From the followup file: Checking on the California Ave “upzone”
Those big white signs have been up for almost a year now along California between Hinds and Hanford (city map at left), the section proposed for “upzoning” (archived coverage here), and you may wonder...
View ArticleWest Seattle real estate: Building for sale in the “upzone” zone
View Larger Map That’s the Google Street View of the Shamrock apartment building, 3262 California SW. The half-century-old 10-unit building is the latest West Seattle apartment complex to go up for...
View ArticleDPD: California Ave “upzone” recommendation finally almost done
When we reported last week on Prudential Northwest Realty moving out of its California SW location, merging with the same-ownership office at Jefferson Square, we got a new round of questions about the...
View ArticleAfter 3 years, a thumbs-up for California SW ‘upzoning’ proposal
Almost three years after it was originally proposed, the recommended zoning change for California SW between Hanford and Hinds (and a bit beyond, on the west side) is moving ahead. We got first word...
View ArticleFollowup: Why the DPD supports California SW zoning change
This morning, the official city report is out on a major development reported here Friday in a story that’s been ongoing for almost three years – a request to change the zoning for both sides of one...
View ArticleCalifornia SW ‘upzone’ proposal: Appeal filed; opponents organize
It’s less than a week and a half till a public hearing is scheduled before the city Hearing Examiner downtown for anyone with something to say about the city’s 3-years-in-the-making recommendation to...
View ArticleCalifornia SW ‘upzone’: Plan for next week’s hearings outlined
One week from today, the proposal to “upzone” a block-plus of California SW (map) makes its final stop before City Council consideration: A public hearing before city Hearing Examiner Sue Tanner, in...
View ArticleWest Seattle Wednesday: ‘Upzone’ hearings downtown, and more
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar: Today’s the day for what could be all-day proceedings regarding the proposed zoning change in the 3200 block of California SW, which would allow more height...
View ArticleAwaiting the California SW ‘upzone’ report: The hearing recap
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor If you saw a woman with short white hair, perhaps a notebook too, roaming the 3200 block of California purposefully over the weekend – that just might have been...
View ArticleCalifornia SW ‘upzoning’: Hearing Examiner’s decisions are in
Two weeks after the daylong hearing on the proposal to “upzone” a block-plus of California SW between Hanford and Hinds (WSB coverage here), the city Hearing Examiner‘s rulings have just arrived in the...
View ArticleCalifornia ‘upzoning’ proposal: Read the complete rulings
ORIGINAL 1:44 AM REPORT: Just before the long holiday weekend, we reported on the city Hearing Examiner‘s decisions regarding the “upzoning” proposed for a block-plus stretch of California SW south of...
View ArticleWest Seattle ‘upzone’ goes to City Council committee tomorrow
Will the City Council approve property owners’ request to “upzone” the block of California SW between Hanford and Hinds (city map at left)? The next step in the three-years-so-far process is a City...
View ArticleCalifornia ‘upzone’: No vote today – at least 2 more hearings
Three years and nine days after the first word of a proposal to change the zoning of a full block of California SW on the south end of the Admiral District, the proposal has finally reached the City...
View ArticleCalifornia SW ‘upzoning’: Back to council committee Tuesday
This Tuesday morning brings the City Council Committee on the Built Environment‘s next hearing for the proposal to rezone a block-plus along California SW south of Admiral. The three-year-old proposal...
View ArticleCalifornia SW rezoning proposal passes council committee
(Video of this morning’s entire committee meeting, from Seattle Channel; West Seattle item starts at 21:10) We’re at Seattle City Hall, where the Council’s Committee for the Built Environment has just...
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