022 California Energy Code, has been proven to support the state’s 2045 GHG reduction and decarbonization goals.
Buildings are a major source of emissions in California – for both local air quality and greenhouse gases. Buildings consume almost as much natural gas as the electric sector. Importantly, buildings have decades-long lifespans, so when they include fossil fuel infrastructure, decades of additional fossil fuel emissions are locked in.
SCE is modernizing and hardening our distribution system, leveraging increasingly sophisticated hardware and software to manage a complex and intelligent grid. This not only enables greater adoption of clean energy technologies, but also improves general reliability while making the grid more resilient to threats exacerbated by climate change such as wildfires and heatwaves. We are investing about $5 billion annually to modernize the grid for a clean energy future.
Our efforts to strengthen the grid are paying off. With climate change, more extreme weather, including more intense and longer heat waves, are expected in the coming decades. SCE, in partnership with state energy regulators, has prioritized and will continue to work on a variety of solutions to address the region’s long-term reliability needs. For example, SCE now has approximately 7,200 MW of battery energy storage owned or under contract, ready to serve our customers—one of the largest portfolios in the country. And we plan to add even more in the coming years.
SCE is excited and ready to partner with the City of Santa Monica in addressing the climate crisis. Emissions from the building sector are an important focal point if we are to meet the city’s and state’s climate goals. We strongly urge the City Council to adopt this ordinance. We look forward to our continued partnership. The future is electric.
Sincerely,
/s/Diane Forte
Diane Forte
Government Relations Manager
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From: Judy Kruger <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 9:10 AM
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Cc: councilmtgitems; Sia Poursabahian; Jing Yeo; Oliver Chi; Paula Larmore; Judy Kruger (Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce)
Subject: Council Agenda Item 10.A - Chamber Letter
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Good Morning Mayor and Councilmembers - Please see attached Chamber Letter regarding Council Agenda Item 10.A to be heard at City Council Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
Thank you in advance for your consideration,
Judy
Judy Kruger
CEO & President
213-703-1340
[email protected]
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City Council
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: Agenda Item 10.A, Building Performance Standards for Existing Buildings Draft Ordinance – OPPOSE/DELAY
Dear Mayor Negrete and City Councilmembers:
On behalf of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and our members who own or lease existing commercial or multi-family residential buildings, we are writing to urge the City Council to delay adoption of the draft ordinance imposing Building Performance Standards for Existing Buildings (“Draft Ordinance”) due to the current high vacancy rates in existing buildings and until additional information is provided as outlined below. While the Draft Ordinance is well meaning, significant climate action will take at least state if not national and international action. We are concerned that this type of action at the City level will do little for climate change yet make Santa Monica even less competitive than other cities without such requirements. Moreover, we are concerned the Draft Ordinance would provide City Staff with broad discretion to establish performance targets, compliance pathways and enforcement provisions without any public hearing process or City Council role in establishing such important requirements.
We understand that the Draft Ordinance is being brought forward as part of the City’s implementation of its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (“CAAP”). The CAAP was adopted in May 2019 – a very different time for our City, particularly for building lease and occupancy rates. Bringing forward the Draft Ordinance at this time is both premature (as detailed below) and feels tone deaf. Most businesses have not recovered from the economic downturn from Covid-19, civil unrest, recent wildfires, huge premium increases for insurance, international instability, and an ongoing threat of recession. The City is in the throes of an economic crisis, as has been stated repeatedly in various pilot programs and emergency ordinances. This is not the right time to consider the imposition of additional, unquantified costs on property owners and businesses, particularly without direct City Council oversight in the establishment of such requirements. For example, Section 8.39.120(4) would authorize the Department of Public Works “in its sole discretion” to establish alternative compliance payments. Those determinations should not be left to City staff without any guidance or oversight.
We request the City Council delay adoption of the Draft Ordinance, especially any requirements that go beyond benchmarking, proposed by City Staff until the following information is available:
1) The Staff Report indicates that “specific performance targets, compliance pathways, and enforcement provisions will be finalized through an administrative regulation process.” (emphasis added.) Why does the Draft Ordinance go beyond requiring benchmarking and require undefined performance targets (which appear to be mandates) that will be established by City Staff without any public hearing process? We understand that the performance targets/mandates may not be able to be defined without the benchmarking data but, if that is the case, we urge for any elements of the Draft Ordinance that go beyond the State-law benchmarking requirements come back to the City Council in the form of a study session followed by a public hearing to deliberate the establishment of performance standards, compliance pathways and enforcement provisions, when all the information is publicly available.
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Paula Larmore
Harding, Larmore,
Kutcher & Kozal LLP
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Charlie LopezQuintana
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Addie VanGessel
Tavern on Main
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Dustin Peterson
Fairmont Miramar
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Jeremy Rawitch
RAND
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Vee Gomez
Beach Yoga SoCal
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Melissa Cohen
Boston Properties
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Elias Garcia
Kaiser Permanente
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Eddie Guerboian
Jeweler
Neil Carrey
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Elnie Vannatim
Cedars-Sinai
Gina Gribow
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Jessica Rincon
Sanbourne
Lilit Avagyan
US Bank
Jenn Verma
Lionsgate
Ben Marcus
UP Partners
Yvette Sims
Hair by Yvette
Cheree
Michael Altchule
UCLA Health
Shanna Johnson
Regent
Shari Davis
Santa Monica
College
Wesly Hernandez
SNAP Inc.
Berta Negari
XYZ Rent
Garrett Childers
SM Fire 1109
Doreen Lahav
Prism Places
Kara Block
DHF Architects
Carlos Madrid
SMPD POA
Jared Amerson
Providence Saint
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Packet Pg. 814 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) 2) AB 130, effective as of June 30, 2025, significantly limits the ability of local agencies to enact modifications to building codes, including adding green building standards, applicable to residential units. We request the City Council ask City Staff to analyze whether AB 130 restricts the City’s ability to apply the Draft Ordinance to residential units. Moreover, why does the Draft Ordinance exempt residential condominiums and single-family homes but not apartments?
3) Why does the Draft Ordinance set dates for compliance with interim performance standards that are not yet established? We suggest that dates for compliance be established through a public process and require City Council approval after information is made available about the modifications that will be required to be made to existing buildings.
4) The Staff Report states that the “detailed process for determining baselines will be finalized during the administrative regulations process.” If the process for determining baselines has not been finalized, then we request deferral of the Draft Ordinance requiring the benchmarking until the proposed process is finalized and can be vetted in a public hearing. In this regard, our members have raised the following preliminary questions/concerns:
a. How will recent improvements property owners have made to reduce energy consumption be factored into the baseline benchmarking? We are aware of property owners that have made investments in the past 3-5 years to reduce energy consumption. Similarly, if an existing building has a LEED certification, how is that factored into the baseline benchmarking? Absent an adjustment to address this it seems that property owners/tenants could be penalized for proactively investing in their buildings prior to the benchmarking going into effect.
b. How will the very high vacancy rates in commercial buildings impact the baseline benchmarking and future associated performance targets? Absent an adjustment for full occupancy, won’t property owners/tenants be penalized merely by leasing existing buildings due to the low baseline? 5) What is the cost for building owners to implement any benchmarking required in the Draft Ordinance above and beyond the State requirements and compliance with future performance standards? It seems to us that this cannot be quantified at this time given that the performance “targets” have not been established. As such, we request that the undefined building standards performance portion of the Draft Ordinance be deferred until this additional information is available. Once the costs are known, the Council and the public will be in position to evaluate the Draft Ordinance. 6) What are the penalties for noncompliance? The Draft Ordinance states that “[e]nforcement provisions, including penalties for non-compliance” will be finalized during the administrative regulation process”. We request deferral of adoption of the Draft Ordinance until the penalties for noncompliance are made available to the public and City Council for review and comment during a public hearing. 7) Should the CAAP be revisited in light of the substantial changes that have occurred since its adoption in 2019 (e.g. commute patterns and remove work)? Has the City performed any analysis to determine if the high vacancy rates in commercial buildings and other changes since 2019 (including property owner proactive investment in sustainability enhancement for their buildings) have impacted the need for the Draft Ordinance? Santa Monica is historically a leader in sustainability, but the City needs to think carefully about how to successfully accomplish this new initiative through consensus and cooperation.
Adopting an ordinance that defers most of the specifics – performance mandates, compliance pathways and enforcement provisions – to City Staff without any public hearing does not provide any meaningful opportunity for property owners and businesses to weigh in. For these reasons, the Chamber respectfully requests that the City Council delay adoption of the Draft Ordinance, especially any requirements that go beyond State-mandated benchmarking, until the above-requested information is made available for review by the public and the City Council.
Respectfully Submitted,
Judy Kruger Paula Larmore
President & CEO Chair of the Board
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From: Janet Gagnon <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:52 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Daniel Yukelson; Joseph Ramos
Subject: Building Performance Standards (BPS) - Item 10A - Tonight's City Council Agenda Attachments: AAGLA Letter Building Performance Standards-09092025.pdf
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Honorable Mayor Negrete and Members of the Santa Monica City Council, Attached please find a formal comment letter from the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA). AAGLA represents approximately 10,000 rental housing providers throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties with many in Santa Monica. We have serious concerns regarding the draft ordinance under consideration tonight as agenda item 10A – Building and Performance Standards (BPS) as it would have severe negative impacts on naturally occurring aƯordable housing in Santa Monica.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Janet M. Gagnon
Janet M. Gagnon, Esq.
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer &
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs & External Relations Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
621 South Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90005
t: 213/384-4131 ext 309 | f: 888/384-4131 | [email protected] www.aagla.org
Twitter |Facebook | LinkedIn
The Voice of Multifamily Housing Since 1917 ©
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.” John Stuart Mill - 1867
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Senior Vice President, Government
Affairs & External Relations
[email protected]
213.384.4131; Ext. 309
September 9, 2025
Via Electronic Mail
Honorable Mayor Lana Negrete
and the Members of the Santa Monica City Council
City Hall Council Chambers
1685 Main Street, Room 250
Santa Monica, California 90401
Re: Building Performance Standards (BPS) – Agenda Item 10A Honorable Mayor Negrete and Members of the Santa Monica City Council:
The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) represents approximately 10,000 rental housing providers throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties, including many in Santa Monica. This letter is to express our serious concerns regarding the draft ordinance under consideration tonight regarding the establishment of new building performance standards for multifamily owners.
We appreciate that the issue of building performance standards has been a discussion that the City has been having for some time and that outreach has been conducted. However, the draft ordinance under consideration tonight still lacks many of the specifics that are critical for knowing the full impact of this ordinance on multifamily property owners providing needed affordable housing for renters. Thus, it would be severely premature and reckless to pass the ordinance as currently drafted.
There are multiple instances of key provisions that are left unaddressed and put exclusively into the hands of city staff with no approval or oversight by the duly elected full City Council, including setting baselines, establishing penalties and defining key terms for exemptions. While staff are essential to assist the City Council by providing necessary facts and figures, they should not substitute for the City Council in making final decisions that can substantially change the impact of this ordinance.
The current draft ordinance contains no definition for what would qualify as a “financial hardship” for specific owners to receive an exemption from the ordinance. This is a critical provision for many property owners with older properties that are still struggling from mountains of unpaid pack rent remaining from pandemic moratoriums. Rental housing providers are already facing huge increases in property insurance that has quadrupled in the last year alone with many unable to find any insurance provider besides the state FAIR plan that is now in substantial financial jeopardy. In addition, substantial increases have occurred in Item 10-A
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Packet Pg. 817 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) basic materials (lumber, drywall, fixtures, etc.) as well as skilled labor. This expensive new mandate requiring conversion from gas to electricity and/or additional energy efficiency measures will add more costs to rental housing providers already struggling to stay afloat. If multifamily owners are forced to sell their properties due to financial hardship, then the City will lose more naturally occurring affordable housing.
In addition, providing benchmarking metrics alone will be a significant challenge for many multifamily owners who do not have experts on staff to provide such information. Hiring such professionals will also be a significant new cost that rental housing providers must incur to comply with the ordinance. For those with 20,000 to 50,000 square feet this will be the first time that they are expected to provide such information, and it will take them both time and expense to collect the necessary data. While the performance targets provide a slight delay, it still creates a huge additional cost for existing multifamily owners. This will leave rental housing providers with the choice of raising rents to cover these new costs or selling their properties to developers for demolition and replacement as luxury housing. Both options will harm existing renters.
While we understand the City’s desire to reduce GHG emissions, multifamily housing providers should not be included among those properties subject to this new ordinance. Housing is too precious a resource to jeopardize with this new experimental concept that has not been piloted or tested with any other properties to date in Santa Monica nor elsewhere in Southern California. We urge the City Council to remove multifamily properties from this ordinance as these properties must be preserved as naturally occurring affordable housing.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to reach out to me directly by telephone at (213) 384-4131; Ext. 309 or via electronic mail at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Janet M. Gagnon
Janet M. Gagnon, Esq.
CC: Daniel Yukelson, Executive Director, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Item 10-A
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From: Janet Gagnon <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:52 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya
Cc: Daniel Yukelson; Joseph Ramos
Subject: Building Performance Standards (BPS) - Item 10A - Tonight's City Council Agenda Attachments: AAGLA Letter Building Performance Standards-09092025.pdf
EXTERNAL
Honorable Mayor Negrete and Members of the Santa Monica City Council, Attached please find a formal comment letter from the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA). AAGLA represents approximately 10,000 rental housing providers throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties with many in Santa Monica. We have serious concerns regarding the draft ordinance under consideration tonight as agenda item 10A – Building and Performance Standards (BPS) as it would have severe negative impacts on naturally occurring aƯordable housing in Santa Monica.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Janet M. Gagnon
Janet M. Gagnon, Esq.
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer &
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs & External Relations Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles
621 South Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90005
t: 213/384-4131 ext 309 | f: 888/384-4131 | [email protected] www.aagla.org
Twitter |Facebook | LinkedIn
The Voice of Multifamily Housing Since 1917 ©
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.” John Stuart Mill - 1867
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Senior Vice President, Government
Affairs & External Relations
[email protected]
213.384.4131; Ext. 309
September 9, 2025
Via Electronic Mail
Honorable Mayor Lana Negrete
and the Members of the Santa Monica City Council
City Hall Council Chambers
1685 Main Street, Room 250
Santa Monica, California 90401
Re: Building Performance Standards (BPS) – Agenda Item 10A Honorable Mayor Negrete and Members of the Santa Monica City Council:
The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) represents approximately 10,000 rental housing providers throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties, including many in Santa Monica. This letter is to express our serious concerns regarding the draft ordinance under consideration tonight regarding the establishment of new building performance standards for multifamily owners.
We appreciate that the issue of building performance standards has been a discussion that the City has been having for some time and that outreach has been conducted. However, the draft ordinance under consideration tonight still lacks many of the specifics that are critical for knowing the full impact of this ordinance on multifamily property owners providing needed affordable housing for renters. Thus, it would be severely premature and reckless to pass the ordinance as currently drafted.
There are multiple instances of key provisions that are left unaddressed and put exclusively into the hands of city staff with no approval or oversight by the duly elected full City Council, including setting baselines, establishing penalties and defining key terms for exemptions. While staff are essential to assist the City Council by providing necessary facts and figures, they should not substitute for the City Council in making final decisions that can substantially change the impact of this ordinance.
The current draft ordinance contains no definition for what would qualify as a “financial hardship” for specific owners to receive an exemption from the ordinance. This is a critical provision for many property owners with older properties that are still struggling from mountains of unpaid pack rent remaining from pandemic moratoriums. Rental housing providers are already facing huge increases in property insurance that has quadrupled in the last year alone with many unable to find any insurance provider besides the state FAIR plan that is now in substantial financial jeopardy. In addition, substantial increases have occurred in Item 10-A
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Packet Pg. 820 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6228 : Building Performance Standards Ordinance) basic materials (lumber, drywall, fixtures, etc.) as well as skilled labor. This expensive new mandate requiring conversion from gas to electricity and/or additional energy efficiency measures will add more costs to rental housing providers already struggling to stay afloat. If multifamily owners are forced to sell their properties due to financial hardship, then the City will lose more naturally occurring affordable housing.
In addition, providing benchmarking metrics alone will be a significant challenge for many multifamily owners who do not have experts on staff to provide such information. Hiring such professionals will also be a significant new cost that rental housing providers must incur to comply with the ordinance. For those with 20,000 to 50,000 square feet this will be the first time that they are expected to provide such information, and it will take them both time and expense to collect the necessary data. While the performance targets provide a slight delay, it still creates a huge additional cost for existing multifamily owners. This will leave rental housing providers with the choice of raising rents to cover these new costs or selling their properties to developers for demolition and replacement as luxury housing. Both options will harm existing renters.
While we understand the City’s desire to reduce GHG emissions, multifamily housing providers should not be included among those properties subject to this new ordinance. Housing is too precious a resource to jeopardize with this new experimental concept that has not been piloted or tested with any other properties to date in Santa Monica nor elsewhere in Southern California. We urge the City Council to remove multifamily properties from this ordinance as these properties must be preserved as naturally occurring affordable housing.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to reach out to me directly by telephone at (213) 384-4131; Ext. 309 or via electronic mail at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Janet M. Gagnon
Janet M. Gagnon, Esq.
CC: Daniel Yukelson, Executive Director, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles Item 10-A
September 9, 2025
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From: Kaitlin Drisko <[email protected]>
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To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Mario Fonda-Bonardi
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City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Heather Averick, Director, Housing and Human Services Department Subject: Approval of Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Recommended Action
Staff recommend that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
2. Approve and Receive the Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan (Attachment A).
Executive Summary
Santa Monica is experiencing a demographic shift with nearly one in five residents over the age of 65 and many living with disabilities or serving as caregivers. To address these trends and strengthen community livability, the City developed the Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan (“Plan”) - a three-year roadmap to advance equity, accessibility, and inclusion for older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.
Funded by the California Department of Aging (CDA) Local Aging & Disability Action Planning (LADAP) Grant Program (Attachment B), the Plan was shaped by extensive community input and guided by a 16-seat Advisory Committee that endorsed the Plan’s findings and strategic goals. Needs assessment findings highlight priorities such as affordable housing, accessible transportation and public spaces, clear multilingual communication, and emergency preparedness, many of which are already underway.
The Plan establishes actionable goals aligned with City priorities and calls for a crossdepartmental collaboration, with Housing and Human Services Department (HHS)
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leading implementation. The Plan’s goals were vetted with relevant City departments to ensure they are high impact, achievable, and can be implemented with strategic use of existing resources or by seeking targeted internal or external budget enhancements.
Staff will return to Council when specific budget actions are required for further implementation of the Plan.
Background
The demographics of Santa Monica are changing as the population of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers continues to grow. According to the 2023 American Community Survey, nearly 20% of residents are age 65 or older, and more than one-third (36%) are age 55 or older. Disabilities affect residents across their lifespan, with prevalence increasing with age—rising to 42% among adults ages 75+.
Caregivers play a critical role in supporting these populations and an estimated one in four adults provides care for a loved one. These local trends reflect statewide changes:
by 2030, one in four Californians will be an older adult and the 60+ population is projected to diversify and grow more rapidly than any other age group, underscoring the need for cities to plan for a more inclusive, age- and disability-friendly future.
Santa Monica has a long history of investing in an inclusive community with accessible public spaces, mobility options, and services that support residents of all ages and abilities (Attachment C). This Plan builds on that foundation to guide the City’s next steps to advance as an age- and disability-friendly community.
Past Council Actions
The following past council actions relate to this item:
Meeting Date Description
02/27/2024
(Attachment D)
City Council authorized acceptance of California Department of Aging Local Aging and Disability Planning grant funds as part of the 2023-24 Mid-Year Budget Update
04/23/2024
(Attachment E)
City Council awarded a Contract for Aging and Disability Strategic Planning Consulting Services to Elizabeth
Anderson Consulting
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Discussion
This Plan sets out achievable goals to accomplish in the next three years and reflects the needs and recommendations of the community, based on a focus-group of community members who helped shape every stage of Plan development.
Overview of Process
Project Launch: In November 2023, Santa Monica secured a grant from CDA to develop the Plan. In early summer 2024, the City: (1) awarded a contract to Elizabeth Anderson Consulting (EAC) to facilitate the planning process; (2) formally partnered with the Disability Community Resource Center and WISE & Healthy Aging to support the project; and (3) joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities (Attachment F), as required by CDA.
Advisory Committee Formation: In summer 2024, the City conducted a robust outreach campaign to recruit applicants to the Advisory Committee (“Committee”), which resulted in 31 applications from community members. In October 2024, a review panel selected 16 Committee members for their lived experience, professional expertise, and intersectional perspectives. The review panel included representatives from the Human Services Commission, Disabilities Commission, Equity and Inclusion Team, HHS, and EAC.
Plan Advisory Committee – 16 Seats
Community Members (8) Appointed Members (8)
- Aging Expertise (2)
- Disabilities Expertise (2)
- Caregiver Expertise (1)
- Regional Programs (1)
- General Expertise (2)
- Human Services Commission (1)
- Disabilities Commission (1)
- WISE & Healthy Aging (1)
- Disability Community Resource Center (1)
City staff (4): Department of Transportation, Housing
& Human Services Department, Recreation & Arts
Department, and Fire Department
Designing and Conducting the Community Needs Assessment: The Committee designed the needs assessment using a combination of publicly available data
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(Attachment G), lived expertise, and the World Health Organization’s Domains of Livability (Attachment H) framework, which represents the essential elements of a livable community. Assessment tools and activities were developed in collaboration with the Committee including a survey (Attachment I), focus groups, and a community open house.
