Dated meetings, approvals, filings, transactions and other events that anchor the archive chronology.
The City reports that the 40-unit 4076-4080 Lafayette Place residential development filed its entitlement application June 30, 2026, following a March 30 community meeting. The plan includes three very-low-income and three moderate-income homes. City-listed ap…
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…
Contemporaneous sources agree that Fortress Investment Group took control of the former Sony Pictures Animation campus at 9050 Washington Boulevard through the 2026 foreclosure/trustee-sale process for roughly $71-$71.3 million, but they differ on the transact…
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.
Culver City Project Review Committee review associated with July 30, 2026 comments for case P2026-0156 at 4076-4080 Lafayette Place. The source records an incomplete Site Plan Review, Density Bonus and Lot Merger application and comments from multiple City div…
Project meeting involving Culver City, Culver City Unified School District and Fehr & Peers for the Tri-School Area Traffic Study. Meeting notes document resident concerns about pick-up/drop-off, closed pedestrian gates, tree canopy and crossing-guard impacts;…
CCHS sent a community message stating that staff would review current honors classes and submit them for University of California honors approval. Subsequent internal correspondence records union concerns, Board-member questions, and Summer McBride's statement…
Contemporaneous CCUSD correspondence states that a proposed Brookwood workforce-housing and real-estate study contract failed on a 2-2 Board vote. The following weeks produced a narrower real-estate-portfolio proposal and further discussion of scope, funding a…
Superintendent Quoc Tran notified CCUSD Board members that California Department of Education pre-release information would identify the district as needing Differentiated Assistance based on 2021-22 data. The preserved package provides the contemporaneous sta…
CCUSD held a Board workshop on workforce housing after surveying employees about housing and commuting. A district draft summary reported 360 survey respondents, described commuting patterns, and recorded a presentation by Landed and continued Board interest i…
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…
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…
2019-03-01: Culver City Forward Incorporation. This event record links the people, organizations, properties and source material documented in the archive.
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.
2020-06-01: Culver City Forward Officer Transition. This event record links the people, organizations, properties and source material documented in the archive.
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.
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…
Culver City Council appeal hearing on the Planning Commission approval of the revised 147-room hotel at 11469 Jefferson Boulevard. The Council denied the appeal and affirmed the Planning Commission's approval of Site Plan Review and Administrative Use Permit P…
2020-08-18: Greenberg PRA Request Regarding Small Hackman CCF Discussions. This event record links the people, organizations, properties and source material documented in the archive.
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.
Culver City's Current Planning Division approved Minor Modification P2026-0114 for 12727 Washington Boulevard. The approval increased the Culver City portion from 104 to 115 residential units, increased the affordable-unit count from 16 to 17, reduced ground-f…
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…
Email exchange in which Deborah Redman and Jim Shanman review a draft CCUSD letter, proposed Safe Routes to School work, cost assumptions and additional program elements for a Culver City ATP Cycle 7 non-infrastructure grant request.
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 Council staff report recommends introducing a 2027 Downtown Culver City Business Improvement District levy ordinance and appointing five DBA-nominated advisory board members. The City collects assessments for the Downtown Business Association work program…
The 5730 Uplander project team scheduled a hybrid community meeting for October 15, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. to present the current 287-unit proposal. The project notice describes the meeting as the final community meeting in the preliminary process ahead of formal C…
Contemporaneous reporting on a July 9, 2026 letter from the five North American Jesuit provincials says the Society of Jesus plans to consolidate five U.S. and Canadian novitiates into two beginning in 2028. One of the two is planned for the existing Novitiate…
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 …
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 …
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…
Culver City's September 14, 2026 City Council/Public Finance Authority agenda included at least four property-negotiation items material to CCR: 9050 Washington Boulevard opposite CF CC Investor LLC; 9300 Culver Boulevard plus 3958/3960/3962 Ince Boulevard and…
On September 28, 2026, the Culver City Council and Culver City Public Finance Authority Board unanimously approved a purchase option agreement with CF CC Investor LLC giving the Authority the exclusive right, but not the obligation, to pursue acquisition of 90…
Culver City's September 28, 2026 City Council agenda placed a consent item recommending approval of an Affordable Housing Property Disposition Agreement between the City and Actors Fund Housing Development Corporation for 10401 Virginia Avenue and a resolution…
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.
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.
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…
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.