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06.04.18 Volume 17 Issue 169
New rules coming for aviation businesses at the Santa Monica Airport MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
The Santa Monica Airport Commission will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to debate new rules for leasing space to aviationrelated businesses. The airport commission will hear the changes, consider revisions and make a recommendation to City Council regarding the proposed Airport Minimum Standards. Council will consider the recommendation at a future meeting and will have the final say in any new rules. The new standards include insurance rules, security requirements, application procedures, general operator requirements and specialized rules for individual
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types of businesses. Commercial service providers such as fixed base operators (FBO), aircraft charter/air taxis, flight training schools, aircraft maintenance and repair stations, self-service fuel pumps, aircraft management services, air transportation arrangers, aircraft sales operators and other aeronautical services would be covered under the rules. SMO has about 187 acres of aeronautical space and 40 acres for other uses. The airport derives about 70 percent of its revenue from lease and license operations. “The Minimum Standards would build on the current processes to provide concise and SEE SMO PAGE 5
Town hall to focus on homelessness LILY RICHMAN Daily Press Intern
On June 5, Downtown Santa Monica Inc. (DTSM) will host a town hall forum at the Santa Monica Public Library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. to discuss homelessness. Facilitated by City Manager Rick Cole, the conversation aims to be educational and collaborative in nature. Kathleen Rawson, CEO of DTSM, said the meeting is meant to share “what is being done to address the homeless crisis impacting cities across the state and the country, as well as provide useful information and tips on how to deal with issues related to the street population.” Homelessness has become a dominant topic across the region. While homelessness decreased in Los Angeles County last year, falling about three percent, the number of homeless individuals in
Santa Monica increased by about 4 percent in the same time. Efforts to combat the crisis have increased with the passage of Measures H and HHH in 2016. The additional funds will increase spending on homelessness by $402 million this year including new tracking system, rapid re-housing programs for the recently homeless, outreach programs and prevention efforts. Locally, Santa Monica has budgeted $1.4 million in one-time funds to support an action plan that will add dedicated staff, explore redeployment of public safety officials and create pilot programs to help prevent those most at-risk from becoming homeless. Representatives from a variety of Santa Monica departments will be present to answer questions, including members from health
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AWESOMENESS: A company near Bergamot Station received an award for the design of their office.
KATE CAGLE Daily Press Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Business Council gave a Santa Monica media company top honors for its new offices inside the Pen Factory near Bergamot Station at their annual architecture awards Friday. Awesomeness is an entertainment brand that caters to teenagers by helping young internet sensations build their brands, monetize their content and improve their production quality. The company’s new offices take up the East Wing of the recently remodeled 1950’s era Papermate factory. “The Awesomeness project reimagines how we use office space to meet the needs of today’s
workforce,” said Mary Leslie, LABC president. “We congratulate the winning team for their innovative design and for helping L.A. keep pace with the needs of the modern Angeleno.” The company’s new offices were designed by architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. It was one of 54 projects that took home honors during the 48th annual LABC Architecture Awards. “This year’s award winners were especially focused on making urban life more livable and sustainable as well as beautiful,” Leslie said. A jury panel of industry experts co-chaired by Robert Jernigan, Regional Managing Principal of Gensler, and Nadine Watt, President of Watt Companies, picked the winSEE AWARD PAGE 6
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