Thomas Small — Michael Hackman — Odis Jones contemporaneous 2026 overlap
The 2026 property-negotiation record sits against a longer documented Small-Hackman institutional history. IRS filings show Thomas Small and Michael Hackman serving together in Culver City Forward governance in 2020 and 2021; Small was the nonprofit's compensated CEO/President in 2020 while Hackman was Chairman, and both were directors in 2021. Culver City Forward's 2020 filing also states that Hackman had a business interest in The Culver Studios, identified as a contributor to the nonprofit. In 2026, a March corporate-record-derived listing still ties both men to Culver City Forward, while Culver City agendas identify Odis Jones and Adam Troy as City negotiators in closed-session real-property negotiations involving Hackman/Hackman Capital Partners properties.
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direct recurring nonprofit governance documented by IRS filings
direct property-negotiation overlap documented in City agendas
no participation established by sources reviewed
not established by the closed-session agenda
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https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/834433775 02 · culvercitycrossroads.com https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2020/04/09/culver-city-council-member-small-talks-about-culver-city-forward-feeding-a-city-in-crisis/ 03 · culvercityforward.org https://culvercityforward.org/leadership/ 04 · bizprofile.net https://www.bizprofile.net/ca/culver-city/culver-city-forward 05 · verdexchange.org https://www.verdexchange.org/ 06 · culver-city.csv.legistar.com https://culver-city.csv.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=27DBBD8F-A046-47B2-9F09-8BB7FB505397&ID=8074708&Options=&Search= 07 · culver-city.csv.legistar.com https://culver-city.csv.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=320A62A1-66CC-4FAF-9684-3B9E94A932C6&ID=1355921&Search= Related Records
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