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Promenade Property Owner Frustrated With Homelessness Third Street Promenade property owner documenting issue of homelessness in elevators and stairwells By Sam Catanzaro
A Santa Monica Promenade property owner is calling on officials to deal with the issue of homeless individuals sleeping and defecating in public elevators and stairways. John Alle, a owner of a property on the Third Street Promenade for the past few months has been documenting the growing number of people sleeping, defecating, using narcotics and having sex in elevators, stairways and alley dumpsters In emails to the City and Downtown Santa Monica Inc (DTSM), Alle is calling on officials to do something “Would you please issue an Executive Order authorizing all the elevator cabs and all the dumpster rooms facing the pedestrian alleyways be shut from say, 12 midnight to 6 am on a daily basis?,” Alle wrote in an email to the City and DTSM. Alle went on to point out a 3.5 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning shed light on the potential dangers of the state of the elevators and stairwells. “There was a 3.5 earthquake this morning when I was on the Promenade. There were also people at the same time camped out in six elevators cabs inside four different parking structures that line the Promenade, from Broadway to Wilshire. One person was smoking, another passed out with a cigarette on the floor,” Alle said. “Had the earthquake
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been even slightly stronger, the elevator doors may have automatically shut for who knows how long until they were re-calibrated and opened. People inside may have been left to panic, or be physically hurt.” Alle says the conditions make it difficult to get good tenants and attract shoppers to the Promenade, a shopping destination that is already plagued by vacancies. DTSM Inc., CEO Kathleen Rawson, in an interview with the Santa Monica Daily Press said the organization is doing everything it can pointing to the ambassador program cleaning and doing outreach with homeless individuals. “If you’re on the Promenade, you’ve seen them in their bright teal T-shirts. They act as the eyes and ears of downtown and certainly
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Food Review: The Westside’s Insanely Delicious Tijuana Tacos Tacos 1986 in Westwood Village stands out amid a crowded taco scene By Kerry Slater
In a city filled with world-class Mexican food, it is difficult for a taco spot to stand out. A Tijuana taqueria in Westwood, however, rises above the fray by offering no-frill, insanely delicious tacos alongside some of the best salsa in town. Tacos 1986, with locations in Westwood Village, Pasadena, Beverly Grove, Burbank and DTLA, keeps both the menu and food simple. Available are tacos, quesadillas, mulitas and crunchy vampiros filled with either Asada, Adobada, chicken or mushrooms. For lunch, I ordered three tacos: Asada, Adobada and chicken, each $3.25. The food was ready within 10 minutes and I took the feast to the hood of my car to eat. All the tacos came topped with guacamole,
onions and cilantro. I also asked for all three salsas on the side: Verde, hot and mild. I decided to try the chicken first since it was likely the most subtle. Despite a nice char, the meat is still juicy, a rarity in grilled chicken tacos. The flavor is nothing special but when topped with the top-notch salsas (more on this below), it becomes a very solid taco. Still, the chicken was by far the weakest of the three tacos. Next up was the Asada taco which stood out by keeping it simple. The meat has that classic Asada flavor with an amazing texture: tender yet slightly crunchy. Without just the guac, onions and cilantro, this is a fabulous taco. With the addition of the salsas (particularly the Verde), the taco becomes special and my favorite of the three tacos. The Adobada (pork marinated in a “red” chile sauce) is very solid as well. Not quite as good as the Asada, but still a damn good taco. The flavor is subtle in a good way. Oftentimes a really good, saucy taco has the tendency of overpowering your taste buds and when biting into another type of taco the taste is still there. This is not the case with the Adobada at Tacos 1986. It has a good bite alongside some savory-sweetness and
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Left to right: Adobada, carne Asada and chicken tacos from Tacos 1986 in Westwood Village.