From February 17 to April 1, 2025, the City promoted the needs assessment through press releases, social media, paid ads, e-blasts, multilingual flyers, and a project webpage. Information was offered in English, Spanish, Farsi, and Russian. Outreach was amplified by City departments, Commissions, nonprofit partners, regional agencies, and stakeholders identified by the Committee to ensure diverse voices were engaged.
Nearly 70% of survey respondents positively rated Santa Monica as an age- and disability-friendly city. However, community feedback also revealed a strong sense of vulnerability across the Domains of Livability, with the most pressing being housing stability, mobility, and access to information and support services. See the Plan (Attachment A) for needs assessment findings.
Developing Plan Goals: The Committee reviewed the assessment results to develop the Plan goals which were then vetted with relevant City departments to ensure they were realistic, high-impact, and achievable within the three-year implementation period. In June 2025, the Committee unanimously endorsed the Plan. The goals are organized in five themes of community livability informed by overlapping community needs, the Domains of Livability framework, and the intersectionality of the city and community programs:
1. Mobility, Access, & Inclusive Public Spaces: Improve streets, public spaces, and transit to support safe, accessible mobility for older adults and people with disabilities, day and night.
2. Connected & Resilient Community: Strengthen community by expanding social connections, volunteerism, and support systems.
3. Coordinated Communication & Outreach: Provide timely, clear, and multilingual information through both digital and traditional channels.
4. Housing Stability & Affordability: Expand affordable housing and improve
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access to resources that help residents of all ages and abilities to remain stably housed.
5. Inclusive Emergency Preparedness: Boost community resilience through preparedness education, neighborhood support, and inclusive emergency services.
Implementation
Following receipt by City Council, a three-year implementation will begin in early 2026.
HHS will convene a collaborative of City departments, community organizations, and stakeholders with lived experience to coordinate efforts, align with other City initiatives, and monitor progress. The implementation collaborative will set annual workflows, identify budgetary needs and funding strategies, set performance measures, and provide regular updates to the public through the City website, social media, commission meetings, and Council reports. HHS will work with the City Manager’s Office to ensure Plan implementation responds to shifting federal policies that affect vital programs for older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. At the end of the three years, the City will evaluate outcomes and submit a progress report to AARP as part of its membership in the Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities (Attachment J).
Environmental Review
The receiving of the Plan is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. This is covered by the common-sense exemption which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The plan is administrative and programmatic in nature and provides the City with a framework for establishing an aging and disability strategic plan. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the plan would not result in adverse physical impacts on the environment, and as such, is exempt from CEQA.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the
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recommended actions. Staff will return to Council if specific budget actions are required during the three-year implementation period.
Relevant City departments thoroughly discussed the resources needed to accomplish each goal and believe they are achievable within the three-year implementation period by strategically directing staff time and allocating existing resources, incorporating needs into planned budget requests, and actively monitoring for external funding sources to bring new resources to the community.
Prepared By: Alana Riemermann, Senior Human Services Analyst Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Attachment A: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan B. Attachment B: California Department of Aging Local Aging & Disability Action Planning (LADAP) Grant Program (Web Link)
C. Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability D. Attachment D: City Council authorized acceptance of Local Aging and Disability Planning grant funds as part of the 2023-24 Mid-Year Budget Update (Web Link) E. Attachment E: Award a Contract for Aging and Disability Strategic Planning Consulting Services to Elizabeth Anderson Consulting
F. Attachment F: City Membership in AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities - Mayor’s Letter of Commitment
G. Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary
H. Attachment H: World Health Organization’s Domains of Livability (Web Link) I. Attachment I: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Community Survey J. Attachment J: AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities (Web Link)
K. Written Comments
L. PowerPoint Presentation
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Santa Monica
Aging and Disability
Action Plan
City of Santa Monica
Housing and Human Services Department
Homelessness Prevention and
Intervention Division
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Table of
Contents
Acknowledgements 3
Executive Summary 5
Equity By Design: The Action Plan Advisory Committee 7
Values, Vision, Mission 8
Demographics Snapshot - Older Adults, People with Disabilities, and Caregivers 9
Community Needs Assessment 12
Process & Findings 12
Findings by Domain of Livability 14
Strategic Goals for Santa Monica’s Aging and Disability Action Plan 18 Mobility, Access, & Inclusive Public Spaces 18
Connected & Resilient Community 20
Coordinated Communication & Outreach 22
Housing Stability & Affordability 23
Inclusive Emergency Preparedness 24
Next Steps 26
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Acknowledgements
Santa Monica City Council
City of Santa Monica, Housing and Human Services Department, Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Division
California Department of Aging - Local Aging & Disability Action Planning Grant Program AARP
Action Plan Advisory Committee Members
Suleman Adeyemi, Co-Representative from City of Santa Monica Disabilities Commission Chris Baca, Community Member
Michael Baroff, Community Member
Glenda Berg, Community Member
Barbara Browning, Co-Representative from WISE & Healthy Aging Rene Buchanan, Community Member
Daphne Dennis, Community Member
Richard Diaz, City of Santa Monica Housing Division
Alex Elliott, Co-Representative from City of Santa Monica Disabilities Commission Janie Gates, Co-Representative from WISE & Healthy Aging John Kotick, Representative from Disability Community Resource Center Noelle Lewis, Community Member
Melissa Lo, Community Member
Patrick Nulty, City of Santa Monica Fire Department
Danny Price, City of Santa Monica Recreation & Arts Department Alfredo Torales, City of Santa Monica Department of Transportation Willa Wells, City of Santa Monica Human Services Commission
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Collaborative Partners
Disability Community Resource Center
WISE & Healthy Aging
Project Facilitators
City of Santa Monica Housing & Human Services Department Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Division
Alana Riemermann, MSW, Senior Human Services Analyst
Elizabeth Anderson Consulting
Elizabeth Anderson, MSW, MPH, Principal and Founder
Rachel Behl, MSW, MPH, Consultant
Jason Harley, M.Ed., MSW, PhD, Consultant
Abbe Land, Consultant
Community Open House and Photography Support
Emeritus Program of Santa Monica College
Photography by Christopher Franco
Thank you to Santa Monica community members and partners who engaged in the needs assessment process by sharing their time, insights and feedback to shape the Action Plan.
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Executive
Summary
Introduction
The Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan is a three-year roadmap (from 2026 to 2029) to make Santa Monica a more age- and disability-friendly community.
Background
Santa Monica began developing its Aging and Disability Action Plan in fall 2023, when the City’s Housing & Human Services Department secured a grant from the California Department of Aging. This funding launched the City’s effort to create a local age- and disability-friendly action plan addressing the current, emerging, and future needs of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. In spring 2024, the City kicked off the project, retaining a team from Elizabeth Anderson Consulting, and forming the Action Plan Advisory Committee in fall 2024.
Process
The Advisory Committee - composed of older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, subject matter experts, City staff, and commissioners - led a community-driven planning process. The group adopted core values to guide its work, analyzed community demographics, and guided the design of the spring 2025 community needs assessment using the World Health Organization’s Domains of Livability as a framework. The needs assessment included a widely publicized community survey as well as a community open house event and a series of focus groups.
Community Insights
Nearly 70% of Community Survey respondents favorably rated Santa Monica as an age-and disability-friendly community - due to the City’s significant investments in agingand disability-focused work. Through the needs assessment activities, the community shared valuable insights into their lived experience in Santa Monica. A cross-cutting
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theme in these community dialogues was a deeply felt sense of vulnerability across the Domains of Livability which are the community features that impact well-being, including outdoor spaces, transportation, civic participation and employment, housing, health services and community supports, social participation, respect and inclusion, and communication and information. Based on these findings, the Advisory Committee created a set of responsive goals to address the most pressing community priorities.
Action Plan Goals & Themes of Community Livability
This Action Plan identifies achievable, strategic goals organized under five themes of community livability, as follows:
1. Mobility, Access, & Inclusive Public Spaces: Improve streets, public spaces, and transit to support safe, accessible mobility for older adults and people with disabilities, day and night.
2. Connected & Resilient Community: Strengthen community by expanding social connections, volunteerism, and support systems.
3. Coordinated Communication & Outreach: Provide timely, clear, and multilingual information through both digital and traditional channels.
4. Housing Stability & Affordability: Expand affordable housing and improve access to resources that help residents of all ages and abilities to remain stably housed.
5. Inclusive Emergency Preparedness: Boost community resilience through preparedness education, neighborhood support, and inclusive emergency services.
These goals advance equity, access, and quality of life for older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.
Implementation and Next Steps
Led by the Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Division in the Housing and Human Services Department, the team will coordinate the Action Plan implementation efforts. The Division will partner with a collaborative of City and community representatives to ensure lived experience remains central to implementation. This group will identify workflow processes and resources needed to reach each goal. The community will be updated regularly on progress towards the Action Plan’s goals through regular community presentations and information posted on the city website.
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Equity
By Design:
The Action Plan Advisory Committee
The Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan is intentionally designed as a community-driven, equity-focused initiative grounded in the lived experience of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers who live and/or work in Santa Monica.
To ensure the plan reflects the realities and aspirations of the community, the City of Santa Monica and its consulting team facilitated a community-centered design process from the outset.
At the heart of this effort is the 16-seat Action Plan Advisory Committee – comprised of community members, subject matter experts, caregivers, older adults, people with disabilities, and representatives from City departments and commissions.
The Committee was formed through a broad outreach and recruitment effort to ensure diverse representation and a variety of expertise.
The Advisory Committee played a central role in shaping every aspect of the plan since their first convening in fall 2024. Members adopted shared values, reviewed demographic data, designed the community needs
assessment, and engaged in deep listening to understand what matters most to Santa Monica community members. Their contributions are the vision, values,
and strategic goals of the plan, providing a shared
commitment to building an even more inclusive,
responsive, and compassionate city—one where
all people can age and live with dignity, connection,
and purpose.
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Developed by the Advisory Committee
Values, Vision, Mission
Values
The Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan is grounded in values that shape both process and outcomes:
• Respect – We honor the dignity of all individuals and value diverse viewpoints and lived experiences.
• Participation – We support active engagement, creating space for every voice to contribute meaningfully.
• Inclusiveness – We commit to communication and engagement that is accessible and culturally responsive.
• Joy in Process – We foster connection and community by making room for joy and shared moments.
• Care – We prioritize compassion and mutual support as essential to building an equitable city.
• Deep Listening – We practice active listening, ensuring feedback leads to thoughtful dialogue and responsive action.
Vision
The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
Mission
The City of Santa Monica honors and supports older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers by advancing inclusive policies, accessible infrastructure and a culture of respect, care, and participation. Through deep listening and communitycentered investment, we strive to create a livable city where everyone thrives.
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Older Adults,
People with Disabilities,
and Caregivers
Demographics
Snapshot
Older Adults
Santa Monica is home to a significant and growing population of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. Today, nearly 20% of Santa Monica’s residents are 65 or older, which is a higher percentage than in Los Angeles County and the State of California. Of those, nearly half are over the age of 75, and more than one-third live alone—factors that increase vulnerability and highlight the need for tailored support systems. Ensuring language access is also essential for this community. Around 34% speak a language other than English at home, and nearly 18% have limited English proficiency, highlighting the need for multilingual services. Among the most common languages other than English are Amharic, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Farsi. While the older population is predominantly White (69.4%), a significant portion—about 30.6%—identify as people of color, including Latino, Asian, and Black residents. This racial and ethnic diversity, combined with language differences and varying health and income levels, shapes the diverse landscape of aging in Santa Monica.
Table 1: Demographic Snapshot of the Older Adults in Santa Monica
SANTA MON ICA LA COUNTY
Total Population
Older Adults (65y+)
% of Total Population
White 65y+
BIPOC 65y+
65y+ in Poverty
65y+ Living Alone
Non-English Speaking 65y+
Female 65y+
Adults 75y+
17,611
19.6%
12,222 (69.4%)
5,389 (30.6%)
2,941 (16.7%)
6,410 (36.4%)
3,117 (17.7%)
10,038 (57.0%)
8,418 (47.8%)
1,448,571
15%
549,008 (37.9%)
899,563 (62.1%)
208,594 (14.4%)
301,303 (20.8%)
524,383 (36.2%)
811,200 (56.0%)
605,503 (41.8%)
89,939 9,663,345
COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
Percentages in parentheses reflect proportions of the older adult population age 65+.
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People with Disabilities
People are living with disabilities across their lifespan in Santa Monica and rates increase sharply with age. Disability rates under age 65 hover around 13%, but this statistic is likely underreported. Roughly 18% of residents aged 65 to 74 have at least one disability, and the prevalence increases to 42% among those 75 and older. These disabilities range from mobility and sensory challenges to cognitive and mental health conditions. Approximately 70% of older adults with disabilities in Santa Monica are women, highlighting important gender considerations in service planning (ACS, 2023).
Table 2: Percent of population with a disability in each age group Health Status
Chronic health conditions and social isolation are areas of concern as well. Data from Los Angeles County shows that Latino and Black older adults experience higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and limited social support compared to their White and Asian peers. Additionally, the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is increasing across Los Angeles County - this is currently the third leading cause of death among adults 65 and older, and dementia cases are expected to nearly double by 2030. In Santa Monica, these health condition trends are present as well, especially among residents who live alone or have limited English proficiency (LA County Public Health Reports, 2020; California Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Disease Program, 2022).
SANTA MON ICA LA COUNTY
Under 5
5 to 17
18 to 34
35 to 64
65 to 74
75+
0.0%
3.5%
3.6%
6.0%
17.6%
42%
0.6%
4.3%
5.3%
9.4%
23.4%
50%
AGE GROUP
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
Disability rates under age 65 hover around
13%, but this statistic is likely underreported.
Roughly 18% of residents aged 65 to 74 have
at least one disability, and the prevalence
increases to 42% among those 75 and older.
Latino and Black
older adults
experience higher
rates of diabetes,
hypertension,
and limited social
support compared
to their White and
Asian peers.
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Economic security is a growing challenge. The median income for older adults in Santa Monica is about $59,000, yet nearly 18% live below the federal poverty level—higher than the county average. People of color, particularly Latino and Asian older adults, are disproportionately represented among older adults living in poverty. Based on state-level data, an estimated 22% of people with a disability between the ages of 21 and 64 live below the poverty line (American Community Survey, 2023). Housing cost burden is especially high among older renters and homeowners with mortgages, many of whom spend more than 30% of their income on housing (American Community Survey, 2023). Among people experiencing homelessness on the Westside, 15% are aged 60 or older, and 41% are living with a disability (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Homeless Count data, 2024).
Caregivers
Caregivers are another critical support for older
adults and people with disabilities in Santa Monica.
In the broader Westside region, nearly one in four
adults provides care for a loved one. Many caregivers are older themselves or balancing multiple roles, such as employment and parenting. With dementia rates rising and a large percentage of older adults living alone, the need for both formal and informal caregiving support is expected to grow (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2020).
Conclusion
Together, these demographic insights provide the foundation for Santa Monica’s Aging and Disability Action Plan. The Action Plan’s strategic goals are directly informed by this data and the voices of community members who participated in the 2025 Aging and Disability Action Plan community needs assessment.
Economic security is
a growing challenge.
The median income
for older adults in
Santa Monica is about
$59,000, yet nearly
18% live below the
federal poverty
level—higher than
the county average.
In the broader Westside
region, nearly one in four
adults provides care for
a loved one.
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Process & Findings
Community Needs
Assessment
Needs Assessment Process
To ensure the Action Plan goals are community-driven, the Advisory Committee developed the needs assessment to center the lived experience of Santa Monica’s older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. The needs assessment collected people’s opinions, insights and experiences in Santa Monica across the Domains of Livability. The needs assessment was conducted February - April 2025 and promoted widely through City networks, community partners and a month-long advertising campaign in the Santa Monica Daily Press, both online and in print. The needs assessment offered opportunities to engage virtually, in-person, and in multiple languages, including American Sign Language.
The following activities brought a diverse perspective of community thoughts, needs and ideas into conversation:
Survey respondents were asked to voluntarily provide demographic information, which was reported as follows:
COMMUNITY
SURVEY
AGE
Average: 71.6 years
Median: 73 years
GENDER
Female: 75%
Male: 25%
RACE/ETHNICITY
White: 78%
Black: 5%
Latino/a: 7%
Asian: 7%
Native American: 3%
DISABILITY STATUS
35% indicated having
at least one disability
CAREGIVER STATUS
Current caregiver:
Unpaid: 10%
Paid: 3%
Former caregiver:
Unpaid: 39%
Paid: 5%
Not a caregiver: 43%
ZIP CODE
90401: 9%
90402: 9%
90403: 24%
90404: 22%
90405: 30%
Outside
Santa Monica: 7%
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Under $25,000: 21%
$25,000 - $49,999: 19%
$50,000 - $99,999: 14%
More than $100,000: 20%
Decline to state: 26%
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
1 person: 53%
2 people: 35%
3 people: 7%
4 people: 3%
More than 4: 2%
484 responses
COMMUNITY
OPEN HOUSE
50 attendees
COMMUNITY MEMBER
FOCUS GROUP
SERVICE PROVIDER
FOCUS GROUP
10 attendees 10 attendees
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The framework for gathering community input for the Action Plan was designed using the World Health
Organization’s Domains of Livability;
created to help cities become more
age- and disability-friendly. The
domains include key areas such
as housing, transportation, social
participation, and access to health
services—factors that influence
how well people can age and live
with dignity in their communities.
Needs Assessment Findings
Overall, community sentiment is positive - nearly 70% of survey respondents rated Santa Monica favorably as an age- and disability-friendly community. The focus groups and community conversations provided valuable insights into what is working well, what could be improved, and what steps can help make
Santa Monica even more age- and disability-friendly
moving forward.
A cross-cutting theme in the focus groups and community conversations was a deeply felt sense of vulnerability.
This vulnerability presented in people’s stories about
feeling isolated and disconnected from community life;
their concerns about housing affordability and aging in the community as their needs change; and facing barriers
and safety concerns related to using public transit,
sidewalks, busy crosswalks and other public open spaces.
SANTA MONICA AGING AND DISABILITY ACTION PLAN - COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT Nearly 70% of survey respondents rated Santa Monica favorably as an age- and disability-friendly community.
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Findings by Domain of Livability
Community Needs
Assessment
Community Needs
Community Needs
The community would benefit from expanded and flexible
options that accommodate diverse mobility needs,
including evenings and weekends.
There is a need for well-maintained, accessible sidewalks, pathways and streets, increased public restroom availability, improved lighting, and inclusive design that supports people of all abilities.
Most common ways of getting around:
70% drive own car
70% walk
39% take Big Blue Bus
Public transit concerns are safety related:
61% while riding
55% at bus stops
75% say city libraries were rated the most
age- and disability-friendly city facilities
Beaches and city hall were rated as less
age- and disability-friendly city spaces
74% say sidewalks meet needs
40% are satisfied with sidewalk maintenance
Key concerns about the public right of way are:
48% unsafe intersections
42% streets
SURVEY INSIGHTS
SURVEY INSIGHTS
TRANSPORTATION
OUTDOOR SPACES
AND BUILDINGS
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98% have health insurance and a regular place
for healthcare
15% find it difficult to afford food
56% have been caregivers
Top caregiving challenge is emotional stress
and burnout (selected by 73% of caregivers)
75% reported daily social contact and
81% feel satisfied with their current level
of social contact
65% participate in community activities
34% want to participate but cannot
Community Needs
Community Needs
There is a need for more coordinated services,
expanded access to in-home care, and increased
support for caregivers to sustain their own health
and independence as they care for others.
Community members are seeking more culturally relevant, local, and inclusive opportunities for connection to reduce isolation and foster community belonging.
SURVEY INSIGHTS
SURVEY INSIGHTS
SOCIAL
PARTICIPATION
COMMUNITY AND
HEALTH SERVICES
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Santa Monica welcomes all: 84% agree
Feel respected: 82% agree
Feel included: 77% agree
Mobility challenges is the most common
disability-related barrier to participation: 66%
58% of respondents do not feel financially
secure for retirement
32% are employed or looking for work
36% currently volunteer
There is a need to promote public awareness about
aging and disabilities, including dementia-friendly
practices, to ensure all individuals feel seen, respected, and valued in community spaces.
The community would benefit from increased access
to flexible and meaningful volunteer and employment
opportunities, as well as easier pathways to civic
participation.
SURVEY INSIGHTS
SURVEY INSIGHTS
CIVIC PARTICIPATION
AND EMPLOYMENT
RESPECT AND
INCLUSION
Community Needs
Community Needs
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consider moving:
49% Housing costs
39% Cost of living
62% are not aware of aging-in-place resource
During an emergency:
21% need assistance from emergency personnel
30% need transportation assistance
32% are not prepared or need help preparing for
a 72-hour emergency
Top sources of information:
65% Santa Monica Daily Press
47% SaMo News
46% word of mouth
40% internet websites
Preference for printed materials and personal outreach
To ensure everyone can stay informed and connected,
clear, simple, multilingual, and accessible communication is needed across both digital and non-digital platforms.
