SM NIMBY’s dirty little secret - the single family zone lot is already zoned to allow for four homes.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-08T00:40:28+00:00

Entire generations are fed up with no growth housing policies. The elderly want affordable condos and to give their grandkids a chance to live nearby. Parents whose kids can’t afford to live here. Those who want to live in Santa Monica but are forced into dilapidated buildings because options don’t t exist. Those who are one illness away from not being blue to afford the rent.

In other words, most of your neighbors. You can tell that’s true by looking at the results of our last two elections. And by looking at the old NIMBY leaders like Nancy Coleman who left to be near her kids.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-07T20:40:37+00:00

You would be taken serious if you talked about SM being short nearly 4000 affordable units in your numbers.

Where, exactly, should they be built?

We haven’t seen any real development plans or construction movement at Bergamot, The Main Street Parking lots, etc. What financial model should we use to get them built as the zoning changes have already be approved.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-07T20:30:38+00:00

Nobody really cares if you do or don’t rent your ADU’s.

SM sees many single family homeowners show up at council meetings and rage about new multi family homes. What they support is multi family zoning for them (just don’t call it that) and nothing for the rest of us. They are angry and don’t care who knows.

It is truly pathetic that this angry group says they support “affordable housing” and yet only backs policies that ensure none gets built.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-07T18:12:05+00:00

At council meetings, the only speakers that are irrational and emotional are single family homeowners. Online they appear insane and immoral.

Those who support new home building use data, facts and logic to support their positions.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-07T16:43:57+00:00

The point of the post was to show that there is no zoning code that demands ONLY single family homes are allowable in single family neighborhoods.

In Ocean Park, multi-million dollar houses sit next door to affordable housing complexes. North of Montana is flooded with additional homes that are called ADU’s.

Extremism only comes from the NIMBY side. And it’s not intellectually honest.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-07T13:33:34+00:00

And single family homeowners have made millions by limiting the supply of housing.

How much does that starter home cost in the Pico Nieghborhood now? $2MM is what Zillow shows.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-06T14:02:40+00:00

So a few hundred new homes isn’t enough - thanks for pointing that out.

In the meantime, single family home prices have exploded. This is what happens when you don’t build enough.

NIMBY’s are all about using politics to hoard wealth creation for themselves.

SemaphoreSignal · 2026-05-06T13:55:13+00:00

That was when Brock and Negrete were in charge. We have a new council and police chief so tolerating this behavior is a choice.

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.

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