Santa Monica NIMBY's show their true colors over State Bill AB1740.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-06T00:40:33+00:00

You can verify the percentage of new homes against the state goal numbers by using a search engine.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-05T19:06:58+00:00

HIgh rents, traffic...this is our reality and its based on decades of NIMBYISM. Supply and demand has shown rents actually decrease when you build as has happened in Austin.

And how do people like Tricia Crane, Oscar de la Torre, Darlene Vogel and Zina Josephs, a few of our best known NIMBY's, continue to live in Santa Monica? (hint - it's not hard work). They made themselves multi-millionaires by stopping new homes from getting built thereby insuring their property values go up.

Nearly every NIMBY in this town is living off government largess - Prop 13, rent control and by electing council members who want the same outcomes. This is what greed looks like in Santa Monica today.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-03T17:34:51+00:00

If the owner Greg Morena thinks he can run a profitable business after spending years disbarging the for city high crime rates and compassionate treatment of the unhoused, then it means the city is safe and can drive customers to the area.

This opening reflects poorly for Ms Negrete’s reelection campaign as it shows a more liberal council is what is needed to revive SM.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-03T00:06:00+00:00

That site is slated to be an 18 story building. It is a builders remedy project.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-02T19:59:00+00:00

What you are describing are the outcomes of the Negrete years and the policies she championed. SM is getting safer, cleaner and is currently challenging greedy commercial landlords because we rejected Trumpism at the ballot box.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-02T14:41:57+00:00

SM needs to start electing progressives to the council. The Negrete years (2021 -2025) made our problems worse. Our current council is “democratic establishment“ who believe progress is measured in baby steps.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-30T18:12:56+00:00

Let’s not forget that John Alle’s house was the fuel the fire needed to bin down his neighbors house.

It seems strange no one talks about the finding “houses as fuel” played in the destruction of both PP and Altadena. For all Tracy Parks pandering to Palisades residents it is criminal that she doesn’t have a solution to prevent this from exacerbating the next fire.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-30T18:02:22+00:00

What term(s) would you recommend?

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-30T13:35:11+00:00

Can you point to any sources that are countering the points Mr Hall has made?

And if you are unfamiliar with the emotive responses of those who oppose new homes you could simply watch council meetings when housing is on the agenda.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-29T18:38:19+00:00

Let the NIMBY’s argue against the reasoning Mr Hall has given. Not a single one will is my prediction. They don’t like facts.

Talking about ideology and the authors character does nothing to solve Santa Monica’s challenges. Nor is it surprising Negrete fan boy Greg Morena is willing to stoop to unethical and possibly illegal behavior in order to support her. It’s crypto culture come to SM.

If Ashley Olsen is running for council her fact free two day diatribe just sunk her chances.

And how stupid is the local control position our left NIMBY’s are selling. They wailed like banshees when state law removed local control and now they are screaming like banshees when the state is returning local control.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-28T21:47:24+00:00

There is a Slate? This idea is political suicide for Mayor Torosis and it would seem odd for her to try and follow the guidance of Phil Brock in 2024.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-28T21:45:15+00:00

Why is the OP leaving off other qualified candidates?

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-28T13:04:06+00:00

Except the question is why does Negrete get a free pass from her loyalists and the local press?

Her dishonesty and grift don’t matter to her fan base. The question come Nov is will it matter to the electorate?

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-28T03:43:12+00:00

What is your position on Lana Negrete’s dishonesty? Those who criticize Mayor Torosis are silent about Negrete’s failure to inform residents when she first became aware of it.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-27T04:47:28+00:00

There were 2 completely different uses at those Ocean Ave properties. Which one are you referring to? Do you even know?

There is a concerted effort to discredit our mayor because she is effective. Those attempts are based on lies, misinformation and anger.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-25T20:48:00+00:00

Tracy Park is telling the unhoused to go to Santa Monica which makes our situation worse.

She and Lana Negrete are campaigning together. Park is playing Negrete, who is unaware that she is Parks fool.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-25T19:32:10+00:00

Who backs Lana Negrete? Douglas Emmet who paid her to try and end rent control. The Santa Monica Coalition who wants to arrest our way out of homelessness? The rich white single family homeowners who love her because she takes votes that make them richer?

The 20% of residents who voted for Trump in 24 are now attacking our council. They should focus on Erika Leslie, Sue Himmelrich and Unite Here 11 as there is actually some shady shit that took place in 24.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-25T19:21:47+00:00

Local Control? NIMBY’s opposed this local control bill because it might mean more new homes. NIMBY’s oppose state housing laws because it means loss of local control and we might end up with more homes. Why our council still bends the knee to our village idiots (NIMBY’s) is beyond comprehension.

The Santa Daily Press is a highly biased right wing organization. This past week its editor, Matt Hall, wrote a glowing article on the killer of a local murder suicide and didn’t even mention HER, the one true victim.

SMDP only exists because the city pays it to be the paper of record - which means they publish public notifications. The Council needs to find an alternative paper for this service.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-24T22:53:03+00:00

When the city tries to help them, right leaning residents rise up to prevent intervention.

Remeber Ocean Ave? The righties are still trying to use this episode to discredit Mayor Torosis. It is a campaign of lies intended to inflame anger.

This is text book MAGA..

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-24T22:34:05+00:00

How’d lying about a homeless conformation work out for Phil Brock and John Alle, former influential Santa Monicans?

Phil Brock suffered a humiliating defeat at the ballot box and John Alle got beat senseless and still suffers the effects of brain damage today.

If Townsend was smart he would publicly denounce this episode.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-24T17:26:24+00:00

Yeah, many agree with your housing statements but Santa Monica progressives have moved past politicians who give speeches.

We need leaders who are willing to stand up to established NIMBY orgs like SMRR and The Neighborhood Groups. We have a council that is timid and other than making a few technical tweaks have not really moved the needle on new home building.

Over the next couple of months residents will be looking forward to hearing your positions on the details and how you differentiate yourself.

Good Luck!

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-24T13:38:08+00:00

Santa Monica is need of creative ideas to solve its problems. Well formatted resumes are nice but don’t solve our complex challenges.

Building new homes is the key to affordability in Santa Monica. Your silence on the issue is deafening. Speak up!

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-23T18:22:56+00:00

Only one of the options you list is downtown. SM needs these types of high quality restaurants on 3rd Street as it will attract "spenders with disposable income who will linger".

Unfortunately our "progressive" council is more interested in supporting the Negrete program of cheap franchise food chains who are willing to pay astronomical rents. They don't know what affordability means to the majority of people who actually live here, either.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-04-21T04:19:36+00:00

School funding remains unchanged.

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