There is a growing demand for more affordable, accessible, and diverse housing options that support residents to age in the community as their needs change.
SURVEY INSIGHTS
SURVEY INSIGHTS
Community members would benefit from inclusive,
easy-to-understand emergency preparedness resources—
especially those that do not rely solely on digital access.
SURVEY INSIGHTS
COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION
Community Needs
HOUSING
Community Needs
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
Community Needs
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For Santa Monica’s Aging and Disability Action Plan
Strategic Goals
The Action Plan identifies achievable, strategic goals organized under five themes of community livability.
The Action Plan’s strategic goals advance City Council priorities of economic opportunity and growth; clean streets and safe neighborhoods; and affordable, livable and secure housing for all.
The Action Plan also connects with interdepartmental strategic plans spanning mobility, homelessness, housing, equity and diversity, ADA accessibility, parks and recreation, behavioral health, public safety, and emergency preparedness, as well as regional and statewide initiatives like Purposeful Aging Los Angeles and the California Master Plan for Aging.
Quotes below are from community members who
participated in the 2025 needs assessment activities.
MOBILITY, ACCESS, & INCLUSIVE PUBLIC SPACES
Domains of Livability: Transportation; Outdoor Spaces
and Buildings
Community priorities in this area inform the focus on improving the public right-of-way and creating more vibrant, welcoming outdoor spaces and public facilities that ensure accessibility for the diversity of ways people move, rest, and navigate in these environments throughout the day and night. Additionally, there is a focus on increasing flexibility, comfort, and accessibility of transit choices while acknowledging that driving and walking continue to be an important option for older adults and people with disabilities to safely get to and from community locations. "I think it has the
ability to be a really
great age friendly
city in terms of
accessibility,
especially [since]
certain areas are
so walkable.”
– Community Member
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“You can’t get
across Wilshire
Boulevard before
the light changes.”
– Community Member
Goals:
a. Expand On-Demand Transit - Expand operating hours of the Mobility on Demand Every Day (MODE) transportation service for adults aged 65+ or 18+ with a disability to 8am - 6pm, seven days a week. Note: current operating hours are M-F, 8am-4:30pm; Saturday, 8:30-4pm,
Sunday service is currently suspended.
Complete by Year 3.
b. Place Seating at More Bus Stops - Install and
maintain seating at 85% of all bus stops in the City,
prioritizing high-usage routes and areas with higher
concentrations of older adults and people with
disabilities. Complete by Year 3.
c. Enhance Safety on Public Transit - Big Blue Bus to continue its focus on cleanliness and safety by maintaining transit security officer hours on local bus routes. Implement Year 1- Year 3. d. Create an Aging Lens for Equity - Informed Mobility and Safety Enhancements – Create tools to determine and map density and location of older adults and people with disabilities. This data would be used by City departments (Public Works Department and Department of Transportation) when evaluating roadway and public right of way safety enhancements (e.g., crosswalks enhancements and sidewalk repairs).” Complete by Year 3.
e. Repair Sidewalks on a Regular Basis - Public Works Department to continue its focus on public safety and accessibility by repairing two sidewalks a month per City Sidewalk Repair Policy.
Implement Year 1- Year 3.
f. Increase Accessibility in City-Owned Facilities -
Propose a Capital Improvement Project in the City’s
FY 26-27 Biennial Budget to conduct the City’s
required ADA compliance audit of City-owned facilities
(buildings, parks, outdoor spaces) to create an ADA
transition plan, with an enhanced recommendation
or wayfinding to support access and circulation
Implement Year 1; Complete by Year 3.
“I need a bench every few
blocks…it’s not a luxury,
it’s how I can still leave
the house without fear.”
– Community Member
"I would love to
join a garden group,
but the path there
is gravel and I use
a walker.”
– Community Member
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CONNECTED & RESILIENT COMMUNITY
Domains of Livability: Community and Health Services; Social Participation; Respect and Inclusion; Civic Participation and Employment Community priorities in this area focus on strengthening community by creating social experiences, volunteer opportunities and spaces to purposefully connect older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. The focus also includes enhancing public system readiness to respond to the unique needs of this population.
Goals:
a. Enhance Social Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities - Identify internal or external funding sources to reinstate Santa Monica Adaptive Recreation and Sports Social Club, and Explorer's Program, to create social experiences for people with disabilities ages 13+, and their friends, via weekly social connection, and monthly excursions, supported by a City staff member and volunteers. Complete by Year 3.
b. Strengthen Intergenerational Connections - Pilot four intergenerational programs at existing community hubs with potential partners to include City departments and community organizations and groups. Complete by Year 2. c. Explore Feasibility of a Santa Monica Village - Study models and funding sources to determine feasibility of seeding a grassroots, neighbor-to-neighbor Santa Monica Village, which is a volunteer-driven organization that builds community through social programs, and coordinates support services like
non-medical household tasks and
transportation. Complete by Year 3.
d. Increase Caregiver Support -
Expand and promote support
programs for family caregivers in
partnership with community organizations, with the goal of increasing caregiver participation; inclusive of
support groups, trainings, caregiver
check-ins, respite care, and mental
health help. Complete by Year 2.
“Want to go out at
night? Apparently
we don’t. Want to go
to church on Sunday?
You can’t get there
without a car…
it’s hard to find
someone to help.”
– Community Member
“Just tell me
where to go and
what I can do.
I’m not done
giving back.”
– Community Member
“It’s a very
frustrating and
lonely endeavor
to be a caregiver…
we need a support
social group where
we can vent, exchange guidance,
and feel heard.”
– Community Member
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e. Reduce Isolation and Strengthen Connection to Community Services - Complete an inventory of friendly calling programs serving older adults and people with disabilities in Year 1. Use findings to identify service gaps, inform upcoming funding opportunities, and guide updates to the City’s online resource listings. Complete Year 1.
f. Increase Awareness about Government Benefits -
Host annual in-person resource fairs focused on topics
such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and care
services at libraries, senior centers, and other community locations. Host two events annually, helping 200+ people each year. Implement Year 1 - Year 3.
g. Host Community and Health Services Information
on City Website - Create a comprehensive listing of
community and health services on the City’s website to
be shared with residents via a variety of communication methods. Resources to include links to City programs, non-profit agencies, social events/clubs, and other government services for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. Complete by Year 3.
h. Enhance Police Responsiveness to the Needs of Elder and Dependent Adults - Every two years, provide training to educate Santa Monica Police Department’s sworn officers on how to best respond to and assist elder and dependent adults. Implement Year 1 - Year 3.
“It’s not just
about getting
services — people
want to be part of
something. They
want to feel like
they still belong.”
– Community Member
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COORDINATED COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH
Domains of Livability: Communication and Information;
Community and Health Services
Community priorities in this area inform the focus on empowering people with easy to understand, timely, and multilingual information via channels that take advantage of technology while continuing to use traditional, printed, and interpersonal communication methods.
Goals:
a. Inventory of Outreach and Promotion Tactics - Produce an inventory of existing communication and outreach tactics across departments.
Complete by Year 1.
b. Standardize Outreach and Promotion Tactics - Enhance the City’s communication/outreach protocol with standardized guidance on how to promote information through tactics that connect with the range of ways people get information beyond digital, e.g. print, word-of-mouth, flyers, mail, billboards, information posted at City and community-partner locations; leverage digital accessibility standards, and provide guidance on strategies to equitably engage diverse older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. Complete by Year 3.
“Make it bigger.
Make it simple.
No fancy
language.”
– Community Member
“So many people I
know don’t use the
computer. It becomes
a clique – those who
get the information
and the rest of us who
don’t hear anything.”
– Community Member
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HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY
Domains of Livability: Housing
Community priorities in this area focus on increasing housing stability by expanding affordable options and making housing resources focused on retention easier to find, understand, and use for people across ages, abilities and incomes.
Goals:
a. Expand Rental Assistance - Increase the number of older adults and people with disabilities receiving financial assistance to maintain housing or cover basic living expenses by 30%. Complete by Year 3.
b. Expand the City’s Preserving our Diversity (POD) Program - Increase the number of participants in the POD program from 220 to 300 people.
Complete by Year 3.
c. Increase Awareness about Housing Resources - Host three housing workshops annually with information for older adults and people with disabilities —held at libraries, parks, or nonprofit community partners—focused on resources that support housing retention and address housing crises, reaching a total of 100 attendees. Implement Year 1- Year 3.
d. Develop more Affordable Housing for Older Adults
and People with Disabilities - Develop or enter into predevelopment for 50 low income, 50 very low income, and 50 extremely low income units for older adults and people with disabilities, for a total of 150 affordable units.
Complete by Year 3.
"...I feel like I am part
of the community. I
have lived here. It’s
my community."
– Community Member
“Every year the rent
goes up. I don’t know
how much longer I
can stay where I am.”
– Community Member
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INCLUSIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Domains of Livability: Emergency Preparedness
Community priorities in this area inform the focus on fostering community resilience by expanding emergency preparedness education, strengthening neighborhood capacity, ensuring support for residents with access and functional needs.
Goals:
a. Increase Support Available to Vulnerable
Populations during Emergencies - Host four
community enrollment events annually to encourage
older adults and people with disabilities to register
for the Santa Monica Fire Department’s Community
Connect – a free emergency preparedness program
which allows residents to share details about their
household’s access and functional needs (including
pets) to inform the Fire Department’s situational
awareness during emergencies. Goal to outreach
to 1,000 households total from this target population.
Complete by Year 3.
b. Increase Emergency Preparedness among Older Adults and People with Disabilities - Host four emergency preparedness educational and outreach events annually with a specific focus on preparing older adults and people with disabilities. Work with Santa Monica Neighborhood Councils, places of worship, libraries, non-profit organizations, schools, and other community-based settings to promote the trainings. Implement Year 1 - Year 3.
c. Support Property Manager Readiness for Emergency Evacuations - Identify and promote existing resources that outline evacuation steps for building managers and provide to 100% of Assisted Living and Senior Housing facilities in Santa Monica. Complete by Year 2.
“If the power
goes out, I lose my
oxygen. I need to
know someone
will come help me.”
– Community Member
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d. Enhance City’s Emergency Management Plans for Safe
Evacuation of People with Access and Functional Needs – In alignment with Local Hazard Mitigation Plan commitments, City emergency management, first responders and other service providers to create all-department city evacuation plan, focusing on wildfire, tsunami and dam inundation evacuation.
Plan to include processes to support the safe evacuation of people with access and functional needs, including those in assisted living or high-rise buildings and those without access to private transportation. Complete by Year 1.
e. Enhance Transit Partners Readiness for Emergency Evacuations – As part of city’s evacuation planning process, City Office of Emergency Management and Santa Monica Fire Department to convene local transit partners to contribute to city’s emergency evacuation planning process. Once plan is approved, transit partners to review annually for updates (e.g., evaluating evacuation routes, potential of expanding Big Blue Bus MODE service area or services hours under emergency declaration). Complete by Year 2.
f. Increase Availability of High-Rise Building Evacuation Tools - Santa Monica Fire Department to identify and secure external funding resources to install evacuation chairs or other emergency evacuation devices (e.g., Med Sled) in 5 high-risk buildings. Complete by Year 3.
“We don’t need a
flashy plan—we need
to know someone
has our back.”
– Community Member
SANTA MONICA AGING AND DISABILITY ACTION PLAN - STRATEGIC GOALS
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Moving from Planning to Action
Next Steps
The Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan marks the beginning of a three-year effort to make the community even more age- and disability-friendly.
With strategic goals in place, the next steps focus on partnership, implementation, and progress tracking.
To build community awareness and broad momentum around Santa Monica’s priority to become even more age- and disability-friendly, progress towards the Action Plan goals will be shared with the community via regular community presentations, written updates to City Council, on the City website, and via social media posts. At the end of the three-year implementation, the City will assess the impact of implementing the plan and submit a progress report to AARP as part of expectations of being a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
The City is committed to transparency, deep listening, working with community partners and an adaptive implementation of the process to reach the goals of Santa Monica’s Aging and Disability Action Plan.
We invite the community to stay engaged - this is your plan! Online: santamonica.gov/aging-and-disability-action-plan Phone: (310) 458-2200 x. 5771
Email: [email protected]
City of Santa Monica
Housing and Human Services Department
Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Division
SANTA MONICA AGING AND DISABILITY ACTION PLAN - NEXT STEPS
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Packet Pg. 854 Attachment: Attachment A: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan (7020 : LADAP) 1 Attachment C - Community Assets by Domain of Livability Outdoor Spaces & Buildings
Summary: The City of Santa Monica is committed to creating safe, accessible, and inclusive outdoor spaces and buildings that support the health and well-being of residents of all ages and abilities. From well-maintained parks and walking paths to agefriendly public buildings and rest areas, Santa Monica prioritizes design that encourages social connection, physical activity, and ease of access. Parks, sidewalks, and buildings that are clean, safe, and easy for everyone to use.
Assets include:
• Beach Accessibility: Santa Monica provides beach access paths leading to the water's edge and offers electric beach wheelchairs for day use, enhancing beach accessibility for individuals with mobility challenges. • Pier Access: The Santa Monica Pier is fully wheelchair accessible, including ramps and elevators, and features tactile and visual wayfinding elements. • Universally Accessible and Inclusive Playgrounds: North Beach, South Beach, Ishihara Park, and Marine Park Playgrounds are universally accessible playgrounds designed for children of all abilities, ensuring inclusive play opportunities. Douglas Park Playground will be reconstructed as an additional fifth inclusive playground, with the playground opening expected in Fall 2025. • Community Gardens - The City currently has five outdoor gardens that provide active living opportunities to Santa Monica residents and a way to engage in urban agriculture and create unique, biodiverse habitats that support our efforts to be a sustainable city through local food production, sustainable land stewardship, community composting, water conservation practices, and community engagement. The City is also working on two additional gardens: 19th Street Community Farm and Reed Park Community Garden. Community gardens are a source of pride for the community, and we actively look for ways to engage the greater community through our monthly programs, workshops and events. Gardens are therapeutic, energizing and an opportunity for socialization and community engagement.
Transportation
Summary: The City of Santa Monica offers a range of accessible transportation options designed to support the independence and mobility of older adults and people with disabilities. The City is focused on making transportation choices available that are safe, reliable, and convenient.
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Packet Pg. 855 Attachment: Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability (7020 : LADAP) 2 Assets include:
• Mobility On-Demand Every Day (MODE): Big Blue Bus has partnered with Lyft to introduce Mobility On Demand Every Day (MODE), the City of Santa Monica's shared-ride service for older adults and persons with disabilities. The MODE program provides members with greater options for freedom and mobility, by offering curb-to-curb, on-demand transportation - including wheelchair accessible rides, convenient payments, and much more.
• Active Aging Program Pilot: Supported adults aged 65 and older in utilizing various transportation options to enhance mobility, safety, and health. The program encouraged walking, bicycling, and transit use, aiming to improve older adults' quality of life.
Housing
Summary: The City offers affordable older adult housing options, including rentcontrolled apartments and Below Market Housing waitlists. Additionally, organizations like Wise & Healthy Aging provide various services to support older adults in housing.
The City is dedicated to helping older adults and people with disabilities find affordable housing and live comfortably as they get older or to remain living independently in the community.
Assets include:
• Below Market Housing (BMH) Waitlist: City-wide waitlist for affordable apartments in Santa Monica. Apartments in the BMH program are designated for households that make up to the area median income, and include units at both non-profit and market rate properties. Older adult-only buildings in the program include Magnolia Villas and Greenway Meadows, as well some apartments designated for households needing accessibility features. • Senior Section 8 Waitlist: Specifically for older adults, for three affordable buildings in Santa Monica: Santa Monica Christian Towers, Westminster Towers, and Nielson Villas. (Note: the waitlist is currently closed, but is active for those with existing applications).
• Preserving Our Diversity (POD): Provides cash-based assistance to lowincome, long-term Santa Monica residents aged 65 and older living in rentcontrolled apartments, helping them achieve a minimum monthly after-rent income.
• Low-Income Disabled Tenant Fee Waiver: This program waives the annual Rent Control registration fee for very-low-income tenants with qualifying disabilities, potentially reducing monthly rent costs.
• Very Low-Income Senior Fee Waiver: This program waives the annual Rent Control registration fee for very-low-income older adults (62 years or older), potentially reducing monthly rent costs.
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Packet Pg. 856 Attachment: Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability (7020 : LADAP) 3 • Home Access Program - The Independent Living and Home Access Program, operated by the Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC), specifically supports housing stability and community living by funding home modifications for their program participants. These modifications are aimed at helping people— particularly older adults and individuals with disabilities—remain in their homes safely and independently.
• Continuum of Care Program: Managed by the Santa Monica Housing Authority, the program helps people with disabilities experiencing chronic homelessness secure permanent housing—either through tenant-based vouchers or referral to permanent supportive housing in the City of Santa Monica.
Social Participation
Summary: Santa Monica offers a vibrant array of programs and services to promote social participation among older adults and individuals with disabilities, fostering community connection, lifelong learning, and well-being. The City offers fun activities where people can meet others and feel part of the community.
Assets include:
• Santa Monica Public Library Programs & Events: Offers a variety of free programs, including author events, film screenings, concerts, and technology workshops, promoting lifelong learning and social engagement. • Santa Monica Reads: One of the longest-running community-wide reading programs in the United States, offering a unique opportunity for individuals to come together, read a shared book, and participate in enriching discussions and events. This program fosters a sense of connection and community, encouraging dialogue, understanding, and a shared love of literature across diverse audiences.
• Club de Oro para Adultos Mayores: A weekly program at Virginia Avenue Park that provides social and cultural activities for older Spanish-speaking adults, fostering community engagement.
• Memories & Movement Senior Club: A bi-weekly social club for older adults held at Virginia Avenue Park. Each week focuses on something new – including exercise, socializing, and learning from guest presenters on a variety of topics. • Club WISE: Wise and Healthy Aging offers a social club for older adults that provides weekly exercise classes, special community events and various workshops.
• WISE Diner: provides healthy lunches at the Ken Edwards Center and Reed Park in the City of Santa Monica to promote food security and social participation by older adults.
• Farmers Markets - Santa Monica Farmers Markets creates thriving, vibrant communities that are inclusive, connected, and diverse by promoting the prosperity of California farmers and small food businesses, preservation of the agricultural arts and sustainable food systems. Four weekly markets on
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Respect & Social Inclusion
Summary: Santa Monica is committed to fostering a community where all individuals regardless of age or ability feel valued and included. Through accessible public events and inclusive facilities, as well as meaningful community engagement efforts, the City ensures that older adults and people with disabilities are actively represented and supported in shaping the services and spaces that impact their lives.
Assets include:
• Accessible Public Events & Facilities - City events and cultural programs are designed to be inclusive, with accessible venues, sign language interpretation, mobility support, and outreach to older and disabled residents to encourage participation.
• Community Engagement & Representation- Through ongoing initiatives like the citywide Aging and Disability Action Plan, the City involves residents in shaping services and their environments. Feedback from older adults and people with disabilities directly informs planning, ensuring their needs and perspectives are respected and included.
Civic Participation & Employment
Summary: Santa Monica supports opportunities for all residents to actively participate in civic life. Through inclusive volunteer programs and advisory bodies like the Disabilities Commission and Human Services Commission, the City empowers community members to contribute their voices, shape local policies, and help build a more equitable and inclusive Santa Monica.
Assets include:
• Disabilities Commission: Advises on policies and programs to enhance accessibility and inclusion, aiming to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in Santa Monica.
• Human Services Commission: Advises the City Council on priorities and strategies involving the well-being, equity, and needs of vulnerable residents, including older adults and people with disabilities.
Communication & Information
Summary: Santa Monica is dedicated to ensuring that all residents can easily access clear, inclusive, and accessible information. Through resources like the Santa Monica Public Library, the City’s official website, and the guidance of the ADA Coordinator, the
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Packet Pg. 858 Attachment: Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability (7020 : LADAP) 5 City promotes digital inclusion, ADA compliance, and effective communication to keep the community informed, connected, and engaged.
Assets include:
• Santa Monica Public Library Programs & Events: Offers a variety of free programs, including author events, film screenings, concerts, and technology workshops, promoting lifelong learning and social engagement. • City's Official Website: Offers comprehensive information on programs and services for older adults and individuals with disabilities, ensuring accessible communication.
• City of Santa Monica's ADA Coordinator: Plays a key role in ensuring that the City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and promotes accessibility and inclusion across all City programs, services, and facilities.
Community Support & Health Services
Summary: Santa Monica offers a diverse network of health and social services designed to support the well-being of all residents, with a strong focus on older adults and individuals with disabilities. Through partnerships with organizations like WISE & Healthy Aging, Meals on Wheels West, the Disability Community Resource Center, and St. Joseph Center, the City ensures access to essential services such as meal delivery, transportation, case management, and specialized care. These coordinated efforts promote independence, reduce isolation, and enhance quality of life particularly for the most vulnerable members of the community.
Assets include:
• WISE & Healthy Aging: A nonprofit organization offering meal services, support groups, case management, peer counseling, and referrals to promote independent living among older adults.
• WISE & Healthy Aging Adult Day Center: Day services for individuals who are elderly and frail with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, Parkinson's, or the vestiges of a stroke.
• Meals on Wheels West: Delivers meals to homebound Santa Monica residents of any age, ensuring nutritional needs are met for those unable to prepare meals themselves.
