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Pawnshop owners urge commission to correct 2017 DCP clerical error that limited relocation rights
Summary
Owners of Santa Monica Jewelry and Loan told the planning commission a 2017 Downtown Community Plan clerical change stripped their longstanding relocation rights; staff acknowledged the change likely was unintended and the commission asked staff to draft corrective language that allows the one existing pawnshop to relocate in downtown without creating new pawn shops.
At the Jan. 21 Planning Commission meeting, multiple public speakers — including Will Klass and Michael Klass, owners of Santa Monica Jewelry and Loan — asked the commission to approve a text amendment correcting what they described as a clerical error in the 2017 Downtown Community Plan that removed long-standing relocation rights for the city’s pawnshop.
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