just enough taste to not require any salsas. In addition to the stellar tacos, three additional factors take Tacos 1986 to the next level, the most important being the salsa. The Verde is a perfect balance of sweet, spicy and bitter. The hot has a unique almost hummus-like consistency and goes very well with the chicken. The mild (usually the weakest salsa in my opinion) at Tacos 1986 is extremely flavorful. With hints of garlic, this mild salsa is in many ways similar to a marinara sauce and pairs well with all the tacos. The next factor is freshly-made tortillas. Slightly larger than an average, the tortillas at Tacos 1986 manage to be sturdy without being thick or chewy. These tortillas allow the restaurant to add a healthy portion of
meat to the tacos. This leads to the third factor that takes Tacos 1986 to the next level: portion size. As a hungry man, three tacos often is not enough for me while four tacos seem a bit extravagant. Three tacos at Tacos 1986, however, was the perfect amount of food. If I wanted a light lunch, two would have satisfied me. Overall, this was one of the better lunches I’ve had in a while. When gauging a restaurant, I like to ask myself “would I take a friend from out of town here?” At Tacos 1986, the answer is a resounding “yes”. Value: 7/10 Taste: 8.5/10 Quality: 8.5/10 Overall: 8/10
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A Westside non-profit has launched a ‘doctor’s office on wheels’ for individuals experiencing homelessness and those at risk of losing their homes. On January 18, Venice Family Clinic announced a mobile clinic van for homeless families and individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing their homes. “Until now, Venice Family Clinic’s nine street medicine teams, which work in partnership with homeless service providers to get people housed, relied on backpacks filled with medical supplies and equipment to provide on-site care to people experiencing homelessness. With a generous donation from The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation, the
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for the police department,” Rawson said. “We are constantly interfacing with businesses to help address issues related to homelessness or helping property owners register their property for things like no-trespass authorizations.” A spokesperson for the City said in a statement that “we remain committed to promoting a safe environment and safe, secure housing for all.” “In addition to efforts to increase affordable housing in Santa Monica, the City of Santa Monica has two multi-disciplinary street teams and a specially trained team in the Santa Monica Police Department dedicated
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street medicine teams will have a clinic on wheels that brings the privacy of a medical office to their patients,” the clinic–which serves serves 27,00 people in the LA-area– said in a press release. In addition, Venice Family Clinic will use the van to partner with local agencies that serve parents and their children who are unhoused or at risk of homelessness. The allows for more extensive on-site health care services, including drawing blood and obtaining other samples for tests. They will also be able to provide vaccines, rapid HIV and Hepatitis C testing on-scene as well as medically assisted drug and alcohol treatments. “With the mobile clinic van, we can bring our comprehensive model of care to more people in need at our partners’ shelters, transitional living programs and access centers,” said Coley M. King, DO, director of homeless services. “We will be able to treat a wider range of medical needs immediately and in the field, saving some patients a visit at the Clinic, and they will have the safety and dignity of meeting with us privately.” to working to connect people experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services. These teams consistently connect with people experiencing homelessness, even during the pandemic, which every Los Angeles County resident understands as having only made our regional homelessness crisis all the more severe. SMPD conducts early morning checks in the public parking garages to ensure the comfort and safety of all facility users,” the City said. Police say, however, they cannot close elevators in late night hours due to ADA regulations On Feb. 23, City Council will hold a study session on homelessness where stakeholders can express concerns around the issue
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Over a dozen employees have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Santa Monica government building According to the City of Santa Monica, over 15 employees at the Santa Monica Public Safety Facility have tested positive for COVID-19 These employees all went into immediate isolation, the City says In response, the City has offered voluntary COVID-19 testing to all employees working in the building The COVID-positive staff members work in three departments within the facility on 4th and Olympic As of Jan. 20 the workplace continues to operate at full staffing levels The City attributes the cases to increasing COVID-19 community spread in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirmed 262 new deaths and 6,492 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 on Wednesday. The number of new cases and deaths reported Wednesday
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Every 8 years, the state requires cities to update their planning code’s “housing element” to reflect the number of dwelling units that SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments) determines each city within their countywide jurisdiction is required to provide under threat of financial penalty. Without explanation, this number increased from 1,600 units in the current cycle (2014 – 2021) to 8,900 in the next cycle (2022 – 2029), with 6,000 of these units to meet “affordable” standards. Last week’s Part 1 article focused on what I’m calling a failed marriage between recent city councils and the development community in providing only 6 – 8% of “inclusionary housing” instead of a goal of 30% while managing to increase market rents on the remaining units including workforce housing and contributing to homelessness! This week’s article focuses on the development communities effort to “upzone” commercial and multi-family residential projects with increased size, height, and density to meet the inflated SCAG numbers, further jeopardizing our city’s DNA. And next week’s article refutes the need for
upzoning while outlining the ability to meet whatever the number of units that growth can accommodate without exceeding our infrastructure or losing our relaxed beachfront environment. Santa Monica is a low-rise beachfront community of 94,000 residents. Its recreation together with the arts gives identity to the city. But Santa Monica is being asked to expand the population by 20% in the next 8 years. Is there a city that has grown 20% in 8 years, and if so, what is the quality of life in that city? Even though Santa Monica is the 2nd densest city on the California coast – there are no other coastal communities that were assigned more than 55% of the housing increase that we were assigned! Santa Monica’s LUCE, our general plan, estimated growth to be 4,900 units in the 20 year period from 2010 – 2030, not 8,900 units in 8 years! Although these state mandated numbers are baseless, our prior City Council did not defend itself, or us, in the process!! Why didn’t our prior City Council join 50 other cities in appealing this mandate?? Every city needs a housing element, but also an overall plan that coordinates its transportation, open space, cultural and institutional sectors, commercial and residential elements in concert with each other. And it’s critical that these activities and numbers are reasonably correct in order to determine existing and needed infrastructure.