• Disability Community Resource Center: Center for Independent Living dedicated to supporting the equality of life for people with all kinds of disabilities.
Provides financial assistance to low-income Santa Monica residents with disabilities and older adults experiencing financial hardship. • St. Joseph Center: The Santa Monica Older Adults Health and Wellness Program provides adults aged 55 and older who are living in Santa Monica with comprehensive case management to improve their economic stability, health, and wellness.
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Packet Pg. 859 Attachment: Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability (7020 : LADAP) 6 • WISE & Healthy Aging Care Management program for vulnerable older adults: The WISE Care Management and Santa Monica Fire Department (SMFD) launched a collaborative program to address the growing challenge of non-emergency 9-1-1 calls, especially from vulnerable, older adult residents in Santa Monica. This program was designed to provide a comprehensive care management system aimed at reducing the strain on emergency services while improving the quality of life for older adults with chronic health issues, social isolation, and other complex needs.
Emergency Preparedness
Summary: Santa Monica is committed to ensuring the safety and resilience of all residents through proactive emergency planning and response. With dedicated first responders and programs led by the Office of Emergency Management and the Police and Fire Departments, the City provides vital tools like Community Connect to support effective, informed emergency response. The City is focused on ensuring inclusive preparedness and coordinated support before, during, and after emergencies.
Assets include:
• Community Connect: Launched through the Santa Monica Fire Department, Community Connect is a vital piece of technology that provides first responders with critical information regarding residences or businesses. This information, which the homeowner or business owner inputs, allows first responders to make strategic and tactical decisions enroute should the need arise for us to respond in an emergency. Having information such as floor plans, pets, or specific medical needs will assist responders in those critical moments when every second matters.
• Office of Emergency Management: Emergency Services & Preparedness (ESP) administers the implementation of extensive disaster planning, training and proactive community-based preparedness programs to ensure that the City of Santa Monica is a disaster resilient community. ESP also oversees the operation of the City's Emergency Operation Center (EOC). The EOC provides a central command center for all City departments and external response stakeholders to work collaboratively to respond to and recover from all unplanned emergencies/disaster events and large planned events within the City of Santa Monica. The Office of Emergency Management has an identified Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Coordinator as part of the City’s EOC staffing to ensure that special attention is given to issues affecting various AFN communities.
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Packet Pg. 860 Attachment: Attachment C: Community Assets by Domain of Livability (7020 : LADAP) City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: April 23, 2024
Agenda Item: 5.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Heather Averick, Director, Housing and Human Services Department Subject: Award a Contract for Aging and Disability Strategic Planning Consulting Services to Elizabeth Anderson Consulting
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of no possibility of significant effect pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;
2. Award RFP #400 to Elizabeth Anderson Consulting for consulting services in connection with establishing a citywide aging and disability strategic plan for the Housing and Human Services Department; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Elizabeth Anderson Consulting in an amount not to exceed $155,000 for two years with future year funding contingent on Council budget approval.
Summary
In November 2023, the City of Santa Monica was awarded a grant from the California Department of Aging Local Aging & Disability Action Planning (LADAP) grant program.
LADAP funds will be used to create a citywide age- and disability-friendly action plan.
The Housing and Human Services Department released a Request for Proposal (RFP) on February 14, 2024, to procure an expert consultant to begin the LADAP planning process and create the LADAP action plan. Five proposals were submitted by the March 8, 2024, closing date. Staff recommends approval of an agreement with Elizabeth Anderson Consulting in an amount not to exceed $155,000.
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Discussion
As a LADAP grantee, the City is using these grant funds to create local age- and disability-friendly action plans to improve the City’s livability and address the current, emerging, and future needs of the City’s older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers. The goals of the LADAP grant program align with California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) (Attachment A), a “blueprint” for state government, local government, the private sector, and philanthropy to prepare the state for the coming demographic changes and to continue California’s leadership in aging, disability, and equity.
As highlighted in the MPA, the population is aging across the nation and older adults are expected to be one of the largest age groups in the state of California by 2030. The number of people with disabilities is also increasing in the wake of the pandemic as a “mass disabling event” (The Century Foundation) (Attachment B). Older adults and people with disabilities also face unique vulnerabilities that highlight the need to conduct a targeted assessment and community outreach campaign to gain a deeper understanding of existing and emerging needs experienced amongst this growing community.
With LADAP funds in hand, the City is embarking on a planning process to improve coordination across City departments and within the community, to comprehensively address community needs and adequately plan for Santa Monicans who are aging or who have a disability - particularly those who are the most vulnerable within our community. The City’s planned approach to apply an equity lens and center cultural competency, community engagement, and disability inclusion throughout the LADAP planning process will result in a roadmap with actionable steps to address the social determinants of health and achieve more equitable outcomes and life experiences for older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.
Santa Monica City Council priorities, adopted in March 2023, include: Cultivate Economic Recovery & Expand Community & Cultural Offerings for various groups including seniors; Addressing Homelessness which includes addressing the behavioral health needs of vulnerable populations; and advancing racial equity and social diversity
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to increase equitable outcomes for all populations as part of the Racial Justice, Equity & Social Diversity priority. The LADAP Action Plan that would be created by Elizabeth Anderson Consulting if awarded can be leveraged to advance these Council priorities within the aging and disability communities in Santa Monica, as well as other crossdepartmental initiatives, by helping quantify the need for senior or accessible housing in Santa Monica, elevating effective homelessness prevention strategies for older adults and people with disabilities, and identifying barriers that drive inequitable outcomes for older adults and people with disabilities in Santa Monica.
Ultimately, the City will utilize the LADAP Action Plan to guide future budget recommendations and identify further areas of alignment to promote the health and wellbeing to support Santa Monicans to age in place, and ensure community livability for those of all ages and abilities.
In February 2024, the City issued an RFP to procure an expert consultant to help lead LADAP planning alongside inter-departmental City staff, City Commissions, and community-based partners.
Vendor Selection
Bidder Recommendation
Best Qualified Firm Elizabeth Anderson Consulting
Evaluation Criteria Proposed work plan ability to accomplish project goals; previous experience with strategic planning and/or community engagement and/or other projects focused on aging and
disability; proposer’s unique expertise in aging and disability; local experience; efficiency in cost proposal; proposer’s work samples and references for similar engagements.
Municipal Code SMMC 2.24.190
RFP Data
Posting Date: 2/14/2024 # of Vendors Downloaded: 35
Closing Date: 3/8/2024 # of Submittals Received: 5
Posted On: City’s online bidding site, OpenGov, which sent notifications to over 6,700 registered vendors
Additional
Outreach:
In addition to over 6,700 vendors registered in the City’s OpenGov platform, notification about the open bid was sent to Housing and Human Services Department’s robust email
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distribution list, which includes over 330 representatives from agencies funded by the Human Services Grants Program, the Human Services Commission, Disabilities Commission, Virginia Avenue Park & Police Activities League Boards, Cradle to Career collaborative, Early Childhood Task Force collaborative, Westside Cities Councils of Government, the Westside
Coalition, and neighborhood associations.
Submittals Received
Elizabeth Anderson Consulting
Global Urban Strategies
Leone Solutions Group
Maroon Society
SDSU Research Foundation: Social Policy Institute/Center for Excellence in Aging & Longevity
Justification to Award
An evaluation panel of representatives from the Housing and Human Services Department; Santa Monica Fire Department; Department of Transportation; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team within the City Manager’s Office; and a representative from both the Human Services Commission and Disabilities Commission reviewed and ranked all proposals using the criteria set out in the RFP. There were a total of six members on the evaluation panel. Scores were averaged to generate the highest scoring proposal. Based on the panelist reviews and criteria set forth in SMMC
2.24.190, Elizabeth Anderson Consulting is being recommended based on their experience managing similar projects and previous experience working with the City of Santa Monica; their unique position within local aging and disability networks; their demonstrated understanding of issues impacting older adults and people with disabilities in Santa Monica; and a proposed workplan that is realistic, will accomplish project objectives, and is sensitive to equity, cultural competency, and disability inclusion. Additionally, Elizabeth Anderson Consulting received an aggregated score of 95 out of 100 points by the evaluation panel - the highest scoring proposal by more than 5 points.
Past Council Actions
Date Description
February 27, 2024 (Attachment C) City Council authorized acceptance of LADAP grant funds as part of the 2023-24 Mid-Year
Budget Update.
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Environmental Review
The award agreement is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. The award agreement is covered by the common-sense exemption which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The award agreement is administrative in nature and provide the City with consulting services for establishing an aging and disability strategic plan.
Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the agreement would not result in adverse physical impacts on the environment, and as such, is exempt from CEQA.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
Staff seeks authority to approve funding from the Miscellaneous Grant Fund to award a contractual services agreement with Elizabeth Anderson Consulting for consulting services in connection with establishing a citywide aging and disability strategic plan.
FY 2023-24 Request
Amount
Account Number Total Contract Amount
$155,000 20420001.556090 $155,000
Prepared By: Alana Riemermann, Senior Human Services Analyst Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Attachment A: California Master Plan for Aging
B. Attachment B: The Century Foundation - Economic Justice is Disability Justice C. Attachment C: 2023-24 Mid-Year Budget Update Staff Report D. Attachment D: Executed Oaks Initiative Form
E. Attachment E: Executed Levine Disclosure Form
F. California Master Plan for Aging (PDF File of Attachment A Website)
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G. The Century Foundation - Economic Justice is Disability Justice (PDF File of Attachment B Website)
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Packet Pg. 866 Attachment: Attachment E: Award a Contract for Aging and Disability Strategic Planning Consulting Services to Elizabeth Anderson Consulting 1685 Main Street, Room 209, Santa Monica, CA 90401 • (310) 458-8201 • [email protected] santamonica.gov • @cityofsantamonica • @santamonicacity August 12, 2024
Mr. Rafi Nazarians
Advocacy Director, AARP California
200 S. Los Robles Ave., Suite 400
Pasadena, CA 91101
Dear Mr. Nazarians:
On behalf of the City of Santa Monica, it is my pleasure to submit this letter committing to the mission, values and practices of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. The City of Santa Monica maintains a strong commitment to serving the diverse needs of our community, and we are excited to join the Network as we strive to make our city a more livable community for people of all ages.
The City of Santa Monica recently received a Local Aging and Disability Action Planning (LADAP) Grant from the California Department of Aging to develop a citywide aging-and disability-friendly action plan (Action Plan). To build our plan, we will engage our local aging and disability communities to identify areas to grow, improve and strengthen the city’s livability.
AARP’s Eight Domains of Livability, and the State of California’s Master Plan for Aging goals will be utilized as a framework to develop Santa Monica’s Action Plan.
The following objectives in Santa Monica’s LADAP project demonstrate the City of Santa Monica’s commitment to the AARP’s and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Age-Friendly Community Practices:
Objective 1 - Raise Awareness
The first phase of building Santa Monica’s Action Plan is community outreach to increase awareness among stakeholders about the benefits of planning and developing a cross-sector action plan to meet current, emerging, and future aging and disability-related needs. Interested community members will be encouraged to submit a statement of interest to participate on the Action Plan Advisory Committee.
Objective 2 - Assess Age-Friendliness
The Advisory Committee will review existing community data and best practices and inform additional assessment strategies to gauge the community’s age-friendliness.
Objective 3 - Build Local Plan
The Advisory Committee will study the results of the community assessment and select strategic priorities to address community needs and increase equitable outcomes for older adults and people with disabilities. These priorities will include measurable indicators of progress.
Objective 4 - Promote Plan & Measure Progress
We will promote the City’s Action Plan to community organizations, leaders and residents and develop an approach to routinely monitor progress towards the Action Plan goals.
We look forward to collaborating with AARP California and Network members as we continue the work to make our city an even more age-friendly community.
Sincerely,
Phil Brock
Mayor
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Packet Pg. 867 Attachment: Attachment F: City Membership in AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities - Mayor’s Letter of Commitment (7020 : LADAP) 1 Attachment G – Community Demographics Summary
Purpose
This report provides an overview of relevant publicly available data to inform the development of the Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan (“Plan”) which is focused on improving community livability, and planning for the current and future needs of older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. This data summary includes information about community demographics, health status, economic conditions, and caregiving needs. Where possible, Santa Monica-specific data is cited from the U.S.
Census and other sources; when needed, Los Angeles County trends are interpreted as a baseline projection for the Santa Monica community.
The forthcoming Plan is informed by a combination of the publicly available data below, and feedback from an extensive needs assessment process that engaged community members through surveys, focus groups, and a community open house.
Geography and Government Structure
Santa Monica covers 8.4 square miles on the western edge of Los Angeles County and is part of the county’s Service Planning Area 5 (SPA 5), which encompasses other Westside communities, including Beverly Hills, Culver City and Council District 11 of the City of Los Angeles. SPA 5 provides regional context and data beneficial for comprehensive health and social planning.
Santa Monica operates under a council-manager form of government. The sevenmember City Council acts as the city's legislative body, with policies implemented by the City Manager. This governance model supports effective administration and responsive services tailored to local needs.
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Packet Pg. 868 Attachment: Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary (7020 : LADAP) 2 Older Adult Population
Santa Monica has a significant and growing older adult population. Current estimates are detailed below:
Santa Monica LA County
Total Population 89,939 9,663,345
Older Adults (65y+) 17,611 1,448,571
% of Total Population 19.6% 15%
White 65y+ 12,222 (69.4%) 549,008 (37.9%)
BIPOC 65y+ 5,389 (30.6%) 899,563 (62.1%)
65y+ in Poverty 2,941 (16.7%) 208,594 (14.4%)
65y+ Living Alone 6,410 (36.4%) 301,303 (20.8%)
Non-English Speaking 65y+ 3,117 (17.7%) 524,383 (36.2%) Female 65y+ 10,038 (57.0%) 811,200 (56.0%)
Adults 75y+ 8,418 (47.8%) 605,503 (41.8%)
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023),
*Note: Percentages in parentheses reflect proportions specifically of the senior population (65+).
Racial/Ethnic Composition
Santa Monica’s older adult population (65 and over) is majority White with representation from Asian, Black and Latino populations in the minority. The table below compares racial/ethnic groups for the population 65+.
Population 65y+ by Race and Ethnicity
Santa Monica LA County
Asian 10.40% 20.20%
Black 4.70% 8.40%
Latino 12.50% 31.00%
White 69.40% 37.90%
Other 3.00% 2.50%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
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Packet Pg. 869 Attachment: Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary (7020 : LADAP) 3 Language
Among Santa Monica residents aged 65 and older, approximately 6,829 (34%) speak a language other than English at home. Of these, 3,577 individuals—representing 17.7% of the older adult population—report speaking English less than “very well.” Common languages spoken include Amharic, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Farsi.
Sources: American Community Survey (2023); UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Population Living with a Disability
Data from Santa Monica and Los Angeles County show that disability rates rise sharply in older adulthood—particularly among those aged 65 to 74. In Santa Monica, 17.6% of residents in this age group report having a disability, compared to 6.0% of people ages 35 to 64.
Percent of population with a disability in each age group Age
Group
Santa
Monica
LA
County
Under 5 0.0% 0.6%
5 to 17 3.5% 4.3%
18 to 34 3.6% 5.3%
35 to 64 6.0% 9.4%
65 to 74 17.6% 23.4%
75+ 42% 50%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
Types of disabilities among people ages 65+ with a disability in Santa Monica Disability Type Prevalence
Sensory 16%
Physical 31%
Mental 16%
Self-care 14%
Go-outside-home 24%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
Racial/Ethnicity/Gender
Disability prevalence by race and ethnicity is relatively consistent—ranging from 8% to 10% across Asian, Black, Latino, and White populations. However, there is a
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Sources: American Community Survey (2023)
Health Conditions by Race/Ethnicity (Ages 50 and Over)
Health Disparities
Health status among older adults varies significantly by race and ethnicity, particularly in Los Angeles County. County-level data serves as a baseline to estimate disparities in Santa Monica. Among people ages 50 and older, Latino and Black adults experience notably higher rates of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension compared to their White and Asian counterparts. Mental health and social wellbeing also show disparities—Asian and Latino older adults are more likely to report limited social support and lower levels of physical activity. Health disparities in Santa Monica may appear less pronounced than rates in LA County but remain important, particularly when intersecting with language access and living arrangements.
Health Conditions by Race/Ethnicity for Age 50+ in LA County Latino White Black Asian
Diabetes 28.10% 13.60% 27.10% 18.10%
Hypertension 43.30% 39.90% 57.10% 43.30%
Depression 16.00% 19.30% 21.70% 11.10%
Limited Social Support 34.80% 10.90% 10.40% 39.60%
Gets Adequate Aerobic Exercise 20.20% 31.50% 29.40% 28.80% Source: LA County Public Health Reports (2020)
Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias have a profound and growing impact on older adults across Los Angeles County. This is currently the third leading cause of death among adults 65 and older. Dementia cases are expected to nearly double by 2030—especially among Latino, Asian, and Black communities. Santa Monica can anticipate a similar prevalence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, which should be considered in the context of other demographic data points.
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Packet Pg. 871 Attachment: Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary (7020 : LADAP) 5 Older adults with Alzheimer’s or other dementias may be impacted by memory loss, disorientation, and managing daily activities. These challenges are magnified when individuals lack consistent support, which is important to consider given that 36% of Santa Monica’s older adults live alone. People living alone may face delayed diagnoses, difficulties following care plans, or increased safety concerns due to isolation.
Sources: LA County Public Health Reports (2020); California Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Disease Program (2022).
Caregivers
Family caregivers are essential to the well-being of older adults and people with disabilities, often serving as the primary source of day-to-day support. In Los Angeles County, approximately 17% of adult men and 18% of adult women provide unpaid care.
While city-specific data is not available, Santa Monica is part of Service Planning Area 5 (SPA 5), where an estimated 24% of adults report providing care to a friend or family member in the past 30 days. Many of these caregivers are older adults themselves or are juggling multiple responsibilities like careers and parenting.
The demand for both unpaid and professional caregiving in Santa Monica is expected to grow, driven by several intersecting factors: an aging population, a high percentage of older adults living alone, and the predominance of women—who are statistically more likely to serve as caregivers and to need care as they age. Chronic illnesses and dementia-related conditions will further intensify this need.
Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (2020)
Income and Expenses
Income and Poverty
Many older adults in Santa Monica rely on a mix of Social Security, pensions, retirement savings, and, in some cases, continued employment. However, income levels vary widely, and a significant portion of the older population lives on fixed incomes that struggle to keep pace with the city’s high cost of living. The median income for Santa Monica residents aged 65 and older is approximately $59,000, which is lower than the median for older adults in Los Angeles County. Poverty is present, 17.9% of Santa Monica’s older residents live below the federal poverty level—a rate higher than the
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Packet Pg. 872 Attachment: Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary (7020 : LADAP) 6 county average. Among people with a disability ages 21-64, state-level data indicates 22% live below the poverty line (American Community Survey, 2023).
Older adults in Santa Monica experience poverty at higher rates than the general adult population. While 17.9% of residents aged 65 and older live below the federal poverty level, only 10% of adults ages 18 to 59 fall below that threshold. When poverty data among older adults is disaggregated by race and ethnicity, disparities emerge. For example, although White residents make up the largest share of the older adult population, Latino and Asian older adults are disproportionately represented among those living in poverty. The table below shows the racial and ethnic distribution of Santa Monica residents aged 65 and older who are below the federal poverty line.
Of Total Ethnic Group, Percent of Older Adults 65+ below Federal Poverty Line Santa
Monica
Los Angeles
County
Asian 3.36% 3.13%
Black 3.77% 2.70%
Latino 3.16% 1.53%
White 3.49% 2.45%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
Of Ethnic Group Population below Federal Poverty Line, Percent who are Older Adults 65+
Santa
Monica
Los Angeles
County
Asian 32.49% 27.65%
Black 16.37% 13.63%
Latino 33.19% 9.77%
White 29.88% 25.06%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
While local data on labor force participation among people with disabilities is not available for this report, national trends suggest that individuals with disabilities in Santa
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Packet Pg. 873 Attachment: Attachment G: Community Demographics Summary (7020 : LADAP) 7 Monica likely experience lower employment rates and reduced income-earning opportunities compared to the general population.
Labor Force Participation Rate
Santa Monica LA County
16 to 19 16.4% 26.3%
20 to 24 90% 71%
25 to 29 94.4% 85.1%
30 to 34 95.9% 85.6%
35 to 44 86.7% 83.6%
45 to 54 87.7% 82.5%
55 to 59 84.9% 75.5%
60 to 64 63.3% 62%
65 to 74 38.2% 30.9%
75 + 11% 8.5%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2022)
Housing Status and Costs
Housing affordability remains a key determinant of economic stability for older adults.
Cost burdens vary significantly based on housing tenure—whether individuals rent, own with a mortgage, or own their homes outright. The table below presents the total number of renter and owner households in Santa Monica, along with the percentage of occupants by age group. Overall, approximately 73% of Santa Monica households are renters, while 27% are homeowners. Noteworthy, home ownership is concentrated in the 55+ population, which represents 61.5% of all Santa Monica homeowners.
