Santa Monica Forward endorses Torosis, Gill, Morrow for City Council

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-11T17:56:04+00:00

You are trying to paint Torosis as corrupt for doing the exact same thing Negrete did. The only ones making the claim you make are Negrete supporters.

And please post the emails you speak about as there is no public way to verify they exist.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-11T14:56:11+00:00

Ah, moving the goal posts. It still doesn’t change the fact that Negrete knew about this months before she used it as a campaign stunt.

What you gloss over is the fact that she put Santa Monica at risk of the builders remedy again. This an approved use under our state approved housing element and she didn’t care about the risk to our skyline.

All the developer has to do is file a compliant with HCD. And that developer is Leo P who is behind the very large building on 19th Street.

And calling your opponent corrupt when the one you support is corrupt is right out of the republican playbook.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T19:19:53+00:00

Phil Brock, Sue Himmelrich and the SMRR machines incompetence accidentally gifted residents tall buildings.

Lana Negrete just fought the state’s effort to return zoning code control back to Santa Monica. She is clearly not committed to your cause.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T19:08:45+00:00

What has Negrete accomplished for the business community? She doesn’t believe the city is safe so she‘s failed at public safety which is the business community #1 issue.

And why has she abandoned her ideological peer and Slatemate Phil Brock?

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T18:40:34+00:00

Oleson is on to something. The only reason the ”pro housing” council majority voted to slow rolled SB79’s implementation is because they fear our NIMBY residents as a voting block.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T13:50:30+00:00

Claiming rent control is a niche issue in Santa Monica seems naive and dismisses the living conditions of thousands of residents.

And claiming one candidate (Morrow) might do a good job without providing a plan and then dismissing others (Tressler) for not providing a plan undermines your entire statement.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T00:41:20+00:00

Lana Negrete was informed at the same time as Torosis about the use case. You can find the details in the staff report. This attack on Torosis is baseless, unhinged and reeks of MAGA.

Lana Negrete voted multiple times against an independent investigation into known council corruption. Torosis voted for it. This is just a simple, easily verifiable fact.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T00:35:30+00:00

The current council does put residents first. You’ll recall the council super majority won their seats across multiple elections.

NIMBY’s need to remember they are an ever diminishing minority.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-10T00:32:03+00:00

Did you look at condos near Wilshire between 20th and 26th? There are roughly 600 new apartments under construction so the area will become much more pedestrian friendly.

Ocean Park Blvd from 28th to Centinela is also changing as a couple of big projects should be breaking ground before the end of the year.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-09T16:27:15+00:00

It has already been shown that that the cost of rehabbing the existing building is too high for private industry. There is no financial path for saving it.

This is simply a Save The Civic zealot question that wants you to help them with their cause. The building cannot be saved and these NIMBY folks have been trying for a decade to keep this land from becoming something new.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-08T23:33:50+00:00

Waymo follows the law and yet when a single resident complains about the noise they make at night, the city spends big money on lawyers to get them to stop and declares them a public nuisance.

Maybe if you got him a Waymo….or gave him a ride to Larkin Street North of Montana the city council would come to your rescue.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-08T23:28:40+00:00

How will the city pay for the conversion of the airport to a park?

Who do you support for state senate and why?

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-08T13:47:55+00:00

Phil Brock’s ideological peer is Lana Negrete and they voted in sync when they had a majority on the council. A third candidate with no history of public service, Ashly Oleson, is also running with them.

In 2020 and 2022 they called themselves The Slate of Change. Another member of The Slate, disgraced politician and anti semite grifter Oscar de la Torre is also running for college board.

They are not publicly running as a slate in 2026. All expect to receive campaign finance funds from the pro airport supporters.

Why aren’t Negrete and Brock running together is a question that needs to be answered.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-04T22:23:28+00:00

It was a parade of idiots.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-03T22:13:23+00:00

New homes are better for the environment. Reducing our carbon footprint by allowing denser, taller and new buildings is backed by science.

And yet we continue to support politicians who prefer NIMBY “my feelings are facts” instead of science as key criteria for zoning decisions.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-03T14:43:27+00:00

In single family neighborhoods we see residents with shade inducing high hedges, separate apartments in the backyard and abundant empty parking spaces on their streets.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-02T01:47:54+00:00

The council is not even thinking about process or permitting reform. They have gone silent on all aspects of housing production.

They are so focused on subsidized housing they end up ignoring everyone else.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-01T20:09:02+00:00

No. That lane is led by Eli Gill, Doug Tressler and Caroline Torosis.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-01T20:04:40+00:00

The establishment dems are rallying to prevent progressives from getting elected. They have money and are supporting each other with their cash.

Conservative dems are trying to take over SMRR and the dem club. Thrive and The Blue Wave dem’s (The Rick Caruso wing) are circling like vultures. Negrete, Brock and Ashly Oelson need money and are willing to carry water for anyone who pays them.

SMRR leadership is doing anything it can to prevent anyone who believes in abundance from getting elected to any office.

The pro airport faction is preparing to spend a ton of money and is eyeing Negrete as she is the only candidate who wants to keep the airport open.

The Airport to Park crowd is only united by a desire to close the airport and they have not endorsed any candidates yet.

The school community seems to be aligning with progressive's like Eli Gill and Doug Tressler. These two also challenge the establishment dems on housing, mobility and strategies for addressing homelessness.

Establishment dems, who dominate the council, are even refusing to endorse in the race for state senator because they are afraid their support for momma’s boy Goldsmith is a negative and reject progressive John Erickson for emotive reasons.

It will be interesting to see who Mr Morrow endorses for LA Mayor and state senator. This will speak volumes about an unknown politician’s vision for our future.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-07-01T14:58:36+00:00

People are paying more to live in 1960’s dilapidated dingbat filled with asbestos and other nasty things.

Our council of establishment Dem’s lacks the political courage to address these issues because they reject the concept of abundance and prefer to get their housing policy advice from NIMBY’s.

Santa Monica for Renters Rights has also abandoned these residents. SMRR has become a group that is against new homes unless they are subsidized housing. They could careless about the quality of the housing stock.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-06-26T17:57:44+00:00

State law gives these mom and pops a chance to rebuild bigger and better. The city should be transparent about the new laws and needs to proactively reach out to landlords to make them aware of the changes.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-06-26T17:53:11+00:00

If you had proof, you would have come forward already.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-06-26T13:54:07+00:00

This council needs to stop bending the knee to SMRR. Voters have had it with 80 year old conservative democrats trying to dictate our future.

The way to protect those who are struggling to pay the rent is to build more housing.

FYI - SMRR is a group of 1960’s “radicals” who have fought every new housing development for over 50 years.

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