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WEDNESDAY
07.19.17 Volume 16 Issue 213
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Republican lawmakers give California climate law a boost BY JONATHAN J. COOPER & SOPHIA BOLLAG Associated Press
When California lawmakers backed a landmark law that seeks to combat global warming, the key support came from a surprising SEE LAW PAGE 7
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Construction based rent adjustments coming back to Rent Control Board MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
The Rent Control Board has postponed a decision on revisions to construction based rent reduction rules and will now pick up the discussion at their August meeting. The Board made the decision last week citing a lack of time to study the proposed revisions and a desire to have all boardmembers present for the discussion.
Staff released their report in the afternoon of July 11 in advance of a July 13 meeting. The 20 page report recommended language simplification throughout the ordinance and a set of “substantive” changes. Substantive revisions included rules requiring a tenant to have suffered some adverse effect before applying for a construction-related rent decrease, clarification of concepts for ease of citation, specifying state any rent decrease will
cover the entire duration of construction impacts – not merely those occurring after the date on which the Board sends notice to the landlord that a rent decrease is possible, coordinating requests from multiple units within a single complex, clarifying the confidentially of mediation including notice that the agreements are not confidential themselves and allowing lawyers to participate, requiring tenants to provide a basis for
the rent decrease, removing language made moot by past legal cases and equalizing rent decreases based on similar cases. While the law does not require a rent decrease for all construction in a rent controlled unit, it does provide for a rent decrease in most cases. “In order to qualify for this exception an interruption of services must result from work that is SEE ADJUSTMENTS PAGE 7
Coffee, sandwiches and pizza back on the menu Reopened businesses cover breakfast, lunch and dinner on Lincoln Blvd.
Photos by Marina Andalon
REOPENED: Starbucks, Fresh Brothers, and Jersey Mike’s Subs on Lincoln have reopened after a fire closed the businesses and displaced residents for two months.
MATTHEW HALL & MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff
Businesses are reopening at the corner of Lincoln and Broadway after an electrical fire closed the building more than two months ago. About 120 residents and five businesses were evacuated from 1447 Lincoln Blvd. on May 8 due to an electrical fire in an underground room. The fire cut power to the building and caused a small explosion in a parking garage. About 45 firefighters from Santa Monica and Los Angeles responded to the scene with multiple trucks and ambulances. Police officers closed the surrounding streets and the fire was brought under control
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in about 34 minutes but residents and businesses were removed for safety purposes. Residents were temporarily relocated throughout the region but began moving back into the building recently. Most tenants have reoccupied their original units but a few vacancies do remain on the residential side. After weeks of closure, several businesses reopened this week including Starbucks, Fresh Brothers Pizza and Jersey Mike’s. Business was brisk at the locations with lines out the door for the sandwich shop. Fresh Brothers General Manager Rafael Rodriguez was supervising the Santa Monica location Tuesday afternoon. “We have been closed for two months and it is our second day being open,” he said. “The past two days we
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have been very busy in the afternoon and everyone that is coming in is very happy to see us open again,” he said. Rodriguez said locals were waiting for the stores to reopen. “Over the past two months locals have been very upset,” he said. “What we decided to do was have an employee stand in front of the business during lunch and hand out cards with a discount code, which would give them free delivery anywhere in Santa Monica. We also sent out a blast email, and put the news all over our social media.” Rodriguez said multiple electricians and maintenance workers have come in to make sure everything is up to date and running smoothly. editor@smdp.com
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