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SMART, From page 10 will the money come from for required infrastructure and how will it affect our quality of life? And how many affordable units will be demolished to build these 8,900 units? Reviewing the development envelope that exists along our commercial boulevards and downtown area, it’s quite clear that increasing zoning capacity is categorically unnecessary whether we build 890 units or 8,900 units. Upzoning has not and will not produce lowcost housing, in fact, it makes the housing crisis even worse. In an effort to reduce costs, Vancouver upzoned density throughout the city and only exacerbated affordability. And here in Santa Monica, the NMS sale of buildings will “pull up market values all over the city” quoting a noted commercial real estate firm. There are no trickle-down economic benefits. This mandate only further gentrifies our community, driving out current low-income residents. It does not increase the supply of affordable housing, it only supports real estate speculation! And current projections suggest both city and state population is static, if not declining. We’ve done far too much piecemeal planning and development. Upzoning will quickly lose our sense of community and character. Our downtown will continue to “canyonize” ! We can’t continue to trash our environment. And what has caused prior and recently reelected councilmembers to come into office favoring lower density and height limits, only to later vote with the development community? Was it the need to cover campaign debts, or future campaigns? Whatever the reason, it
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has not been beneficial for the community to witness the transformation. As our country wrestles with internal divisions, so does Santa Monica. The development community, in addition to controlling Santa Monica, has now overtaken Sacramento, with the primary purpose of increasing land value. With less restriction on land and density on coastal property, prices will escalate even more! And 8.900 new units brings infrastructure costs and needs front and center. The housing crisis should not become justification for real estate speculation. Developers and Sacramento should not take over the city’s planning function. SCAG numbers could be an ecological disaster as buildings over 3 stories can’t be net zero energy usage with current technology! Is Santa Monica a mid-rise or a high-rise city? Prior City Councils have focused on
housing and densification, whereas residents are focused on quality of life! But as previously mentioned, the housing crisis is one of economic inequality, not a housing shortage. There is absolutely no need to “upzone,” but there are two basic issues to resolve – 1) affordable housing and 2) accommodating growth within density and design guidelines that retain Santa Monica’s DNA! Ron Goldman FAIA for SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) Thane Roberts, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Ron Goldman FAIA, Architect, Dan Jansenson, Architect, Building and Fire-Life Safety Commission, Samuel Tolkin Architect, Mario Fonda-Bonardi, AIA, Planning Commissioner, Marc Verville CPA Inactive, Michael Jolly, AIRCRE For previous articles see
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FILE NUMBER: 2020206171 ORIGINAL FILING This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES ON 12/03/20. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as 1. SANTA MONICA POSTAL SERVICES 1626 MONTANA AVE, SANTA MONICA CA. 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU 1626 MONTANA AVE, SANTA MONICA, CA. 90403. This business is conducted by An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed DIMITRIS PAPANIKOLAOU. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on DEC. 03, 2020. NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). SANTA MONICA MIRROR to publish 12/11/2020, 12/18/2020, 12/25/2020, and 1/1/2021
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