Labor & EconomyOctober 4, 2016
Santa Monica’s No-Growth Measure LV Will Stunt Affordable Housing
In Santa Monica a group of residents – frustrated by traffic and angry at developers – has placed a no-growth measure on the local ballot. It would force nearly all new projects higher than 32 feet to a citywide vote. The backers of Measure LV say that it’s buildings of all kinds – whether they house people or create jobs – that bring choking traffic.