FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Volume 12 Issue 71
Santa Monica Daily Press
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Imagine Santa Monica with even less parking Draft plan would reduce parking requirements BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE A transportation planning consultant offered up a first draft of proposed parking requirements to the Planning Commission Wednesday night that would radically reduce the amount of parking required for new developments in most of Santa Monica. The recommendations represent a drastic shift from how parking is currently provided in the city, including ceilings on the amount of parking allowed in new development and encouragement of shared or leased parking. Aggressive strategies like those listed in the report are the only way for Santa Monica to meet the traffic and pollution reduction goals outlined in the Land Use and Circulation Element adopted in 2010 with broad community support, said Jeffrey Tumlin, a consultant with transportation planning firm Nelson\Nygaard. It can also attack one cause of expensive rents by removing the cost of parking from the equation. Residents see it another way. Parking is Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com
SEE PARKING PAGE 8
GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN: Cars and trucks take up most of the parking along Fourth Street just north of California Avenue on Thursday.
Latinos will soon dominate state population JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Latinos will soon become the dominant ethnic group in the nation’s most populous state, marking a milestone in the country’s shifting racial and ethnic composition, according to projections released Thursday by the California Department of Finance. Demographers predict the number of Latinos in the state will equal that of whites by mid-year and exceed it in early 2014 for the first time. Each group currently represents about 39 percent of the population. The shift is expected to affect politics and public policy in California and perhaps
beyond, given the state’s history of trendsetting legislation and cultural contributions. Whites currently lack a majority in only two other states — Hawaii and New Mexico. Demographers say Latinos’ share of the overall California population will continue to increase to about 41 percent by 2020, when whites will make up less than 37 percent. By 2060, Latinos could account for 48 percent of the state’s population, with whites falling below 30 percent. In 2010, Latinos were a majority in nine of California’s 58 counties; by 2060, that could grow to 17. Blacks are expected to slip from nearly 6
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percent in 2010 to just more than 4 percent by 2060, while the Asian population, now just below 13 percent, could grow slightly as a percentage of the overall population. The demographic trends also show that California, like other states, will get older, with the median age expected to increase from the current 35 to 42 in 2060. Even so, California would have a lower median age than other states. “Due to California’s diversity and because of its role as the primary gateway state for immigration, California will not age as rapidly in the coming 20 years as many other states,” the report said. SEE LATINOS PAGE 9
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Community to weigh in on local marijuana policy BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
MAIN LIBRARY City officials will hold a community meeting next week to give residents a voice in whether or not they want to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in Santa Monica. The meeting, which will be held Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library, will begin with the “will we, won’t SEE POT PAGE 10
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