Voters passed Measure LC in 2014 to close the airport in 2028 and allow only open space unless voters decide otherwise. State housing mandates can also play a role in what must be considered and built.
Cloverfield Commons is a proposed housing development and park serving Santa Monicans who cannot compete in today’s real estate market. It is envisioned as a modestly scaled community that would occupy a portion of the Santa Monica airport land.
It will take an incredible effort to overcome opposition to local development, but we believe that acting in sacred solidarity, we will find a path to Cloverfield Commons.
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Home is Sacred
Home is where we lay our heads, have our dreams, raise our kids, and hopefully find our peace….
This campaign is for people who are shut out of the Santa Monica housing market: teachers, nurses, hotel workers, first responders, elders like me, young people raised here and starting out life, and those who have been displaced from their housing by “progress,” like the construction of the 10 Freeway.
By joining together as Santa Monica residents and stakeholders we can take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.—Vivian Rothstein (CLUE co-founder, Santa Monica resident, and Cloverfield Commons co-convener)
We can judge a society by the ability it has to promote justice. There are far too many people in our community who cannot afford to live where they work.
So they have to spend a huge portion of their day, just to get to work and get back home.
Imagine what that does to their families. Imagine spending your precious time just sitting on the freeway.
We have 200 acres of land right over there. There is space. There is an opportunity. And the reality is that we can and must build homes for folks in that space.” —Rev. Nathan Rugh, St. Augustine by-the-Sea
I was born and raised in Santa Monica. My family came in the 1960s. Santa Monica is my home. But I cannot afford to live here.
I know people who work in hospitals, schools, after-school programs, grocery stores, and hotels – all in Santa Monica–who can’t afford to live here.
I drive nearly an hour each way and know others who take up to 3 hours to get to work. We are essential workers who build the community. We are the ones who make the city run. And yet we can’t afford to live here.
Having affordable housing means my family, my friends, my co-workers, and others in this community could spend more time with loved ones and have time to rest. —Valerie Martin, Santa Monica Courtyard by Marriott employee
Solidarity is Sacred
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice educates, organizes, and mobilizes faith leaders and community members to walk with workers and immigrants in their struggles for good jobs, safe workplaces, and healthy communities.
We can accompany low-wage workers—mostly immigrants and communities of color—because people like you support an organized, connected interfaith movement for economic justice.
Please join the movement to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.