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Age
Owner
Occupied
Renter
Occupied
15 to 24 0.55% 3.48%
25 to 34 6.07% 24.59%
35 to 44 13.30% 21.12%
45 to 54 18.58% 15.63%
55 to 59 10.39% 7.60%
60 to 64 10.90% 6.94%
65 to 74 21.81% 11.69%
75 to 84 12.86% 6.02%
85+ 5.53% 2.94%
Total 100% 100%
Source: American Community Survey (ACS, 2023)
The tables below illustrate housing cost burdens among older adults in Santa Monica and Los Angeles County across these categories. Notably, a substantial proportion of older renters and homeowners with mortgages in Santa Monica spend more than 35% of their income on housing, indicating a high level of financial vulnerability. Even older adults who own their homes without a mortgage are not exempt from cost pressures, facing ongoing expenses such as property taxes, maintenance, and utilities. These burdens, when coupled with fixed incomes and rising healthcare costs, increase the risk of housing instability.
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Older Adult Renters
Cost Burden Santa Monica LA County
Less than 30% 54% 43%
More than 30% 46% 57%
Older Adult Homeowners with a Mortgage
Cost Burden Santa Monica LA County
Less than 30% 61% 57%
More than 30% 39% 43%
Older Adult Homeowners without a Mortgage
Cost Burden Santa Monica LA County
Less than 30% 74% 83%
More than 30% 26% 18%
Source: City of Santa Monica and LA County Housing Data (2020) Homelessness
The challenges facing older adults and people with disabilities are even more acute among people experiencing homelessness. According to the 2024 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Point-in-Time Count, 15% of people experiencing homelessness in Service Planning Area 5 are aged 60 or older, and 41% are living with a disability. The most commonly reported disabilities include substance use disorders, physical limitations, and serious mental illness.
Sources: American Community Survey (ACS, 2022 & 2023); City of Santa Monica and LA County Housing Data (2020); LAHSA Point-in-Time Count (2024);
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AGING AND DISABILITY ACTION PLAN
COMMUNITY SURVEY
City Hall
City Libraries
City Parks - including playgrounds, meeting
rooms, restrooms, gardens, open Space, e.g.,
Marine Park, Reed Park, Palisades Park
City Community Hubs - Virginia Avenue Park
(VAP) Reed Park’s Joslyn Hall, Annenberg
Community Beach House, Swim Center
No
Excellent Good Poor Fair
Your voice matters – the City of Santa Monica is developing an Aging and Disability Action Plan, and we want to hear from you! This short survey will help us to understand your experiences and develop ideas to help Santa Monica become even more ageand disability-friendly.
This survey will take about 15-20 minutes to complete. Individual responses to the survey are confidential and anonymous. Feel free to skip any questions that don’t apply to you.
Your input will help us create the City’s Aging & Disability Action Plan for a more inclusive and supportive community for older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. The Action Plan will be presented to the City Council for adoption in September 2025.
Survey responses are due April 1, 2025.
Thank you for helping us build a more age- and disability-friendly Santa Monica! An age- and disability-friendly community supports the inclusion, accessibility, and well-being of individuals across all ages and abilities. It removes barriers and promotes equity, independence, and full participation in community life.
1. Overall, how would you rate Santa Monica
as an age- and disability- friendly
community?
Yes No Don’t Know
Yes No Don’t Know
Yes No Don’t Know
Yes Don’t Know
Other City Facilities - e.g., Santa Monica Institute
(SMI), Childcare Recreation Enrichment Sports
Together (CREST), Police Activities League (PAL)
Yes No Don’t Know
City Beaches - including playgrounds,
restrooms
Yes No Don’t Know
2. Do you feel the following locations in
Santa Monica are age and disability-friendly
spaces?
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Packet Pg. 877 Attachment: Attachment I: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Community Survey (7020 : LADAP) If there is a specific city location that you feel is not age or disability friendly, please list the location name and details:
3. How do you get around Santa Monica for things like: shopping, dining, errands, health appointments, socializing? (select all that apply) Friend or family drives me
Drive my car LA County Access Paratransit
Taxi/Uber/Lyft Bus- Big Blue Bus
Walk Mobility on Demand Everyday (MODE) - Big Blue Bus
Bus - LA Metro
I do not leave my house On-demand e-scooter/e-bike
Expo Line - LA Metro Bike
Other (please specify):
Accessible sidewalks Yes No Don’t Know
Maintenance and repairs of sidewalks Yes No Don’t Know
Accessible curb ramps Yes No Don’t Know
Well-lit, safe streets for all users (pedestrians,
bicyclists, drivers)
Yes No Don’t Know
4. Do these mobility-related features of the city meet your needs when getting around Santa Monica?
Well-lit, safe intersections for all users
(pedestrians, bicyclists, drivers)
Yes No Don’t Know
Affordable public parking lots
Yes No Don’t Know
Accessible public parking payment machines
Yes No Don’t Know
Other (please specify):
If you responded “No” to any of the above, please describe why:
Time allotted for pedestrian crossing signals
Transit options for older adults and people
with disabilities
Yes No Don’t Know
Yes No Don’t Know
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5. Do you have any concerns about fully relying on Santa Monica’s public transit system instead of using a car? (select all that apply)
Reliability of transit schedule
Concerned about losing balance and falling
while on transit
Lack of seating at transit stop
Hours of operation Not knowing available routes and schedules Lack of shade at transit stop
Affordability
Personal safety while riding public transit
Lack of secure wheelchair space
Safety around the public transit stop
Other (please specify):
Difficulty boarding public transit
Distance to get to the bus stop from my
home or to my destination
Feel safe spending time outdoors during the day? Yes No Feel safe at night? Yes No
6. Is the neighborhood where you live, a place where you:
If you responded “No” to any of the above, please describe why not:
7. If you were to consider moving out of your home, which of the following reasons would influence your decision? (select all that apply) Housing Costs - unable to afford monthly/annual housing costs.
Interior Accessibility - the interior design of my home will not support independent living (e.g., stairs within my home, narrow doorways in my home).
General Costs of Living - unable to afford costs of basic needs like housing, food, health, and transportation.
Exterior Accessibility - the exterior aspects of my home will not support independent living (e.g., living on an upper floor of my building, stairway into my home).
Issues with my landlord - e.g., related to upkeep of my building, renter’s rights issues.
Wanting to be closer to family, friends or other social networks Needing a higher level of care or support services - e.g., assisted living, skilled nursing.
Other (please specify):
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8. Do you know there are affordable community resources available to support independent living and aging in place in your home? (e.g., home modifications, in-home caregiving, dementia care, assistive technology)? Yes No
If you responded “Yes” to the above, what resources have you used? Disagree Strongly
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Santa Monica fosters a culture of
welcoming people of all backgrounds
I feel respected in Santa Monica
community life
I feel included in Santa Monica
community life
Community decision making and civic
activities welcomes all opinions and ideas
I feel heard when I share my needs or
provide feedback to inform community
decision making
9. Do you agree with the following statements?
I know where to find information about
city meetings and events
If you disagreed with any of the above, please describe why:
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10. How do you stay informed or find information about Santa Monica community events, services, or resources? (select all that apply) Santa Monica Daily Press
Flyers posted in businesses (coffee shops, stores,
restaurants)
Social media
SaMo News Emails with digital flyers
Word of mouth
Community based organizations (non-profit or faithbased organizations, food pantries, recreational centers, educational insitutions)
Television
Internet websites Radio
Other (please specify):
Flyers in City spaces (libraries, parks, farmer’s
markets)
Daily Weekly Monthly
11. How often do you have contact with people like friends, family, or neighbors? This contact could be by phone, in person, e-mail, or social media (such as Facebook).
A few times a year Never
12. Is the amount of contact you have with people from the previous question:
Too much Just right Not enough
13. Do you participate in any social, wellness, recreational or spiritual activities in the Santa Monica community?
14. Do you volunteer with any social, wellness, recreational or spiritual groups in the Santa Monica community?
Yes No
Yes No
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15. Please indicate who offers the programs you participate in or volunteer with in Santa Monica:
City Recreation
City Arts & Cultural Affairs
Volunteer Participate
Volunteer Participate
City Libraries
City Parks
Volunteer Participate
Volunteer Participate
Local businesses
Faith community
Volunteer Participate
Volunteer Participate
Educational institutions
Nonprofit organizations
Volunteer Participate
Volunteer Participate
Senior centers
My employer
Volunteer Participate
Volunteer Participate
Online programs
Other (please specify):
Volunteer Participate
16. Do available opportunities for social, wellness, recreational or spiritual activities meet your needs?
Yes No
If you responded “No”, please describe why not:
17. Are there aspects of Santa Monica community life that you would like to participate in, but can’t?
Yes No
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Packet Pg. 882 Attachment: Attachment I: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Community Survey (7020 : LADAP) If you responded “Yes” to the above, describe the biggest barrier to participating:
18. In general, would you say your health is:
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
19. Do you have health insurance?
20. Do you have a place you regularly go for health care? If you responded “No” to the above, please share why:
21. Do you have a caregiver?
Yes, an unpaid caregiver (e.g., family member, friend, or other contact) No, but I need a caregiver
Yes, a paid caregiver
No, I don’t need a caregiver
Yes No
Yes No
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22. In the past year, have you experienced difficulty affording food to eat due to lack of money or other challenges?
Yes No
If you responded “Yes” to the above, please describe any programs you accessed for assistance: (e.g., CalFresh, food pantry or food bank, low-cost group meals):
23. Do you know where to find information about health and wellness programs in Santa Monica? (e.g., government benefits counseling, community health clinics, free or low-cost food, mental health, substance use treatment) Yes No
24. In the event of an emergency or natural disaster that requires sheltering in place, do you have a plan, supplies and medication prepared to manage 72-hours on your own in your home? (select all that apply)
Yes No Need help preparing
25. What type of assistance will you need to evacuate your home and neighborhood during a disaster? (select all that apply) Evacuation assistance from emergency personnel
Evacuation transportation assistance
As much advance warning of evacuation as possible
Other (please specify):
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26. Are you currently, or have you ever been, a caregiver for a family member, friend, or another individual?
Current caregiver, paid
Previous caregiver, unpaid
Current caregiver, unpaid
Previous caregiver, paid
No (If No, skip to Question #31 in “About You” section)
27. If you are a caregiver for a person with a disability or special needs, please select the option that best describes them. (select all that apply) Child, 18 or older
Spouse/partner
Child, under 18
Parent(s)
Other Adult(s), 18 or older
28. Are you caregiving for a person who is experiencing memory problems that may be related to Alzheimer’s or other dementias?
Yes No
29. What are, or were, your top challenges as a caregiver? (Select all that apply) Feeling isolated
Getting respite care so I can take a break
Emotional stress or burnout
Concern that the person I am caring for will wander and get lost Financial burden
I am a paid caregiver and the pay does not keep pace with my household expenses Finding reliable resources to support the independence of the person I care for Getting legal help in planning for care needs or with financial challenges Other (please specify):
Lacking knowledge on caregiving strategies (e.g., dementia care)
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30. Do you know where to find information about programs and resources available to support caregivers? (e.g., respite services, support groups, education) Yes No
The following demographic questions will only be used to show community trends and themes for the Aging and Disability Action Plan. Individual responses are anonymous and confidential.
ABOUT YOU
31. What year were you born?
32. What is your zipcode?
90402
90403
90401
90404
Zip code outside Santa Monica
90405
33. Do any of the following factors affect your experience in community life? (Select all that apply)
Vision - blind or serious difficulty seeing, even with glasses.
Cognitive challenges - Difficulty with memory, concentration, or decision-making due to a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
Hearing - deaf or significant difficulty hearing.
Mobility - Difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Daily activity challenges - Difficulty with bathing, cooking, cleaning or dressing.
Community participation challenges - Difficulty running errands alone, such as going to the doctor or shopping, due to a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
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34. Which race and ethnicity best describes you? (select all that apply) Asian
Black or African American
American Indian/Alaska Native or Indigenous
Hispanic/Latino/a
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White
Other (please specify):
Decline to state
35. What is your gender?
Culturally Specific Identify (e.g., Two-Spirit)
Transgender
Male
Non-Binary
Questioning
Other (please specify):
Decline to state
36. Are you a member of the LGBTQ+ community?
Yes No Decline to state
37. What language(s) are you most comfortable speaking in community settings (e.g., city events, healthcare, non-profit programs)? (select all that apply) Spanish
Russian
English
Farsi
Amharic
Other (please specify):
Mandarin
Female
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38. How long have you lived in Santa Monica?
5-15 years
16-25 years
Less than 5 years
More than 25 years
I don’t live in Santa Monica
39. Which of the following best describes your current living situation? Owner
Homeless
Renter
Assisted Living/Skilled nursing Facility
Other (please specify):
Decline to state
40. How many people live in your household, including you? 2 3
1 4
More than 4
41. Currently I live: (select all that apply)
With a spouse or partner
With family
Alone
With friend(s)/roomates(s)
In a group setting
Other (please specify):
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42. What is your annual household income?
Between $75,000 - $99,999
Under $25,000
Between $150,000 - $199,999
Decline to state
43. What best describes your current employment status? Employed, full-time
Retired
Employed, part-time
Unemployed
If you are employed part-time or unemployed, are you looking for work?
Yes No
44. If you are not yet retired, do you feel secure in your plans for retirement? Yes No
If you responded “No” to the above, please share why:
Between $50,000 - $74,999 Over $200,000
Between $100,000 - $124,999
Between $25,000 - $49,999
Between $125,000 - $149,999
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Packet Pg. 889 Attachment: Attachment I: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Community Survey (7020 : LADAP) Thank you for completing this survey!
Please return your completed survey to the location where you received it.
For a full list of locations where you can drop off your completed survey, please visit www.santamonica.gov/aging-and-disability-action-plan or call (310) 458-2200 x. 5771
Do you have more to share?
Please join us at our Aging & Disability Action Plan Open House! Saturday, March 22, 2025; 9:00am - 12:00pm
Santa Monica College Emeritus Campus, 1227 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401 *Virtual participation options available*
All are welcome and we kindly ask you register in advance at:
www.santamonica.gov/aging-and-disability-action-plan
Questions?
Phone: (310) 458-2200 x. 5771
Email: [email protected]
www.santamonica.gov/aging-and-disability-action-plan
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Packet Pg. 890 Attachment: Attachment I: Santa Monica Aging and Disability Action Plan Community Survey (7020 : LADAP) 1 David Yakobson
From: Daphne Dennis <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 1:52 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Alana Riemermann
Subject: Item 11-A Aging & Disability Action Plan
EXTERNAL
Honorable Mayor and City Council members, I served on the Aging and Disability Action Plan Advisory Committee and encourage your approval of the plan’s strategic goals. My particular interest is in the areas of communication and housing.
Communication about the wide array of available local social services and City programs is a vexing challenge.
The “digital divide,” particularly for this plan’s target populations, only increases the problem. I urge you to encourage the participation of staff from every City Department in the implementation of the plan’s goals for communication and outreach.
Local social services providers and community members alike expressed concern about a woeful lack of affordable “what’s next?” residential options for people as their need for personal assistance increases. In addition to the housing goals included in the report, I urge the City to investigate innovative approaches being used around the world to create affordable retirement social housing with options for increasing levels of care.
I’d like to thank City staff-in particular Alana Riemermann-and the Consulting team of Elizabeth Anderson, Abbe Land, Jason Harley, and Rachel Behl. Their creative approach captured diverse community voices and kept the advisory group on task in a tight timeline!
Thank you very much for the opportunity to share in this important community process.
Best regards,
Daphne Dennis
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From: Noelle Lewis <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 4:58 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Written Comment in support of adopting the Aging and Disability Action Plan
EXTERNAL
Dear Council,
I am writing to support the Aging and Disability Action plan being presented tonigh as a Santa Monica resident of over 10 years.
All of the well through out and tirelessly worked on updates and information will benefit our Senior and Aging residents and reflect real time needs and constituent's feedback.
Thank you for your attention to the review and swift approval of this plan.
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Housing and Human Services Department
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Packet Pg. 893 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) Community Context • 1 in 5 residents age 65+ • By 2030, 1 in 4 Californians will be 60+
• Disability prevalence
peaks at 42% among
adults 75+
• 1 in 4 adults serves as a
caregiver
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Packet Pg. 894 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) Action Plan Development Timeline
Fall 2023
• Funding
Awarded: CA
Dept of Aging
Spring 2024
• Consultant:
Elizabeth
Anderson
Consulting
Summer 2024
• Partnerships:
WISE & Healthy
Aging, Disability
Community
Resource
Center, AARP
• Community
Outreach:
Advisory
Committee
recruitment
Fall 2024
• Advisory
Committee
Convenings
Spring 2025
• Needs
Assessment
activities
• Committee
prioritized
plan goals
• City depts.
reviewed
goals
Summer 2025
• Plan
endorsed by
Advisory
Committee
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Packet Pg. 895 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) Needs Assessment
Findings • 70% rate Santa Monica as
age- and disability-
friendly
• Key vulnerabilities: • Housing stability • Mobility and transportation • Access to information and services
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Packet Pg. 896 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) 5 Action Plan – Vision & Goals
Vision: The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
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Packet Pg. 897 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) 6 Action Plan – Vision & Goals
Vision: The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
Goals:
1. Mobility, Access & Inclusive Public Spaces
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Packet Pg. 898 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) 7 Action Plan – Vision & Goals
Vision: The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
Goals:
1. Mobility, Access & Inclusive Public Spaces
2. Connected & Resilient Community
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Packet Pg. 899 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) 8 Action Plan – Vision & Goals
Vision: The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
Goals:
1. Mobility, Access & Inclusive Public Spaces
2. Connected & Resilient Community
3. Coordinated Communication & Outreach
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Packet Pg. 900 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (7020 : LADAP) 9 Action Plan – Vision & Goals
Vision: The City of Santa Monica is a community where people of all ages, including older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers, are respected, valued, included, and empowered to live with dignity, joy, and connection.
Goals:
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Arminé Chaparyan, Director, Administration
Subject: Establishment of a Self-Certification Pilot Program and Introduction and First Reading of Ordinances to (1) Amend Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter
8.108 to revise the Construction and Demolition Material Recycling Compliance Process and to transition from a deposit-based system to a finebased enforcement approach, and (2) Establish Interim Zoning Regulations Updating Applicability Thresholds and Standards for Resource and Recycling Room Dimensions to; and Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Amend the Text Section 9.21.130 of the Zoning Ordinance Related to Resource Recovery and Recycling Standards
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of Statutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Government Code Section 15061(b)(3).
2. Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance amending Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.108, Subpart B, to amend the construction and demolition material recycling compliance process and to transition from a deposit-based system to a fine-based enforcement approach.
3. Introduce for First Reading an Interim Zoning Ordinance updating applicability thresholds and standards for resource and recycling room dimensions set forth in Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.21.130 in order to further economic recovery efforts by facilitating a self-certification building permit program.
4. Adopt a Resolution of Intention directing the Planning Commission to initiate amendments to the text of Section 9.21.130 of the City’s Zoning Ordinance to update applicability thresholds and resource and recycling room dimensions in order to further economic recovery efforts by facilitating a self-certification building permit program.
Summary
On February 11, 2025, City Council directed staff to create a self-certification pilot program allowing building permits for “non-structural commercial tenant improvements,
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single-family home improvements, and accessory dwelling units” to bypass the normal plan review process and receive approval within one to five business days.
Staff has studied programs from other cities and developed a program that is proposed to be piloted in three phases:
• Phase 1: Commercial Non-Structural Tenant Improvement (no change of use, no food and beverage use, and potentially no tenant improvements over 5,000 square feet)
• Phase 2: Detached Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
• Phase 3: Single Unit Dwellings – new and additions
The self-certification program would fully remove plan check review for the identified project types ensuring that qualifying projects will be able to move into construction within a few days. For Phase 1 implementation, commercial non-structural tenant improvements make up approximately one-third of plan checks and may help alleviate some staff workload issues, addressing Council’s direction. The self-certification program would shift the responsibility for determining compliance with all codes to a licensed architect, who would certify that the project complies with:
• Building Code requirements;
• Zoning Ordinance requirements;
• Public Works requirements including Resource Recovery and Recycling (RRR), Engineering, Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE), and Water Resources; and
• Fire requirements.
The licensed professional would be required to sign an agreement assuming full risk and responsibility for the permitted plan and taking on full liability for compliance.
This report provides an overview of staff’s recommended first phase of this pilot program, which will be open to non-structural commercial tenant improvements (“TIs”) that do not propose a change of use, do not include food and beverage uses, and may exclude commercial TIs over 5,000 square feet if trash enclosure upgrades are needed.
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To help facilitate this program, staff proposes amendments to the construction and demolition material recycling compliance process and trash enclosure applicability and dimensions in Articles 8 and 9, respectively. These changes will simplify the overall process, create objective standards, and provide greater transparency.
Discussion
On February 11, 2025, City Council provided the following direction for staff to develop a voluntary self-certification pilot program (“Program”) in order to expedite the issuance of certain building permits:
“Request of Councilmember Zwick, Mayor Negrete, and Mayor Pro Tem Torosis that the City Council direct the City Manager and City Attorney to expedite the issuance of Building Permits in Santa Monica without reducing building integrity and still adhering to life and safety requirements through the development of a Voluntary Self-Certification Pilot Program for non-structural commercial tenant improvements, single-family home improvements, and accessory dwelling units. The Self-Certification Program shall allow Licensed Professionals who agree to self-certify that building plans are compliant with all California codes and local ordinances to bypass the normal plan review process and get approval for permits in one to five business days, facilitating our city’s economic recovery and reducing the workload on plan check professionals, allowing them to focus on the more complex projects that require their attention. City staff shall return to City Council with recommendations for program design and implementation within six months.”
