4 with a predominately anti-development and slow growth field making up most of the 14 candidates.
There was another crowded City Council election ballot Nov. What happens next with Hines and its property still remains to be seen. The City Council then decided to rescind the development agreement, opposed to letting voters decide the project’s fate on the Nov. Needing signatures from 10 percent of Santa Monica’s registered voting population in 30 days (approximately 6,100 signatures), the movement submitted more than 13,000 signatures to City Hall with several days to spare. When the 4-3 pro-development majority of Terry O’Day, Gleam Davis, Pam O’Connor, and Bob Holbrook voted to approve Hines’ mixed-used development at 1681 26th Street in February, newly formed grassroots movement stepped up to the plate, announcing it would gather signatures to veto the development agreement. The slow growth movement, which had been gaining momentum in the lead up to this year, had two major victories: the successful referendum drive to halt the controversial Hines development and the election of slow growth advocate Sue Himmelrich to the City Council, shifting the power out of the hands of the previous pro-development majority. Development and what role it will play in Santa Monica now and in the future dominated the top headlines of 2014, as The Mirror takes a look back on the year that was.
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