Culver City lists an active proposal for a 40-unit residential building at 4076-4080 Lafayette Place. The City identifies Olivia Joncich of Rand Paster Nelson LLP as applicant representative, while project reporting identifies Lafayette Place Apartments LLC an…
The Culver City Planning Commission approved the 6201 Bristol Parkway mixed-use project on October 22, 2025. Current City materials describe the approved project as 846 residential units, including 36 very low-income units, with 11,406 square feet of commercia…
Planning Commission approval Direct government documentation Approved
Los Angeles Business Journal reporting published September 14, 2026 states that the former Sony Pictures Animation campus at 9050 Washington Boulevard sold at public auction on August 24 to Fortress Investment Group for $71.3 million after Hackman Capital Part…
Foreclosure / public sale event Documented by contemporaneous business reporting citing Los Angeles County records and a trustee's deed upon sale Completed public auction reported September 14, 2026
Greystar sold the 115-unit Access Culver City mixed-use property at 8770 Washington Boulevard to Black Equities for a reported $106 million. Newmark represented Greystar in the transaction.
Property sale Direct transaction relationship documented by multiple real-estate sources Closed
Culver City Council draft minutes record approval, by a 3-2 vote, of a motion on the City's donation agreement with Culver City Unified School District that included replacement conditions and an amendment requiring a housing discussion for revenue opportuniti…
City Council action on interagency funding agreement Direct City draft minutes; vote and motion text recorded Motion carried 3-2 in City draft minutes
An archived Culver City calendar invitation identifies a meeting titled 'Conflicts Issues' scheduled for September 24, 2019 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM in John Nachbar's office. Required attendees were Heather Baker, Thomas Small, John Nachbar, and Carol Schwab; Lisa…
An archived Culver City general services agreement identifies Lighthouse Services, LLC as provider of anonymous reporting hotline services for the City. The agreement includes 24/7 reporting channels, a case-management system, anonymity protections, and annual…
Culver City adopted amended Council Policy No. 4209 governing its purchasing-card program. The policy places program oversight in the Finance Department Purchasing Division, identifies U.S. Bank as the purchasing-card bank through the CAL-Card program, and set…
corporate filing event
California Secretary of State filing records preserved in the Greenberg archive identify Michael D. Hackman as Chief Executive Officer and Brent Iloulian as Secretary for Culver City Forward on March 9, 2020.
California corporate filing records preserved in the Greenberg archive identify Thomas Aujero Small as Chief Executive Officer and Kelly Kent as Secretary for Culver City Forward in June 2020.
corporate filing event
Culver City Council minutes document creation of an ad hoc subcommittee to work with City staff to review Moss Adams internal-audit reports and staff recommendations for improvements to the City's internal controls. Mayor Thomas Small and Council Member Alex F…
An archived City agreement documents Culver City's contract with Lighthouse Services, LLC to provide anonymous reporting hotline services for fraud, waste and abuse reporting.
Culver City records document the groundbreaking for The Culver Steps at 9300 Culver Boulevard. Vice Mayor Thomas Small appeared at the project event with developer Michael Hackman. The project was developed in collaboration between the City of Culver City and …
Hackman Capital Partners and Affinius Capital retained Newmark to market the fully leased Culver Steps property at 9300 Culver Boulevard for sale. Public reporting identified Newmark's Kevin Shannon as part of the sale effort and cited an expected value around…
A documented Culver Studios dedication event included Michael Hackman, Thomas Small, Jeffrey Cooper, Goran Eriksson, Jim Clarke, Jennifer Salke, Albert Cheng, and Jason Ropell.
The Culver Studios announced completion of Phase 1 of its Innovation Plan, including preservation and relocation of historic mansion and bungalow structures. The announcement quoted Michael Hackman and Mayor Thomas Small regarding the preservation work.
Project event
Triston Ezidore’s September 8 campaign email announced a September 9, 2026 “LGBTQ Leaders for Freddy & Triston” event with Freddy Puza at Faring, 659 N. Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood. The campaign graphic lists multiple LGBTQ organizations and public fig…
Campaign event / venue institutional relationship Direct campaign communication; venue address corroborated by public Faring records Announced for September 9, 2026
public records request event
Les Greenberg submitted a California Public Records Act request seeking records related to discussions concerning Thomas Small, Michael Hackman/Hackman Capital Partners, and potential conflicts of interest involving City Attorney and City Manager offices.
Public records request event
Public-record-derived property sources document a November 2025 acquisition in the 4076-4080 Lafayette Place project chain, including a transfer involving Stephanie Wissner/Mintle and Lafayette Place Apartments LLC. First American Title Company is identified o…
Archived Greenberg materials preserve Moss Adams proposal and related City records concerning independent internal audit services and internal-control review. Exact execution date and final contract details require confirmation from the executed contract docum…
Moss Adams LLP submitted a proposal to Culver City to provide independent internal-auditing services in place of an in-house internal-audit function. The proposal described risk assessment, internal-control, fraud, compliance, operational, performance and reve…
City records identified a closed-session real property negotiation involving City negotiator Odis Jones and Michael Hackman / Hackman Capital Partners. Properties listed included 9050 Washington Boulevard, 9300 Culver Boulevard, 3958 Ince Boulevard, 3960 Ince …
Closed-session real property negotiation Primary City agenda record supplemented by contemporaneous business reporting City Council closed-session agenda item; later reporting characterizes City purchase interest
Culver City agendas listed closed-session real-property negotiations concerning 3835 Watseka Avenue. The City negotiators were Odis Jones and Adam Troy; the other party was REthink Culver LLC, with Greg Reitz named as negotiator. The item appeared on both the …
Real property negotiation Direct project/property negotiation Documented on two City Council agendas
Santa Monica City Council approved a $1,999,205 five-year design agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates for the approximately 1.3-mile 14th Street Two-Way Protected Bikeway between Washington Avenue and Pico Boulevard. Contemporary reporting records a 7-0 v…
Professional services contract award Documented contract award; Culver City bridge supported by separate primary and near-primary sources Approved
Culver City's final September 14, 2026 City Council/Public Finance Authority agenda schedules two separate closed-session real-property negotiations that materially update the June 22 property-negotiation record. CS-2 / 27-301 concerns 9050 Washington Boulevar…
Scheduled closed-session real-property negotiations Direct primary City agenda record supplemented by contemporaneous Los Angeles Business Journal reporting Scheduled on final agenda; meeting outcome not yet available
The Culver City Council approved a residential parking license agreement with Rethink LLC for use of the City-owned Watseka Parking Structure at 3535 Watseka Avenue to support the mixed-use project at 9814 Washington Boulevard.
Parking license agreement Direct project agreement Approved
A documented correspondence chain concerning a complaint by Les Greenberg regarding Thomas Small, Michael Hackman/Hackman Capital Partners, Culver City Forward, and City ethics policies.
Document timeline
event
2023-07-01/2024-06-30 ULI Los Angeles records list Thomas Small of Culver City Forward and Rick Cole of the City of Los Angeles as At-Large members of the ULI Los Angeles Advisory Board for July 2023 through June 2024, with the roster current June 30, 2024.
VerdeXchange VX2026 listed Thomas Aujero Small, CEO of Culver City Forward and former Culver City mayor, and Rick Cole, Pasadena councilmember, among its speakers. On June 2, Cole moderated an affordable-housing panel with Robert Hertzberg, Dan Weinstein of CT…
Recurring professional-network overlap Meaningful current institutional overlap; not direct shared project evidence Documented
VerdeXchange program records identify Thomas Aujero Small as moderator of a panel titled 'How Planning with Digital Twins Will Change Cities & The World.' Panelists included representatives from urban technology, simulation, and research organizations.
VerdeXchange's VX2022 urban-planning panel placed Rick Cole and Thomas Aujero Small on the same panel. Gail Goldberg, former Executive Director of ULI Los Angeles, moderated; Vince Bertoni also served as a panelist and Eli Lipmen as responder.
Direct same-panel professional overlap Direct same-panel interaction; not a shared development project Documented