Over the last six months, an interdepartmental team from City Planning, Building and Safety, Fire, Inspections, Mobility, Resource Recovery & Recycling (RRR), Engineering, Water Resources, Office of Sustainability & the Environment (OSE), Rent Control, and City Attorney’s Office have worked on the development of a program removing all staff review, except for inspections, from the building permit process. Through this coordination, a phased approach to implement this Program was decided upon to allow staff to analyze and amend the Program before expanding into more complex scopes of
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work. As non-structural commercial tenant improvements (“TIs”) already are not reviewed by all departments, there was less risk associated with using this permit type to pilot the first phase of this Program. Additionally, commercial TIs comprise approximately 36% of the building permits submitted to the City. Therefore, this first phase has the potential to have a significant impact on the City’s economic recovery efforts and reduce staff workload on relatively minor projects so that more staff time can be focused on complex projects that require more time and expertise, as is Council’s goal for this Program.
Below is an overview of the proposed Program, including recommended limitations and expansions and other mechanisms necessary for implementation, as well as a comparative analysis of other jurisdictions offering self-certification programs.
Review of Other Self-Certification Programs
In the creation of this Program, staff have also reviewed other jurisdictions that offer self-certification. Key takeaways from this review include the following:
• All jurisdictions require some type of qualifying process.
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• The jurisdictions within the Los Angeles area limit the scope to single-unit dwellings impacted by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
• All jurisdictions only eliminate building code review.
Staff reviewed five jurisdictions, but the table below provides an overview of the four jurisdictions with the most information available online (New York City had limited information).
Jurisdiction
Scope of SelfCertification Code
Review
Eligible Projects for
Self-Certification
Program
Applicant PreQualification
Requirements
City of Los Angeles
Removal of only
Building Code
Review
Single-Unit Dwelling &
associated structures
impacted by Eaton or
Palisades Fire
ICC Exam
County of Los
Angeles
Removal of only
Building Code
Review
Single-Unit Dwelling &
associated structures
impacted by Eaton or
Palisades Fire
3 permits
completed in
County
City of Chicago
Removal of only
Building Code
Review
Small- and mid-sized
residential &
commercial projects
City-conducted
training every 2
years
San Diego County
Removal of only
Building Code
Review
Commercial TIs,
minor grading
City-conducted
training
City of Santa
Monica (Proposed)
Removal of ALL
city plan review
Phase 1: Nonstructural commercial
TIs
3 permits
completed in City
in last 15 years
Phase 1 Scope – Commercial Non-Structural TIs (No Change of Use) and Special Events Structures
Projects eligible for the first phase of this Program will include non-structural, commercial TIs. Non-structural commercial TIs include projects that are only proposing work entirely within existing buildings with no structural or exterior changes (i.e. façade remodels, window replacements, and changes to parking and loading operations).
These projects are generally for new tenants or existing businesses updating their tenant spaces.
In addition to non-structural, commercial TIs, staff proposes to include building permits for structures associated with special events and temporary use permits to be eligible in
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this phase. This expansion is aligned with prior Council direction as it will contribute to greater streamlining efforts for events and pop-up activations in the city.
However, in reviewing projects that would qualify under this first phase, staff proposes the following three project types be excluded from Program eligibility for the reasons provided below:
1. Commercial Non-Structural TI Projects Proposing a Change of Use o Reasons for exclusion:
▪ Requires California Coastal Commission review and approval if located within the Coastal Zone
▪ Necessitates additional technical review and fee assessments from Building & Safety, Civil Engineering, Mobility, OSE, Fire, and RRR ▪ Typically requires upgrades to infrastructure and parking/loading operations
2. Commercial Non-Structural TI Projects Involving Food and Beverage Uses o Food and beverage uses include the following:
▪ Eating and Drinking Establishments – Businesses primarily engaged in selling and serving prepared food and/or beverages for consumption on or off the premises (SMMC Section
9.51.030(B)(8)):
• Bar/Night Club/Lounge
• Restaurants (Full-Service, Limited-Service, and Take-out) • Food Hall
▪ Food and Beverage Sales – Retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption (SMMC Section
9.51.030(B)(10)):
• Convenience Market
• General Market
• Liquor Store
o Reasons for exclusion:
▪ Requires County of Los Angeles Public Health review and approval
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▪ Necessitates additional technical review and fee assessments from Building & Safety, Civil Engineering, Mobility, OSE, Fire, and RRR (even when changing from one type of restaurant to another) ▪ Typically requires upgrades to infrastructure, trash enclosures, and parking/loading operations (even when changing from one type of restaurant to another)
▪ Public health, sanitation, and safety impacts if facilities are improperly designed and constructed (e.g., improper disposal of solid waste and wastewater; industrial waste discharges require implementation of correctly sized pretreatment units prevent sewer system overflows and back-ups)
o By prohibiting food and beverage uses, staff does not anticipate a significant impact on the number of eligible projects for this Program based on data as of June 30, 2025, as shown in the table below. Over the past five years, on average, less than 10% of building permits for commercial TIs with no change of use include food and beverage uses.
Number of Commercial TI Plan Checks with No Change of Use Calendar
Year
Number of Plan Checks
Excluding Food and
Beverage Uses
Number of Plan
Checks Including Food
and Beverage Uses
Total
2021 230 21 251
2022 265 22 287
2023 223 21 244
2024 282 21 303
2025 96 13 109
3. Commercial Non-Structural TIs Over 5,000 Square Feet if RRR Enclosure Does Not Comply with Current Standards
o RRR enclosures typically require structural walls, which requires additional technical review and fee assessments.
o State law recently added the requirement for mandatory organics recycling resulting in many existing trash enclosures now potentially undersized to accommodate bins for the collection of three different waste streams (i.e.
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landfill, recyclables, and organics). The Zoning Ordinance contains minimum dimensions for trash enclosures depending on the size of a tenant space and also establishes thresholds for when existing noncompliant trash enclosures must be upgraded. Due to concerns that larger uses may generate more waste which could create public health concerns if waste is not contained in appropriately sized enclosures, a new threshold of 5,000 square feet for commercial TIs has been established to align with the lowest and minimum existing threshold for non-residential and mixed-use development requirements under SMMC Section 9.21.130(B). If upgrades are required to trash enclosures, these could require structural walls that could disqualify such a project from the self-certification program, which is limited to non-structural improvements.
Staff considered additional exclusions for Landmark and Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) properties but did not find it necessary because commercial TIs only include interior work. Therefore, there will be no exterior impacts on Landmark and HRI properties. However, Landmarks and HRI properties may be considered as an exclusion for future phases of the Program when expanded to Single-Unit Dwellings.
Program & Eligibility Requirements
To participate in this Program, self-certification permits must be prepared and lead by specified licensed professionals that have been pre-qualified. The project lead will be required to take on all liability for the project and attest that it is code compliant. Below is an overview of the required professionals on the project team, which will vary based on the scope of work.
• All projects shall require:
o Licensed Architect to be project lead
o Certified Access Specialist (CASp – ADA certification) • Additional licensed professionals shall be required if the project includes any of the following work:
o Mechanical
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o Electrical
o Plumbing
o Fire Sprinkler (C16 license)
o Fire Alarm (C10 license)
How a Project Lead Qualifies for the Program
For a licensed architect to be qualified to lead a project utilizing this Program, they must first apply to get on the City’s eligibility list. This will require the architect to provide proof that they have completed three projects of similar scope (for this phase, commercial TIs) within Santa Monica in the last 15 years. This timeframe provides a reasonable amount of time for a project lead to have completed three projects within Santa Monica.
Additionally, proof of past work will demonstrate that the project lead has Santa Monicaspecific experience and understanding of local requirements. In review of other jurisdictions that have self-certification programs, all require program participants to demonstrate their qualifications through past experience. Staff’s proposed process is similar to the County of Los Angeles’ self-certification program and will allow a quicker implementation of this Program.
Program Audit & Penalties
As this is a voluntary program, to ensure it operates safely and to hold participants accountable, staff proposes an audit process that could result in disqualification from the future use of this Program and removal from the eligibility list. This “three strikes” rule would be developed under the Building Official’s authority to develop regulations to implement the Building Code and would entail disqualifying a project lead if they are found to be in violation of this Program three times. Violations could include, but are not limited to, working outside of the Program’s scope or requirements in the following ways:
• Making modifications outside of the building’s interior, such as revising parking operations or remodeling the building façade.
• Expanding beyond the project’s scope without approval (even if all interior). • Not hiring the necessary licensed professionals for specialized work.
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• Not adhering to applicable building codes.
• Not following other City requirements, such as not recycling construction and demolition material or using an unauthorized hauler for construction and demolition material removal.
However, pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 8.08.040, a project lead will have the opportunity to appeal the violation before the Building and Fire Life Safety Commission.
After three violations are confirmed, staff poses the following policy question to Council:
Council Policy Question:
Would Council like to put a time limit on how long a project lead is removed from the qualified list after the “three strikes” policy?
Staff Recommendation: Option 1 – Disqualify project lead permanently from Program (recommended because this is a voluntary program that needs to have consequences to ensure accountability).
Option 2 – Disqualify project lead for a specified amount of time (Council to provide specified time).
Permit Process
Given the limitations of existing software and as the City has yet to transition to the new land management system, staff will be utilizing the existing “Over-the-Counter” (OTC) permit process as a framework for processing self-certification permits. While the proposed plans will not be routed or reviewed by any division, the process will still include one hour of administrative staff time to confirm project eligibility, submittal requirements, and to assess fees. The current inspections process will still be conducted to ensure construction adheres to the Building Code, including Fire requirements and construction and demolition material removal requirements.
Therefore, the fees below will still be collected for every self-certification permit.
Permit Fees Collected (FY 25-26)
Administrative Time
(1 hour)
$316.83
Building & Safety
Inspection
• Projects 10,000 SF or less: $193.46 + $0.56 per SF
• Projects greater than 10,000 SF: Above calculation +
$0.40 for every additional SF above 10,000 SF
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Fire Department
Inspection
$525.66
C&D Inspection $702.21
RRR Inspection $589.72
In addition to the above fees, staff proposes revising the current upfront requirement of a construction and demolition (“C&D”) material waste management performance security deposit to instead be assessed as a fine before final inspection only if the project is deemed to not be compliant with C&D requirements. Similar to the current fee structure, this fine will be calculated as follows:
SMMC Table 8.108.160.C: Range of Fines
Project Valuation Minimum Penalty Maximum Penalty
$10,000.00 $500.00 $500.00
$100,000.00 $500.00 $3,000.00
$1,000,000.00+ $500.00 $30,000.00
While staff are no longer conducting plan reviews, the existing inspection process will remain. If any issues with compliance are identified during the inspections process, they will need to be rectified. Additionally, a Building Inspector reserves the right to require full plan check review if construction does not match permitted plans or if permit revisions are needed that go beyond the scope of a commercial non-structural TI.
Amendments to the Municipal Code
To ensure the above process can be implemented, staff proposes the following changes to Articles 8 and 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) addressing the C&D waste management plans and thresholds for RRR review. While the proposed amendments are necessary to implement this Program, the amendments will also simplify and streamline the process to benefit all project types. ➢ SMMC Chapter 8.108, Subpart B – Construction and Demolition Material Waste Management Plans
Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste includes materials such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metal, and drywall generated from building, renovation, and demolition projects.
This waste accounts for 25-40% of the world’s total waste stream but is highly reusable
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and recyclable. The City’s C&D waste diversion program under SMMC Section 8.108, requires 70% of all C&D materials to be diverted from a landfill in accordance with the 2022 CalGreen Building Code requirements.
The current code applies to projects that meet review the thresholds – $50,000.00 or 1,000 square feet for construction projects, all demolition projects, and all City sponsored projects – to pay a performance security deposit upfront and submit a waste management plan detailing how the contractor will divert a minimum of 70% of C&D waste materials from a landfill. Deposits are calculated as either $1.00 per square foot for demolition only permits or 3% of the total project valuation for all other projects, with a required minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $30,000. Deposits are held until project completion and only fully refunded if all landfill diversion requirements are met.
This deposit-based system creates large upfront costs that many small businesses and homeowners are not prepared for. There are also potential delays in this current permitting process due to calculating the deposit and providing all C&D program requirements during the first round of review. This system would also prohibit the implementation of a self-certification permit, as it would require staff review time during the building permit review process.
Therefore, staff proposes amendments to address the above issues and to implement the Program. Staff proposes amendments to transition from an upfront deposit-based system to a fine-based enforcement approach. Under the proposed system, the 70% diversion requirement will remain, but staff will now assess fines at the end of the project for non-compliance. Fines will mirror the existing penalty structure, calculated as
0.3% of the total project valuation (10% of 3% of the project valuation) with a maximum $30,000.00 fine. This change will ease the burden of upfront deposits while still holding contractors responsible for meeting City waste diversion requirements.
While some jurisdictions are still requiring deposits, many are enforcing compliance through fines or citations such as the City of West Hollywood, City of Los Angeles, and
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the County of Los Angeles. This will allow a regional alignment to help increase consistency for contractors who work across multiple municipalities.
This change will help streamline the process for all permits by reducing the first step of project review by requiring all projects to submit a waste management plan with their building permit application, removing the financial burden of a deposit, shifting accountability to the contractor instead of small businesses and homeowners, and avoiding unnecessary administrative steps by applying fines only if rules are broken. ➢ SMMC Section 9.21.130 – Resource Recovery and Recycling (RRR) Standards
Recent changes in State law require mandatory organics recycling. However, many existing buildings either have undersized trash enclosures or potentially none at all to contain bins that accommodate three waste streams (i.e., landfill, recyclables, and organics). When buildings either have undersized enclosures or no enclosures, they are prevented from being compliant with State environmental laws unless they permanently leave their waste containers in public right-of-way, which is a violation of SMMC Section 5.08.170 requiring all buildings to keep waste containers on private property. Buildings that leave waste containers in public right-of-way create an array of public health and safety problems and undesirable behaviors including: dumpster fires, scavenging, tipping over waste containers in search of recyclables, clothing items, or edible foods, pest issues caused by exposed trash, and illegal dumping. In fact, most of the 311 requests the City receives related to the aforementioned issues are the result of waste containers placed in public right-of-way. Therefore, current trash enclosure standards prioritize public health and safety as well as State environmental laws and require that bins be fully contained within an enclosure with sufficient space for storage and staging. Currently, projects over a certain permit valuation threshold are required to ensure that trash enclosures are provided on the property and meet current dimensional requirements. Staff proposes amendments to the RRR standards to simplify the thresholds for when trash enclosure upgrades and review are required and to revise resource and recycling room dimension standards. These amendments are described below:
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• Applicability. Currently, one of the applicability thresholds for when projects must comply with current RRR standards is based on an outdated permit valuation threshold. This has consistently resulted in confusion from applicants and staff as to when review is triggered and also challenges for new and existing business in the permitting process, particularly if there is lack of space for required upgrades to existing buildings. Therefore, staff proposes to replace the permit valuation applicability threshold to instead require compliance with current standards for projects with food and beverage uses and all commercial TIs of 5,000 square feet and greater. This would capture projects with high solid waste generation volumes and/or public health and safety concerns where the enclosure may need upgrades.
However, these new applicability thresholds may preclude larger commercial TIs (i.e. greater than 5,000 square feet) from using this Program if existing RRR enclosures are not compliant with current standards. This may be more likely for tenant spaces in existing buildings that were constructed before current trash enclosure standards were established. In those cases, if upgrades to trash enclosures are required in existing buildings, new structural walls could be needed which could no longer qualify the project for the self-certification program as the Program excludes projects with structural improvements. • Dimensional Standards. Staff proposes to eliminate the standard pertaining to “Large Residential, Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development” that gives discretionary approval to the Director of Public Works to determine trash room dimensions, as this is not an objective standard or process. As State law requires a city to review projects with objective standards, staff proposes to minimally change dimensional standards and remove the maximum threshold to address larger projects and to provide greater transparency and objectivity to RRR standards.
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These proposed Article 9 amendments are being brought before the Council as an Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to implement these revisions immediately in connection with the launch of this Program. Staff are also bringing forward a Resolution of Intention (ROI) with this staff report, as it is required to initiate the process to codify these amendments into the Zoning Ordinance. This future codification will not only include the above amendments but also a holistic overhaul of the SMMC Section 9.21.130 to update RRR standards and processes.
Next Steps and Timeline
Due to the procedural requirements necessary for ordinance amendments, the Program will not be effective until November 1, 2025. Leading up to the launch of this Program, staff will continue to develop materials and processes to ensure transparency and success of this Program, which shall include, but is not limited to the following:
• Dedicated Self-Certification Program webpage
• Specialized application (i.e. liability waiver, affidavit attesting to compliance with the Municipal Code and Program requirements, standardized language and formatting, etc.)
• Communications and outreach announcing launch of the Program Given the increased complexity of the future expansion to other permit types, as provided in Council’s direction, staff will strive for the implementation timeframes listed below. This will also allow staff time to assess the Program and adjust as needed before expansion. Additionally, the permit process will be revised upon implementation of the new Clariti permit software.
• Phase 2 – Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs): May 2026 (6 months after implementation of Phase 1)
• Phase 3 – Single-Unit Dwellings (SUDs): November 2026 (6 months after implementation of Phase 2)
Environmental Analysis
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The proposed amendments to Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 8.108 – Subpart B and Section 9.21.130 are exempt from the provision of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines (common sense exemption), which states that CEQA does not apply, “where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” The amendments would not result in any adverse physical environmental effects as they encompass changes in procedures that are administrative in nature. Therefore, the amendments are exempt from CEQA and no further environmental review under CEQA is required.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
No immediate budget actions are necessary as a result of the creation of this Program.
No financial impacts due to the loss of plan check fees are anticipated, as plan check fees are meant to be cost recovery-based to account for staff’s review time and staff will not be conducting review for self-certification permits. However, to facilitate this Program an administrative fee will still be collected for processing purposes and the normal inspection fees will still be assessed to recover staff time. While the City will be collecting fewer plan check fees as a result of potentially moving a volume of plan checks to self-certification building permits that have no plan check review, this Program will allow businesses to move into construction quickly and open sooner. This will contribute to the City’s economic recovery initiatives by being more business friendly and attracting more visitors to the city, all of which will help generate tax revenue.
Additionally, as staff will no longer be reviewing permits utilizing this Program, it will provide the opportunity for staff to focus on and expedite larger and more complex projects, which also has the potential of generating revenue growth for the City.
Additionally, while amendments to Article 8’s construction and demolition material waste management requirements will be moving from a fee to a fine, this will only change the timing of collection not the amount.
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However, as this is only the first phase of a pilot program and staff cannot assess the number of permits that will opt-in to the self-certification process, staff will monitor the financial impacts of the program and return to Council with specific actions if necessary.
Prepared By: Jing Yeo, Planning Manager
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification B. 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO
C. 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification
D. Written Comments
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1 City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025 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 CHAPTER 8.108,
SUBPART B, TO REVISE THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION PROCESS AND
ESTABLISH FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE
WHEREAS, on February 11, 2025, City Council directed staff to create a selfcertification pilot program allowing building permits for “non-structural commercial tenant improvements, single-family home improvements, and accessory dwelling units” to bypass the normal plan review process and receive approval within one to five business days; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this direction was to facilitate the City’s economic recovery and reduce the workload on plan check professionals, allowing them to focus on the more complex projects in the City that require their attention; and WHEREAS, streamlining the review process for certain projects will facilitate business recovery and generate increased sales tax revenue for the City; and WHEREAS, the initial stages of the Self-Certification Program will focus on commercial tenant improvements, which comprise approximately 36% of the building permits submitted to the City; and
WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Chapter 8.108, Subpart B regulates construction and demolition material waste management plans for covered projects, which include all construction, demolition, and deconstruction projects that require a building permit; and
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Packet Pg. 922 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 2 WHEREAS, Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste includes materials such as concrete, asphalt, wood, metal, and drywall generated from building, renovation, and demolition projects, which accounts for 25-40% of the world’s total waste stream but is highly reusable and recyclable; and
WHEREAS, the City’s C&D waste diversion program under SMMC Chapter 8.108, requires 70% of all C&D materials to be diverted from a landfill in accordance with CalGreen Building Code requirements; and
WHEREAS, the current code applies to projects that meet certain review thresholds – $50,000.00 or 1,000 square feet for construction projects, all demolition projects, and all City sponsored projects – and requires these project applicants pay a performance security deposit upfront and submit a waste management plan detailing how the contractor will divert a minimum of 70% of C&D waste materials from a landfill; and WHEREAS, deposits are calculated as either $1.00 per square foot for demolition only permits or 3% of the total project valuation for all other projects, with a required minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $30,000; and
WHEREAS, deposits are held until project completion and are only fully refunded if all landfill diversion requirements are met; and
WHEREAS, this deposit-based system creates large upfront costs for small businesses and homeowners and causes delays in the permitting process as staff is required to calculate the individual required deposit amounts; and WHEREAS, this deposit-based system also prohibits the implementation of a selfcertification program, as it requires staff review during the building permit review process; and
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Packet Pg. 923 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 3 WHEREAS, this Ordinance amends the deposit-based requirements to transition from an upfront deposit-based system to a fine-based enforcement approach; and WHEREAS, under the updated system, the 70% diversion requirement will remain, but staff will now assess fines at the end of the project for non-compliance; and WHEREAS, fines will mirror the existing penalty structure, calculated as 0.3% of the total project valuation (10% of 3% of the project valuation) with a maximum $30,000.00 fine; and
WHEREAS, this change will ease the burden of upfront deposits, while still holding contractors responsible for meeting City waste diversion requirements; and WHEREAS, while some jurisdictions are still requiring deposits, many are enforcing compliance through fines or citations, including, but not limited to other local jurisdictions, such as the City of West Hollywood, City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the amendments in this Ordinance will allow regional alignment to help increase consistency for contractors who work across multiple municipalities; and WHEREAS, this change will also help streamline the process for all permits by reducing the first step of project review by requiring all projects to submit a waste management plan with their building permit application, removing the financial burden of a deposit, shifting accountability to the contractor instead of small businesses and homeowners, and avoiding unnecessary administrative steps by applying fines only if that applicant fails to comply with the City’s requirements; and
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Packet Pg. 924 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 4 WHEREAS, the amendments will also support local business retention and promote new business opportunities within the City, addressing the needs of the business community by simplifying requirements and streamlining review processes; and WHEREAS, while the proposed amendments are necessary for the selfcertification program, the amendments will also address long-standing issues that will benefit all permittees, facilitate the City’s economic recovery, streamline the building permit process for a variety of projects, and provide more transparency with respect to permit requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section is hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica 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 3. 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.
