Articles written by Ericka Lesley

Ericka Lesley, Santa Monica Resident|Updated Nov 3, 2026

You took twenty years to save for that house. Or you have held onto a rent-controlled unit through three landlords because it is the only reason your family is still in Santa Monica. Either way, you were here first, and you are not sure anyone at City Hall remembers that. You have seen public land that could hold homes sold off instead. You called code enforcement about the leak, or the permit, and waited. You went to the meeting, and your three minutes became one, and the...