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🌱 Patch AM: SB 79 Explained: Why Santa Monica May Upzone 89 Homes To Delay Housing Law

Spotted on the Santa Monica calendar: Real Estate Investing Boot Camp

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Hello Santa Monica! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How 89 homes could reshape Santa Monica's housing near transit
  • Why a Santa Monica hot spot drew Hollywood's most-watched co-parenting duo

Also on today's calendar: Real Estate Investing Boot Camp and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 72 degrees.
  • Thursday: A sun-and-cloud mix, temps: high: 84, low: 75.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SB 79 Explained: Why Santa Monica May Upzone 89 Homes To Delay Housing Law (patch.com) — Santa Monica officials are weighing a creative zoning move that would upzone 89 single-family parcels near the Expo/Bundy E Line station to qualify the area for a temporary exemption from California's new SB 79 housing rules. Residents can learn how this strategy could reshape development capacity around local transit stops and influence where taller, denser housing may eventually be built across Santa Monica's seven TOD zones.
   

• Ben Affleck dines with his and Jennifer Garner's kids at LA hot spot (pagesix.com) — A well-known Los Angeles restaurant in Santa Monica briefly took center stage as Ben Affleck was photographed dining there with two of his children over the weekend. The piece focuses on their family outing, fashion details, and the parents' ongoing co‑parenting relationship, with no broader local impacts for residents.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday August 26
  • California Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Insights from the UCLA Anderson Forecast Real Estate Survey
    The Century City Chamber of Commerce Allen Matkins 1901 Avenue of the Stars
    11:30 am
  • 2:00 PM Dismissal
    Kornblum Hawthorne, CA 90250
    2:00 pm
  • AVID College Night
    Culver City High School Culver City, CA 90230
    4:00 pm
  • Off The Grid at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum →
    Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga
    7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Every Inch of Santa Monica Matters! —Phil Brock Read on Patch
  • Please share & repost to help reunite this lost dog!
    Charlie was LOST on August 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA 90019 near Hollywood and highland Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to… (Nextdoor North of Montana)
  • More progress along Swarthmore south of Sunset.
    It's encouraging to see more homes taking shape and the neighborhood slowly coming back together. There is still a long road ahead, but each new… (Nextdoor Wilshire Montana)
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🗞 Nearby News

Marina del Rey

  • Band Spotlight: Thing of Twins Found Their Sound by Doing Things Their Own Way (disarray.blog)
  • New podcast on NBA icon 'Cult of Kobe' launches with Celtics head coach as debut guest (pagesix.com)

Culver City

Los Angeles

  • PopUp Bagels To Open 2nd Location In Los Angeles (patch.com)
  • 7 LA County Beaches Unsafe For Swimming Due To Bacteria Levels (patch.com)

Ok Santa Monica! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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