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Santa Monica City Council
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| background_color | ||||
| coa_pic | File:Seal of Santa Monica, California.png | |||
| house_type | Unicameral | |||
| leader1_type | Mayor | |||
| leader1 | Caroline Torosis | |||
| party1 | Democratic | |||
| leader2_type | Mayor Pro Tem | |||
| leader2 | Jesse Zwick | |||
| party2 | Democratic | |||
| members | 7 | |||
| name | Santa Monica City Council | |||
| structure1_res | 200px | |||
| structure1 | Santa Monica City Council.svg | |||
| political_groups1 | Officially nonpartisan | |||
| * {{nowrap | {{Color box | #000090 | border | darkgray}} Democratic (7)}} |
| term_length | 4 Years | |||
| voting_system1 | At-large districts | |||
| last_election1 | November 5, 2024 | |||
| next_election1 | November 3, 2026 | |||
| session_room | File:City Hall, Main Street, Santa Monica, California LCCN2017703125.tif | |||
| meeting_place | Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main St, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 | |||
| latd | 32.640545 | |||
| longd | -117.084696 | |||
| website | Official Website |
Santa Monica City Council is the governing body of Santa Monica, California. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
Current council
| District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) |
|---|---|---|
| At large | Lana Negrete (Mayor) | Democratic |
| At large | Caroline Torosis (Mayor Pro Tem) | Democratic |
| At large | Jesse Zwick | Democratic |
| At large | Dan Hall | Democratic |
| At large | Ellis Raskin | Democratic |
| At large | Barry Snell | Democratic |
| At large | Natalya Zernitskaya | Democratic |
Former councils
Charter
Council-Manager form of government, with seven Council members elected at-large. The new Charter was adopted in 1946.
| Year | Council Members |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Dan Hall |
| 2022 | Phil Brock |
| 2020 | Phil Brock |
| 2018 | Ted Winterer |
| 2016 | Ted Winterer |
| 2014 | Ted Winterer |
| 2012 | Ted Winterer |
| 2010 | Richard Bloom |
| 2008 | Richard Bloom |
| 2006 | Richard Bloom |
| 2004 | Richard Bloom |
| 2002 | Richard Bloom |
| 2000 | Richard Bloom |
| 1998 | Asha Greenberg |
| 1996 | Asha Greenberg |
| 1994 | Judy Abdo |
| 1992 | Judy Abdo |
| 1990 | Judy Abdo |
| 1988 | Judy Abdo |
| 1986 | James P. Conn |
| 1984 | James P. Conn |
| 1983 | James P. Conn |
| 1981 | James P. Conn |
| 1979 | Perry Scott |
| 1977 | Nathaniel Trives |
| 1975 | Nathaniel Trives |
| 1973 | Nathaniel Trives |
| 1971 | Nathaniel Trives |
| 1969 | Herbert A. Spurgin |
| 1967 | Herbert A. Spurgin |
| 1965 | Herbert A. Spurgin |
| 1963 | Samuel C. Brown |
| 1961 | Samuel C. Brown |
| 1959 | Alys M. Drobnick |
| 1957 | Alys M. Drobnick |
| 1955 | Jack J. Guercio |
| 1953 | Jack J. Guercio |
| 1951 | Jack J. Guercio |
| 1949 | Jack J. Guercio |
| 1947 | Jack J. Guercio |
Second charter (1915–1946)
Commission form of government. Under the new charter, the City government now consisted of 3 departments: Public Safety, Public Works and Finance with one elected Commissioner responsible for each department. The City Council consisted of the three elected Commissioners. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety was the ex officio Mayor; and the elections process included the use of a preferential ballot form.
| Year | Commissioners | Public Works | Public Safety | Finance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | William W. Milliken | Ray Schafer | ||||
| 1943 | William W. Milliken | Leonard J. Murray | ||||
| 1941 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | ||||
| 1939 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | ||||
| 1937 | William W. Milliken | Edmond S. Gillette | ||||
| 1935 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | ||||
| 1933 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | ||||
| 1931 | John A. Morton | William H. Carter | ||||
| 1929 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | ||||
| 1927 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | ||||
| 1925 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | ||||
| 1923 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | ||||
| 1921 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | ||||
| 1919 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | ||||
| 1917 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | ||||
| 1915 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley |
First charter (1906–1915)
Mayor - Council form of government. Under the new charter, the City Council was composed of one Mayor with veto power, and one Council member from each of its seven wards.
| Year | Mayor | Council Member | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 1909 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | T. H. Dudley | G. D. Snyder | W. A. Armstrong; |
Board of trustees (1886–1906)
The residents of the town of Santa Monica voted to incorporate November 30, 1886, and chose a board of five trustees.
| Year | Trustees |
|---|---|
| 1903 | J. C. Steele |
| 1902 | J. C. Steele |
| 1900 | Robert F. Jones |
| 1898 | Robert F. Jones |
| 1896 | Robert F. Jones |
| 1894 | Robert F. Jones |
| 1892 | R. R. Harris |
| 1890 | J. L. Allen |
| 1888 | E. C. Folsom |
| 1886 | E. C. Folsom |
References
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