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Packet Pg. 925 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 5 SECTION 4. 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:
________________________________
Heidi von Tongeln, Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 926 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 6 EXHIBIT A
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Packet Pg. 927 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 7 8.108.110. Definitions.
For the purposes of Subpart B of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Class III landfill” means a landfill that accepts non-hazardous resources such as household, commercial, and industrial waste, resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations. A Class III landfill must have a solid waste facilities permit from the State of California and be regulated by an Enforcement Agency. (b) “Construction and demolition material (C&D material)” means building materials and solid waste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, cleanup, or demolition operations that are not hazardous as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 22 Section 66261.3 et seq. This term includes, but is not limited to, asphalt, concrete, Portland cement concrete, brick, lumber, gypsum wallboard, cardboard, and other associated packaging, roofing material, ceramic tile, carpeting; plastic pipe and steel. The material may be commingled with rock, soil, tree stumps; and other vegetative matter resulting from land clearing and landscaping for construction or land development projects.
(b)(c) “C&D recycling center” means a facility that receives only C&D material that has been separated for reuse prior to receipt, in which the residual (disposed) amount of waste in the material is less than ten percent of the average weight of material separated for reuse received by the facility over a one-month period. (d) “City approved facility” means any facility that has been approved by the City to accept C&D material, inert material, metal recycling, universal waste, or any other materials that may be generated during a covered project.
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Packet Pg. 928 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 8 (e) “City approved hauler” means a company that possesses a valid approval letter from the City to collect and transport solid waste from individuals or businesses for the purpose of recycling or disposal.
(f) “Construction and demolition material (C&D material)” means building materials and solid waste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, cleanup, demolition, or deconstruction operations that are not hazardous as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 22 Section 66261.3 et seq. This term includes, but is not limited to, asphalt, concrete, Portland cement concrete, brick, lumber, gypsum wallboard, cardboard, and other associated packaging, roofing material, ceramic tile, carpeting, plastic pipe, and steel. C&D material may not be commingled with inert or organic materials resulting from land clearing and landscaping for construction or land development projects.
(g)(d) “City-sponsored project” means a project constructed by the City or a project receiving fifty percent or more of its financing from the City. (h)(e) “Conversion rate” means the rate set forth in the standardized conversion rate table approved by the City pursuant to this Chapter for use in estimating the volume or weight of materials identified in the waste management plan. (i)(f) “Covered project” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.108.120. (j) “Deconstruction” means the process of carefully dismantling a structure, piece-bypiece, prior to or instead of conventional demolition, to maximize the recovery of building materials for reuse.
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Packet Pg. 929 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 9 (k) “Demolition” means the decimating, razing, ruining, tearing down, or wrecking of any facility, structure, pavement, or building (wall, fence) whether in whole or in part, whether interior or exterior as further defined in Section 9.25.030. (l)(g) “Divert” means to use material for any purpose other than disposal in a landfill or transformation facility.
(m)(h) “Diversion requirement” means the diversion of at least seventy percent of the total construction and demolition material generated by a project via reuse or recycling, unless the applicant has been granted an exemption pursuant to Section 8.108.170, in which case the diversion requirement shall be the maximum feasible diversion rate established by the waste management plan Compliance Official in relation to the project. (n) “Inert materials” means only rock, concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics, and cured asphalt.
(o) “Organic material” means any vegetative material resulting from land clearing or landscaping for construction or land development projects. (p)(i) “Project” means any activity which requires an application for a building or demolition permit or any similar permit from the City.
(q)(j) “Recycling” means the process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials for the purpose of using the altered form in the manufacture of a new product. Recycling does not include burning, incinerating, or thermally destroying solid waste.
(r)(k) “Reuse” means the use, in the same or similar form as it was produced, of a material which might otherwise be discarded.
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Packet Pg. 930 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 10 (s)(l) “Separated for reuse” means materials, including commingled recyclables, that have been separated or kept separate from the solid waste stream for the purpose of additional sorting or processing of those materials for reuse or recycling in order to return them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused,; or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace, and includes source separated materials.
(t)(m) “Solid waste” as per Public Resources Code Section 40191 means all putrescible and non- putrescible solid, semisolid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse,; paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge which is not hazardous waste, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes. "Solid waste" does not include any of the following wastes:
(1) Hazardous waste, as defined in PRC Section 40141;
(2) Radioactive waste regulated pursuant to the Radiation Control Law (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code);
(3) Medical waste regulated pursuant to the Medical Waste Management Act (Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).
(u)(n) “Source separated materials" means materials that are sorted at the site of generation by individual material type including commingled recyclable materials for the
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Packet Pg. 931 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 11 purpose of recycling; i.e., loads of concrete that are source-separated for delivery to a recycling facility.
(v) “Universal waste” means hazardous waste that is identified as universal waste in section 66273.9 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations and is not fully regulated as hazardous waste in accordance with chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code. Examples of universal waste include, but are not limited to, electronic devices, batteries, fluorescent lamps, mercury thermostats, and other mercury containing equipment.
(o) “Waste hauler” means a company that possesses a valid permit from the City of Santa Monica to collect and transport solid wastes from individuals or businesses for the purpose of recycling or disposal under the City of Santa Monica's name. (w)(p) “Waste management plan (WMP)” means a completed waste management plan form, approved by the City for the purpose of compliance with this Chapter, submitted by the applicant for any covered or non-covered project requiring a building permit. (x)(q) “Waste management plan compliance official” means the City staff tasked with enforcement of this Subpart.
8.108.120. Threshold for Ccovered projects.
(a) Private Projects. All construction, and demolition, and deconstruction projects requiring a building permit shall be considered covered projects. the total costs of which are, or are projected to be, fifty thousand dollars or greater, or are one thousand square feet or greater, and all demolition-only projects shall be considered covered projects.
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Packet Pg. 932 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 12 (b) City-Sponsored Projects. All City-sponsored construction, demolition and renovation projects shall be subject to this Chapter, and consequently, shall be considered covered projects.
8.108.130. Submission of a waste management plan.
(a) WMP Forms. Applicants for construction or demolition permits involving a covered project shall complete and submit a waste management plan (WMP), on a WMP form approved by the City for this purpose, as part of the application packet for the construction or demolition permit. The completed WMP shall indicate all of the following:
(1) The estimated volume or weight of the project C&D material, by material type, to be generated;
(2) The maximum volume or weight of such materials that can feasibly be diverted via reuse or recycling;
(3) The vendor or facility where the applicant proposes to use to collect or receive that material;
(4) The estimated volume or weight of C&D materials that will be landfilled in Class III landfills and inert disposal facilities; and
(5) A commitment that only City permitted waste haulers would be used. (b) Calculating Volume and Weight of Material. In estimating the volume or weight of materials identified in the WMP, the applicant shall use the conversion rates approved by the City for this purpose.
8.108.140. Performance security. [Reserved].
The project applicant shall submit a performance security with the WMP. For construction and demolition projects, the amount of the performance security shall be
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Packet Pg. 933 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 13 calculated as the lesser of three percent of total project cost or thirty thousand dollars.
For demolition-only projects, the amount of the performance security shall be calculated at the rate of one dollar per square foot with a one thousand dollar minimum and thirty thousand dollar maximum performance security required.
§ 8.108.150. Review Submission of a WMP.
Requirements Approval. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, no building or demolition permit shall be issued for any covered project unless and until the WMP has been submitted and approved. Compliance Official has reviewed and approved the WMP.
Approval shall not be required, however, where an emergency demolition is required to protect public health or safety. The WMP must contain the following elements: Compliance Official shall only approve a WMP if he or she first determines that all of the following conditions have been met:
(1) The WMP provides aAll of the information set forth in Section 8.108.130. (2) The WMP indicates that Explanation of how at least seventy percent of all C&D material, one hundred percent of inert materials, one hundred percent of organic materials, and all universal waste generated by the project will be diverted through source separation or an exemption has been approved pursuant to Section 8.108.170. (3) The applicant has submitted an appropriate performance security in compliance with Section 8.108.140.
8.108.160. Compliance with WMP.
(a) Documentation. Within thirty days after the completion of any covered project Prior to applying for final inspection on the project, the applicant shall submit to the WMP Compliance Official the following documentation showing that it has met the diversion
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Packet Pg. 934 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 14 requirement for the project: The applicant shall provide a summary of efforts used to meet the diversion requirement and also provide the following documentation:
(1) Receipts Weight tickets from the City approved vendor or facility which collected or received each material showing the actual weight or volume of that material; (2) Weight slips/count of material salvaged or reused in current project; (3) A copy of the previously approved WMP for the project adding the actual volume or weight of each material diverted and landfilled; (4)(3) Any additional information the applicant believes is relevant to determining its efforts to comply in good faith with this Chapter.
(b) Weighing of Wastes. Applicants shall ensure that all C&D material diverted or landfilled are measured and recorded using the most accurate method of measurement available. To the extent practical, all C&D material shall be weighted by measurement on scales. Such scales shall be in compliance with all State and County regulatory requirements for accuracy and maintenance. For C&D material for which weighing is not practical due to small size or other considerations, a volumetric measurement shall be used. For conversion of volumetric measurements by weight, the applicant shall use the standardized conversion rates in a format approved by the City for this purpose. (c) Determination of Compliance and Penalties. Release of Performance Security. The WMP Compliance Official shall review the information submitted under subsection (a) of this Section to determine whether the applicant has complied with the diversion requirement as follows:
(1) Full Compliance. If the WMP Compliance Official determines that the applicant has fully complied with the seventy percent diversion and all other sections or
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Packet Pg. 935 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 15 provisions of this Chapter requirement applicable to the project, they he or she shall remove the hold on the building permit’s final inspection with no penalty.cause the full performance security to be released to the applicant.
(2) Failure to Comply. If the WMP Compliance Official determines that the seventy percent diversion requirement, and/or any other applicable provision of this Chapter, has not been met, a fine not exceeding three percent of the total project valuation, with a minimum of five hundred dollars, and a maximum of thirty thousand dollars, shall be assessed pursuant to subdivisions (A) and (B) below, and in accordance with Chapter 1.09.Once the fine has been paid in full, the hold on the building permit’s final inspection shall be removed. he or she shall return only that portion of the performance security equivalent to the portion of C&D material actually diverted compared to the portion that should have been diverted according to the WMP. Any portion of the performance security not released to the applicant shall be forfeited to the City, and shall be used to recover costs associated with sorting mixed C&D loads at the City recycling center. If the WMP Compliance Official determines that the applicant has fully failed to comply with the diversion requirement or if the applicant fails to submit the documentation required by subsection (a) of this Section within the required time period, then the entire performance security shall be forfeited to the City. All forfeited performance securities shall be used to recover costs associated with sorting mixed C&D loads at the City recycling center. (A). Fine Categories. Failure to comply with any of the following may result in a fine calculated as set forth in subdivision (B) of this section:
(i.) Any project completed without an approved WMP as defined in section 8.108.110
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Packet Pg. 936 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 16 (ii) The use of a non-City approved hauler as defined in section
8.108.110
(iii) The use of a non-City approved facility as defined in section
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(iv) Weight tickets dated prior to the WMP approval date (v) Failure to meet the required diversion rate as defined in section 8.108.110
(vi) Altered or fraudulent weight tickets as determined by the WMP Compliance Official
(B). Fine Amounts.
(i) Fines in subdivision (A)(i), (A)(ii), (A)(iii), and (A)(iv) of this section shall be assessed as ten percent of the maximum fine or five hundred dollars, whichever is greater.
(ii) Failure to meet the required diversion rate as noted in subsection (A)(v) shall result in a prorated fine based on the amount of waste diverted and is calculated as follows: (3% of project valuation) – ((Achieved diversion rate/Required diversion rate) * (3% of project valuation)).
(iii) Any projects that are found to have altered or fraudulent weight tickets as noted in subsection (A)(vi) are subject to the maximum fine not exceeding three percent of the total project valuation with a maximum of thirty thousand dollars.
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Packet Pg. 937 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 17 Table 8.108.160.C: Range of Fines
Project Valuation Minimum penalty Maximum penalty
$10,000.00 $500.00 $500.00
$100,000.00 $500.00 $3,000.00
$1,000,000.00+ $3,000.00 $30,000.00
8.108.170. Exemption.
(a) Application. If an applicant believes it is infeasible to comply with the diversion requirements of this Chapter due to the circumstances delineated in this Section, the applicant may apply for an exemption at the time that they he or she submits the required WMP. Exemptions may be granted based on the following considerations:
(1) Lack of storage space on-site;
(2) Contamination by hazardous substances;
(3) Low recyclability of specific materials.
The applicant shall indicate on the WMP the maximum rate of diversion they he or she believes is feasible for each material and the specific circumstances that they he or she believes make it infeasible to comply with the diversion requirement. (b) Granting of Exemption. If the WMP Compliance Official determines that it is infeasible for the applicant to meet the diversion requirement due to unique circumstances, they he or she shall determine the maximum feasible diversion rate for each material and shall indicate this rate on the WMP submitted by the applicant. (c) Denial of Exemption. Upon a denial by the WMP Compliance Official, the applicant shall have thirty days to resubmit a WMP form in full compliance with Section
8.108.130. If the applicant fails to resubmit the WMP, or if the resubmitted WMP does not comply with Section 8.108.130, the WMP Compliance Official shall deny the WMP.
8.108.180. Appeal.
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Packet Pg. 938 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 18 The applicant or any interested person may appeal to a Hearing Officer Examiner from any ruling of the WMP Compliance Official made pursuant to this Chapter in accordance with Section 6.16.030. Notice of any appeal from the ruling of the WMP Compliance Official must be filed within ten days of the date that such ruling is made.
8.108.190. Enforcement.
(a) The City Attorney may enforce the provisions of this Subpart by means of a civil action.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this Subpart shall be subject to administrative fines and administrative penalties pursuant to Chapters 1.09 and 1.10 of this Code.
(c) Nonexclusive Remedies and Penalties. The remedies provided in this Subpart are not exclusive, and nothing in this Subpart shall preclude any person from seeking any other remedies, penalties or procedures provided by law. (d) It shall not be a defense to the assessment of any penalty or to any other civil or administrative enforcement action provided for under this Section for a person to assert that any violation of this Subpart was caused by the actions of a person other than the person assessed except if the violation was caused by the criminal or negligent action of a person who was not an agent, servant, employee or family member of the person. (e) Any penalty collected hereunder shall be deposited in the Resource Recovery and Recycling Refuse Fund to be used as reimbursement for the Public Works Department's costs and expenses of administration and enforcement of this Chapter.
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Packet Pg. 939 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - RRR Article 8 Amendments_Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 1 City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA UPDATING APPLICABILITY THRESHOLDS AND STANDARDS FOR
RESOURCE AND RECYCLING ROOM DIMENSIONS SET FORTH IN SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.21.130 IN ORDER TO FURTHER
ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS BY FACILITATING A SELF-CERTIFICATION
BUILDING PERMIT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services (“Director of Emergency Services”), proclaimed the existence of a local emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.16 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to ensure the availability of mutual aid and effectuate the City’s response to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), and this local emergency was restated on March 14, 2020, through a revised declaration of local emergency to ensure compliance with all digital signature requirements (the “Executive Order”); and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Director of Emergency Services issued a Third Supplement to the Executive Order, requiring the closure of a wide range of businesses including bars, nightclubs, on-premises restaurant service, movie theatres, live performance venues, gyms, fitness centers, spas, hair salons, nail salons, and massage parlors; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 directing all residents of the State of California to heed directives issued by the State Health Officer on the same date instructing all Californians to stay home except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors; and
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Packet Pg. 940 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 2 WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an enhanced Health Officer Order, the Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19, amending and superseding its earlier March 16, 2020 Order, closing all nonessential businesses, and limiting gatherings to 9 people or less; and WHERAS, after March 19, 2020, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, on multiple occasions, amended and modified its Health Officer Order, recognizing the issues posed by community transmission of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County, and, in response, maintaining public health measures that have, at differing times, included strict limitations on public gatherings, required closures of certain businesses, and strict limitations and protocols for the operations of businesses permitted to remain open; and WHEREAS, as of March 31, 2023, the local, state, and federal COVID-19 emergency declarations have concluded; and
WHEREAS, although the emergency orders have been lifted, the economic impacts of the COVID-19 closures of, and limitations on, businesses have been and continue to be devastating to the local Santa Monica economy, and various locations are continuing to experience economic uncertainty; and
WHEREAS, as the commercial and economic landscape evolves, the City’s economic recovery and competitive advantage will depend on its ability to deliver on a diverse range of business uses; and
WHEREAS, the City has an important governmental interest in maintaining a thriving business community and protecting the health, safety, and economic welfare of its citizens and businesses; and
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Packet Pg. 941 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 3 WHEREAS, in connection with the City’s economic recovery efforts, on February 11, 2025, City Council directed staff to create a self-certification pilot program allowing building permits for “non-structural commercial tenant improvements, single-family home improvements, and accessory dwelling units” to bypass the normal plan review process and receive approval within one to five business days; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this direction is to facilitate the City’s economic recovery and reduce the workload on plan check professionals, allowing staff to focus on the more complex projects in the City that require their attention; and WHEREAS, the self-certification program will fully remove plan check review for certain identified project times and shift the responsibility for determining compliance with all codes to a pre-qualified licensed architect, who would certify that projects comply with requirements of the Building Code, Fire Code, Zoning Ordinance, and Public Works, including Resource Recovery and Recycling (RRR), Office of Sustainability and Environment, and Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, streamlining the review process for certain projects will facilitate business recovery and generate increased sales tax revenue for the City; and WHEREAS, the initial stages of the self-certification program will focus on commercial tenant improvements, which comprise approximately 36% of the building permits submitted to the City; and
WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.21.130 provides RRR Standards in connection with General Site Regulations; and
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Packet Pg. 942 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 4 WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the RRR standards simplify the thresholds for when trash enclosure updates and review are required and revise implementation of resources and recycling room dimensions; and WHEREAS, one of the current applicability thresholds is based on outdated permit valuation standards and cumulative alterations made over the course of a twelve-month period; and
WHEREAS, these thresholds have consistently presented constraints to new businesses, and amendments to these requirements are required to facilitate an effective self-certification program; and
WHEREAS, the amendments will also address long-standing issues that will benefit all permittees, facilitate the City’s economic recovery, streamline the building permit process for a variety of projects, and provide more transparency with respect to permit requirements; and
WHEREAS, the amendment will also eliminate the standard pertaining to “Large Residential, Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development” that gives discretionary approval to the Director of Public Works to determine trash room dimensions, as this is not an objective standard or process; and
WHEREAS, removing this language provides greater transparency and objectivity to trash enclosure standards; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds and declares that there exists a current and immediate threat to public health, safety, and welfare continues to exist due to the devastating impact the COVID-19 mandated closures and limitations have had on the local business economy along with the City’s current usage of outdated permit valuation
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Packet Pg. 943 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 5 thresholds for determining when trash enclosure dimensions review is required, such that requiring applicants to comply with these RRR requirements would result in a threat to public health, safety, and welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.21.130 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 9.21.130. Resource Recovery and Recycling Standards.
A. Applicability. All uses shall provide refuse and recycling storage and staging areas that comply with the standards of this Section. Refuse and recycling rooms meeting the standards of subsection (C) shall be provided in conjunction with:
1. New construction for which a building permit is required.
2. Improvements affecting refuse and recycling areas of publicly owned facilities.
3. Alterations of which the sum total of all improvements within a twelve month period either adds 30% or more to the existing floor area or the aggregate permit valuation as determined by CPI.
4. Eating and Drinking Establishments, as defined in Section 9.51.030(B)(8), and Food and Beverage Sales, as defined in Section 9.51.030(B)(10).
