https://oursantamonica.com Accountability reporting on one California city, built from primary records — campaign filings, council agendas, court files and city budget documents. en-us https://oursantamonica.com/investigations/who-gets-to-live-here https://oursantamonica.com/investigations/who-gets-to-live-here Santa Monica, CA built the strongest tenant protections in America. These worked — for 27,668 households, nearly six in ten homes in this city. This is the story of how the same machinery closed the door on everyone else, and why the people who run it still talk like insurgents long after capturing the city. THE MONEY Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT