Santa Monica Daily Press, September 1, 2014

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Volume 13 Issue 245

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Initiative Arguments: Future control of SMO BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer

SMO In November, voters will get a chance to choose between two competing measures about future control of the Santa Monica Airport.

Measure LC, put forth unanimously by City Council, would allow council to retain some of its control over the airport while requiring voter approved development limits be placed on the land before any new projects can be built. Measure D, financially backed by the

national aviation community, would require a public vote on any significant changes to the airport, including full or partial closure. Five residents pen arguments in favor of Measure D for the official voter guide and four of those five also wrote the arguments against Measure LC.

They claim, as they long have, that city officials want to close the airport to build large dense development. Three City Council members, Tony Vazquez, Gleam Davis, and Ted Winterer, SEE SMO PAGE 10

Roasted chilies make seasonal debut at the Farmers Market BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief

The weather may be cooling but the Farmers' Markets are heating up with seasonal activities including its annual Chile Roast and Pumpkin Carry. The Chile Roast will take place in the SEE ROAST PAGE 10

Storage mogul reflects on a 20-year career Matthew Hall matt@smdp.com

Santa Monica-based entrepreneur Bill Hobin is the president and CEO of the William Warren Group (WWG), a nationwide entrepreneurial real estate and self storage management company. Hobin answered some questions from the Santa Monica Daily Press about his company and its role in Santa Monica. Q: How has living in Santa Monica influenced your business life? A: There's a lot of creativity filling the streets of Santa Monica. Soaking up that SEE BUSINESS PAGE 13

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IRISH COFFEE?: Starbucks was one of three businesses to receive an alcohol license from the Planning Commission last week.

Planning Commission approves three alcohol licenses BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief

CITY HALL The next time Planning Commission ends at 12:30 a.m. and the Commissioners are in need of a nightcap, they'll have three new choices in Santa Monica. The five and a half hour meeting on Aug. 27 took an unusual turn from almost the first minute as the commission chose to hold full

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hearings for each of three consent items and move one action item to the consent calendar. Consent items are usually considered routine housekeeping. They are often items that have already been discussed once or are considered less impact than the action items. However, due to the amount of public interest in three proposed conditional use permits for the sale of alcohol, and a lack of controversy over redeveloping a carwash on

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Wilshire, the Commission chose to switch focus for the night. All three applications were eventually approved albeit with differing conditions. Before launching into the triptych of applications, Commissioner Himmelrich asked staff if the burst of booze requests had a specific cause. SEE ALCOHOL PAGE 12

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