5. Tenant Improvements for any use with a floor area of 5,000 square feet or greater.
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Packet Pg. 944 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 6 B. General Requirements. Each parcel containing a building or structure shall provide and maintain one or more refuse containers and recycling containers on the premises.
1. Containers shall be of sufficient capacity and number to accommodate the refuse and recyclable materials generated by the uses on the parcel, in compliance with guidelines established by the Public Works Department. An adequate number of bins or containers to allow for the collection and loading of refuse and recyclable materials shall be located within the refuse and recycling rooms or outdoor enclosures.
2. All outdoor storage of refuse, recyclable materials, and other items or material intended to be discarded or collected shall be screened from public view. On parcels where refuse and recyclable materials are both stored and collected adjacent to an alley or other public right-of-way, the refuse and recyclable materials shall be screened from public view on at least 3 sides by a solid opaque impact-resistant wall not less than 5 feet or more than 8 feet in height, and on the fourth side by a solid opaque impactresistant gate not less than 5 feet or more than 8 feet in height, or of other such material or design approved by the Architectural Review Board. The gate shall be maintained in working order and shall remain closed except during such times as refuse, recyclable materials and other such items are being discarded, placed for collection, or collected.
3. All refuse and recyclable materials which are stored and collected from the same location out of doors shall be stored not more than 10 feet from the parcel line which is closest to the refuse collection point. If the collection area is more than 20 feet from the collection point, a staging area within 10 feet of the collection point is necessary.
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Packet Pg. 945 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 7 4. Refuse and recycling rooms or outdoor enclosures shall be secured to prevent the theft of recyclable materials by unauthorized persons, while allowing authorized persons access for disposal of materials, and must provide protection against adverse environmental conditions which may render the collected materials unmarketable.
C. Refuse and Recycling Rooms. A refuse and recycling room or outdoor enclosure shall comply with all the requirements of the Zoning District in which it is located as well as the following minimum design standards:
1. Single Unit and Duplex Residences. Single Unit Residences and Duplexes shall include a designated area to store refuse, recycling, and organic materials screened from public view or a designated area in a garage or accessory structure.
2. Residential Multiple-Unit Development. Developments consisting of 3 or more dwelling units shall include a refuse and recycling room meeting the minimum dimensions stated in Table 9.21.130.A below, or shall provide an equivalent space within an outdoor enclosure that conforms to the same dimensions stated in the table.
TABLE 9.21.130.A: MINIMUM RESOURCE AND RECYCLING ROOM DIMENSIONS – RESIDENTIAL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT
Number of
Residential Units
Minimum Room Dimensions
Width (ft.) Length (ft.) Height (ft.)
3 – 10 units 2122 ft. 7.510 ft. 10 ft. (1)
11 – 20 units 2122 ft. 14 ft. 10 ft. (1)
21 40 units or
greater
28 ft. 20 ft. 10 ft. (1)
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3. Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development.
a. Nonresidential and mixed-use developments shall include a refuse and recycling room meeting the minimum dimensions stated in Table 9.21.130.B below, or shall provide an equivalent space available in a centralized area or an outdoor enclosure with the same width and length dimensions, and a minimum height of 6 feet, and an opening at least 8 feet wide.
b. Refuse and recycling rooms or outdoor enclosures shall be at the same grade as and adjacent to an existing alley, if the site is adjacent to an alley. c. The 3 interior walls of refuse and recycling indoor and outdoor enclosures shall include a 2 inch by 16 inch wall guard covering the length of all interior walls in existing properties, or a curb 6 inches in depth by 8 inches tall for remodels and new construction.
d. Nonresidential buildings and buildings that prepare process and/or sell any and all food products must have a fully-enclosed refuse, and recycling and food waste area with lighting, ventilation, and sanitary drains. Size and dimensions shall conform to the required design standards outlined in this Chapter.
TABLE 9.21.130.B: MINIMUM RESOURCE AND RECYCLING ROOM DIMENSIONS – NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MIXED-USE
Aggregate Floor
Area
Minimum Room Dimensions
Width (ft.) Length (ft.) Height (ft.)
Less than 5,000 sq. 2122 ft. 7.510 ft. 10 ft.
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4. Large Residential, Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development. Any development, whether residential, nonresidential, or mixed-use with more than 40 residential units, or with more than 40,000 square feet of floor area shall be reviewed by the Director of Public Works, who shall require the design and placement of a refuse and recycling room or outdoor enclosure consistent with the purpose of this Section to provide adequate and accessible areas for the storage and collection of refuse and recyclable materials.
5.4. Subterranean Storage. Buildings or structures in which refuse and recyclable materials are stored in otherwise locked and secured subterranean garages may be permitted to designate a fenced area for the storage of refuse and recyclable materials in compliance with specifications as to location and materials established by the Director of Public Works.
D. Modifications. The Director of Public Works, in consultation with the Director of Planning, shall have the authority to modify the requirements, as listed below, subject to the design standards of this Section when, upon a written application for a modification, the Director of Public Works determines that the applicant has demonstrated that imposition of the design standards is technically infeasible or creates an unreasonable hardship. Such authority shall be limited to the following:
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Packet Pg. 948 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 10 1. Modify the dimensions of refuse and recycling rooms or outdoor enclosures, provided that the frequency of refuse collection is modified to adequately serve the uses on the parcel and protect the public health, safety and general welfare.
2. Permit more than one recycling room or outdoor enclosure, provided the aggregate area is in substantial compliance with the design standards of this Section as determined by the Director of Public Works, and provided that each room or outdoor enclosure furnishes convenient access for disposal and collection of both refuse and recyclable materials. Refuse containers located adjacent to alleys should remain open to the alley. Refuse enclosures in subterranean parking areas should have a door of equal size with door-stops attached or a follow-up door and provide adequate lighting, ventilation and sanitary drains. If the refuse enclosure is located in a subterranean parking area or remote locations, a City-approved staging area on private property at the alley or street level must be provided. In the event that the location of the refuse and recyclable room or outdoor enclosure is not convenient for collection, the Director of Public Works shall be authorized to require payment of a fee, established by resolution of the City Council, for collection of the refuse and recyclable materials. In no event shall a fee be authorized in lieu of providing a refuse and recycling room or outdoor enclosure.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica 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 3. 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
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Packet Pg. 949 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 11 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 4. 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 immediately upon adoption.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be of no further force and effect sixty days from its effective date, unless it is otherwise extended pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.46.090(C).
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Heidi von Tongeln, Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 950 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - Self-Certification IZO (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 1 City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
TEXT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO UPDATE APPLICABILITY THRESHOLDS
AND STANDARDS FOR RESOURCE AND RECYCLING ROOM DIMENSIONS IN
ORDER TO FURTHER ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS BY FACILITATING A
SELF-CERTIFICATION BUILDING PERMIT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services (“Director of Emergency Services”), proclaimed the existence of a local emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.16 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to ensure the availability of mutual aid and effectuate the City’s response to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), and this local emergency was restated on March 14, 2020, through a revised declaration of local emergency to ensure compliance with all digital signature requirements (the “Executive Order”)’ and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Director of Emergency Services issued a Third Supplement to the Executive Order, requiring the closure of a wide range of businesses including bars, nightclubs, on-premises restaurant service, movie theatres, live performance venues, gyms, fitness centers, spas, hair salons, nail salons, and massage parlors; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 directing all residents of the State of California to heed directives issued by the State Health Officer on the same date instructing all Californians to stay
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Packet Pg. 951 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 2 home except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an enhanced Health Officer Order, the Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19, amending and superseding its earlier March 16, 2020 Order, closing all nonessential businesses, and limiting gatherings to 9 people or less; and WHERAS, after March 19, 2020, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, on multiple occasions, amended and modified its Health Officer Order, recognizing the issues posed by community transmission of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County, and, in response, maintaining public health measures that have, at differing times, included strict limitations on public gatherings, required closures of certain businesses, and strict limitations and protocols for the operations of businesses permitted to remain open; and WHEREAS, as of March 31, 2023, the local, state, and federal COVID-19 emergency declarations have concluded; and
WHEREAS, although the emergency orders have been lifted, the economic impacts of the COVID-19 closures of, and limitations on, businesses have been and continue to be devastating to the local Santa Monica economy, and various locations are continuing to experience economic uncertainty; and
WHEREAS, as the commercial and economic landscape evolves, the City’s economic recovery and competitive advantage will depend on its ability to deliver on a diverse range of business uses; and
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Packet Pg. 952 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 3 WHEREAS, the City has an important governmental interest in maintaining a thriving business community and protecting the health, safety, and economic welfare of its citizens and businesses; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the City’s economic recovery efforts, on February 11, 2025, City Council directed staff to create a self-certification pilot program allowing building permits for “non-structural commercial tenant improvements, single-family home improvements, and accessory dwelling units” to bypass the normal plan review process and receive approval within one to five business days; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this direction is to facilitate the City’s economic recovery and reduce the workload on plan check professionals, allowing staff to focus on the more complex projects in the City that require their attention; and WHEREAS, the self-certification program will fully remove plan check review for certain identified project times and shift the responsibility for determining compliance with all codes to a pre-qualified licensed architect, who would certify that projects comply with requirements of the Building Code, Fire Code, Zoning Ordinance, and Public Works, including Resources, Recovery, and Recycling (RRR), Office of Sustainability and Environment, ad Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, streamlining the review process for certain projects will facilitate business recovery and generate increased sales tax revenue for the City; and WHEREAS, the initial stages of the Self-Certification Program will focus on commercial tenant improvements, which comprise approximately 36% of the building permits submitted to the City; and
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Packet Pg. 953 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 4 WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.21.130 provides Resource Recovery and Recycling (RRR) Standards in connection with General Site Regulations; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the RRR standards simplify the thresholds for when trash enclosure updates and review are required and otherwise revise implementation of resources and recycling room dimensions; and WHEREAS, one of the current applicability thresholds is based on outdated permit valuation standards and cumulative alterations made over the course of a twelve-month period; and
WHEREAS, these thresholds have consistently presented constraints to new businesses and amendments to these requirements are required to facilitate an effective Self-Certification Program and allow for additional economic recovery; and WHEREAS, the amendments will also address long-standing issues that will benefit all permittees, facilitate the City’s economic recovery, streamline the building permit process for a variety of projects, and provide more transparency with respect to permit requirements; and
WHEREAS, the amendment will also eliminate the standard pertaining to “Large Residential, Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development” that gives discretionary approval to the Director of Public Works to determine trash room dimensions, as this is not an objective standard or process; and
WHEREAS, removing this language provides greater transparency and objectivity to trash enclosure standards; and
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Packet Pg. 954 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 5 WHEREAS, additional amendments may be required to SMMC Section 9.21.130 in order to wholistically update other RRR standards and processes and to facilitate the City’s economic recovery, streamline the building permit process for a variety of projects, and provide more transparency with respect to permit requirements; and WHEREAS, City Council now wishes to direct the Planning Commission to initiate an amendment to the text of the City’s Zoning Ordinance related to RRR Standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.46.030(A), the City Council does hereby direct the Planning Commission to consider amending the text of the Zoning Ordinance to: (1) simplify the thresholds for when trash enclosure updates and review are required and revise implementation of resources and recycling room dimensions; (2) remove standards pertaining to “Large Residential, Nonresidential and Mixed-Use Development” that gives discretionary approval to the Director of Public Works to determine trash room dimensions; and (3) make other necessary updates to facilitate the City’s economic recovery, streamline the building permit process for a variety of projects, and provide more transparency with respect to permit requirements.
SECTION 2. 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:
_________________________
HEIDI VON TONGLEN, Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 955 Attachment: 2025.09.09 - ROI Self-Certification (7128 : Self-Certification Pilot Program) 1 David Yakobson
From: Alan Cook <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 9:37 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Self Certification
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
EXTERNAL
Good Evening City Council and Constituents of Santa Monica, I would like to open with the statement that there is a place for self certification of specific projects within jurisdictions. It can be properly inspected for code compliance, it can be time saving for all parties, and provide cost saving benefits.
Unfortunately, it can create more time consuming and expensive problems during the actual construction process and it could result in litigation. There are future risks with insurance acquisition and future liability litigation possibilities on the horizon.
Currently the development and construction industry does not have the proper foundation to support self certification processes(insurance vehicles for Engineering, Architecture, Construction,etc). It does not have proper training for Building Officials and inspectors. To few jurisdictions have attempted implementation of the process so there is little solid data that is trustworthy. But it does have a place in our current development environment.
I do not know the how and why Santa Monica City Council it’s considering self certification. I do not know how they are defining and implementing it within the city departments. I do not know enough about the city, its constituents, or its development goals to provide specific helpful insight. I can only state that I oversee a successful self certification program and have modified it to meet the jurisdiction’s needs.
I can only assume the City Council and Staff has done all the homework and turned over every stone before implementing a self certification program. If not, I recommend this item be tabled to continue investigating.
Thank you for your time,
Alan Cook, CBO
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Report
City Council Meeting: September 9, 2025
Agenda Item: 11.C
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Matthew Hallock, Fire Chief, Fire Department
Subject: Approval of Proposed Regulatory Updates to High-Rise Building Definitions and Single Stairway Multi-Family Building Provisions
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Direct that as part of the City’s next regular building and fire code update process, staff align the City’s building and fire code definitions for high-rise buildings to be consistent with the Statewide high-rise definition as set forth in Health & Safety Code 13210(b).
2. Authorize staff to implement an updated Alternate Materials and Methods Request (AMMR) process for single-exit stairway multi-family residential buildings of up to six stories in height pursuant to the attached Information Bulletin (Attachment A).
Executive Summary
At our March 25, 2025 meeting, the City Council directed that staff assess and develop ways in which Santa Monica could adopt new building and fire code policies to modernize local regulations across the following two areas:
1. High-Rise Building Height Definition – Update the City’s definition of a highrise building to align with the Statewide definition as set forth in Health & Safety Code 13210(b).
2. Single Stairway Exit Regulations – Develop a new Alternate Materials & Methods Request (AMMR) in Satna Monica to facilitate the construction of single-stairwell multifamily unit residential buildings of up to six stories.
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Since the 1970s, the City has adopted building code regulations that identify high-rise buildings as any structure that exceeds 55 feet in height. That local regulation exceeds the standards established by the State, which defines high-rise buildings as structures that exceed 75 feet in height. As staff has reviewed the proposed adjustment from a life-safety perspective, given enhancements that have been instituted in firefighting equipment, staffing levels, and a requirement Statewide for more robust building lifesafety systems – coupled with current plans being developed for an expansion of Fire Department facilities, apparatus, equipment, and personnel – staff believes that a transition of our local high-rise height regulations to be consistent with State standards is both reasonable and justified.
With regard to single stair buildings, the California Building Code generally restricts multifamily residential buildings with a single exit stairway to three stories. However, Section 104.2.3 of the California Building Code does allow local jurisdictions to facilitate an Alternate Materials and Methods Request (AMMR) to institute different building standards, provided that the proposed design meets the intent of the building code, and provides an equivalent level of life safety.
Based on City Council direction, staff has conducted an extensive review related to the issue of single exit stairway provisions for multifamily residential buildings of up to six stories, drawing on expertise from our building staff, fire prevention personnel, and industry best practices. Through those efforts, staff has developed a proposed Single Exit Stairway Informational Bulletin (Attachment A), which establishes local guidance, criteria, and review procedures for those seeking to develop single stair multifamily residential buildings of up to six stories. In particular, the proposed regulations outline enhanced safety related design requirements for single stair multi-family buildings of up to 6 stories – including enhanced sprinkler systems, limited travel distances from stairwell, stairway pressurization, direct discharge to public streets, enhanced stair widths, and mandatory peer review for taller projects – to ensure fire / life safety equivalency.
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Discussion
Update to High-Rise Definition
Based on the assessment conducted by staff, it would be viable to transition the City’s local building code regulations regarding high-rise height definitions to align with State standards. Such an adjustment would revise the local definition of high-rise buildings from 55 feet to 75 feet, which is aligning with the California Building Code and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
Considerations analyzed by staff related to this proposed adjustment related to high-rise building definitions included the following key factors:
• Modern Firefighting Capacity: The Santa Monica Fire Department now has enhanced apparatus, equipment, and staffing compared to the 1970s, when the more restrictive high-rise definition was first instituted locally. Having assessed our current emergency response capacities, staff is confident in our ability to respond to buildings of less than 75 feet that are built with non-high-rise standards.
• Planned Fire Department Enhancements: In addition to our current emergency response capacities, there are current plans being developed to expand existing Fire Department facilities, apparatus, equipment, and personnel in a manner that addresses local Santa Monica risk factors to provide further ability to respond to buildings of less than 75 feet built to non-high-rise standards. • Improved Life Safety Standards: Buildings today are required to have enhanced life safety systems, beyond what was required back in the 1970s.
Modern code requirements now mandate taller buildings be equipped with enhanced sprinkler systems, smoke detection, and fire-resistant materials that significantly reduce risk.
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• Consistency with State Code: Aligning with the CBC definition ensures consistency and reduces regulatory conflicts for applicants and staff. • Appropriate Threshold: A 75-foot standard reflects contemporary high-rise operational definitions, focusing resources on truly tall buildings requiring specialized response.
Single Stairway Exit Regulations
After extensive review, staff has also developed a series of new regulations that attempt to create a clear regulatory framework for evaluating AMMRs for single-exit multifamily residential projects of up to six-stories. Key provisions identified in the City’s proposed regulations include:
• Buildings of up to 4 Stories: Enhanced building requirements include full NFPA 13 sprinklers, direct exit discharge, limited maximum floor areas, and required bedroom rescue openings.
• Buildings of 5–6 Stories: Additional requirements beyond those for a 4-story facility include limited units / floor, maximum floor areas, pressurized stairwells, reduced exit travel distances (20 feet), enhanced stair widths, a required peer review, and a prohibition of occupied roofs.
• Review Process: Any project seeking to construct a single stair multifamily building will have their applications subject to review and approval by the City’s Building & Safety Division and Fire Department, to confirm that the proposed building enhancements meet code equivalency requirements as outlined in the Information Bulletin developed.
• Statewide Consistency: The proposed Information Bulletin also facilitates future updates to our single stair regulations, based on anticipated State code amendments being analyzed by the California Legislature, along with the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
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Assuming adoption of the proposed enhanced building measures outlined in the Informational Bulletin, staff believes that the implementation of the single-stair regulation would be feasible and justifiable from a fire / safety perspective.
Also, if the proposed high-rise and single stair regulations are advanced by the City Council, staff has developed an implementation plan, which involves the following actions:
• When the next building and fire code updates are brought back for City Council approval (anticipated to take place in late September / early October 2025), staff will align our definition of high-rise buildings with State code standards. • The Single Stairway Exit Informational Bulletin will be finalized and issued to applicants, design professionals, and the development community. • Staff will continue to monitor State Fire Marshal activities and update local provisions to remain consistent with industry norms and standards.
Additional Life Safety Review
As an added layer of our analysis, Fire Department personnel performed an assessment of related fire activity during the past 10-year period. Per that assessment, staff reviewed the number of fires that have occurred in multi-level buildings on the 3rd floor and above, analyzed by floor and by fire spread.
Per that assessment, we had only ~5 total fires per year. Also of note, ~58% of the identified incidents occurred on the 3rd floor of the multi-story building. The full data set analysis is outlined in the table below.
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Environmental Review
The proposed policy updates are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA guidelines, which states that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. The proposed updates provide policy discussion on potential future building code updates that would establish an alternate process for single exist stairway multifamily residential buildings. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that the proposed updates would not result in adverse physical impacts on the environment, and as such, is exempt from CEQA.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact associated with these updates. Implementation of high-rise and single stair regulations will be coordinated within existing staff resources in the Building & Safety Division of the Community Development Department and the Fire Department.
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Prepared By: Jonathan Tang, Principal Administrative Analyst Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Single Exit Informational Bulletin (September 1, 2025) B. Written Comments
C. PowerPoint Presentation
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This bulletin outlines the requirements and application procedures for proposing a single exit, single stairway in multifamily residential buildings exceeding three stories in the City of Santa Monica. While 2022 & 2025 California Building Code (CBC) Section 1006.3.4 limits such buildings to three stories and four units per story, the CBC permits applicants to submit an Alternate Materials and Methods Request (AMMR) to propose a design exceeding three stories limit per Section 104.2.3. 2025 CBC Section 104.2.3, and 2025 California Fire Code Section 104.2.3 state:
104.2.3 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment.
The provisions of this code are not intended to prevent the installation of any material or to prohibit any design or method of construction not specifically prescribed by this code, provided that any such alternative has been approved.
104.2.3.3 Compliance with the code intent.
An alternative material, design or method of construction shall comply with the intent of the provisions of this code.
104.2.3.4. Equivalency Criteria.
An alternative material, design or method of construction shall, for the purpose intended, be not less than the equivalent of that prescribed in this code with respect to all of the following, as applicable:
1. Quality
2. Strength
3. Effectiveness
4. Durability
5. Safety, other than fire safety
6. Fire Safety
The submitted AMMRs are subject to evaluation / approval by both the Building and Safety Division, as well as Fire Department, and each submitted application will be evaluated to ensure an equivalency of proposed life safety measures.
The CBC allows multifamily buildings more than three stories above grade plane provided there are two exit stairways which can be either interior exit stairway (Section 1023) or exterior exit stairway (Section 1028).