Santa Monica City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Lana Negrete, Democratic |
Mayor Pro Tem | Caroline Torosis, Democratic |
Structure | |
Seats | 7 |
Political groups | Officially nonpartisan
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Length of term | 4 Years |
Elections | |
At-large districts | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
Meeting place | |
Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main St, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 | |
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.
District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) |
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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 |
Council-Manager form of government, with seven Council members elected at-large. The new Charter was adopted in 1946.
Year | Council Members | ||||||
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2024 | Dan Hall | Ellis Raskin | Caroline Torosis | Jesse Zwick | Lana Negrete | Barry Snell | Natalya Zernitskaya |
2022 | Phil Brock | Oscar de la Torre | Caroline Torosis | Jesse Zwick | Lana Negrete | Christine Parra | Gleam Davis |
2020 | Phil Brock | Oscar de la Tore | Sue Himmelrich | Kristin McGowan | Kevin McKeown | Christine Parra | Gleam Davis |
2018 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Greg Morena | Kevin McKeown | Ana Maria Jara | Gleam Davis |
2016 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
2014 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
2012 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
2010 | Richard Bloom | Terry O'Day | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Gleam Davis |
2008 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Gleam Davis |
2006 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Herb Katz |
2004 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O’Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Herb Katz |
2002 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Herb Katz |
2000 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Herb Katz |
1998 | Asha Greenberg | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Paul Rosenstein |
1996 | Asha Greenberg | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Ruth Ebner | Michael Feinstein | Paul Rosenstein |
1994 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Ruth Ebner | Asha Greenberg | Paul Rosenstein |
1992 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Kelly Olsen | Antonio Vasquez | Asha Greenberg | Paul Rosenstein |
1990 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Dennis Zane | Antonio Vasquez | Kelly Olsen | Herb Katz |
1988 | Judy Abdo | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Genser | David Finkel | Herb Katz |
1986 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Alan S. Katz | David Finkel | Herb Katz |
1984 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | David Epstein | Herb Katz |
1983 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | David G. Epstein | Delores M. Press |
1981 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | Ruth Yannatta Goldway | Delores M. Press |
1979 | Perry Scott | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Donna O. Swink | John J. Bambrick | Ruth Yannatta Goldway | Peter van den Steenhoven |
1977 | Nathaniel Trives | Christine Reed | Donna O. Swink | Seymour A. Cohen | John J. Bambrick | Perry Scott | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
1975 | Nathaniel Trives | Christine Reed | Donna O. Swink | Seymour A. Cohen | Fred M. Judson | John W. McCloskey | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
1973 | Nathaniel Trives | Anthony L. Ditury | Donna O. Swink | Clo Hoover | Fred M. Judson | John W. McCloskey | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
1971 | Nathaniel Trives | Anthony L. Ditury | Virgil Kingsley | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | John W. McCloskey | Robert Gabriel |
1969 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Anthony L. Ditury | Virgil Kingsley | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | John W. McCloskey | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
1967 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Anthony L. Ditury | Wendell Corey | Clo Hoover | James G. Reidy, Jr. | Royal M. Sorensen | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
1965 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Rex H. Minter | Wendell Corey | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | Royal M. Sorensen | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
1963 | Samuel C. Brown | Rex H. Minter | Martin Goodfriend | Clo Hoover | John M. Bohn | Howard B. Hamilton | Herbert A. Spurgin |
1961 | Samuel C. Brown | Rex H. Minter | Martin Goodfriend | Clo Hoover | William G. Thornsbury | Howard B. Hamilton | Thomas M. McCarthy |
1959 | Alys M. Drobnick | Rex H. Minter | Ben A. Barnard | Ralph S. Frantz | William G. Thornsbury | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
1957 | Alys M. Drobnick | Rex H. Minter | Ralph S. Frantz | Russell K. Hart | Fred M. Judson | Wellman B. Mills | William G. Thornbury |
1955 | Jack J. Guercio | Rex H. Minter | Ben A. Barnard | Russell K. Hart | Fred M. Judson | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
1953 | Jack J. Guercio | Thomas J. McDermott | Ben A. Barnard | James L. Grubbs | Louis E. Mahoney | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
1951 | Jack J. Guercio | Thomas J. McDermott | Ben A. Barnard | James L. Grubbs | Louis E. Mahoney | Russell K. Hart | Thomas M. McCarthy |
1949 | Jack J. Guercio | Mark T. Gates | Ben A. Barnard | Cecil S. Dickinson | George A. Neilson | Russell K. Hart | Thomas M McCarthy |
1947 | Jack J. Guercio | Mark T. Gates | Ben A. Barnard | H. George Markworth | George A. Neilson | J. Lee Schimmer, Jr. | Edwin Talmadge |
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 | ||
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Public Works | Public Safety | Finance | |
1945 | William W. Milliken | Ray Schafer | Dwight C. Freeman |
1943 | William W. Milliken | Leonard J. Murray | Dwight C. Freeman |
1941 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | Dwight C. Freeman |
1939 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | Dwight C. Freeman |
1937 | William W. Milliken | Edmond S. Gillette | Theodore D. Plumer |
1935 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | Theodore D. Plumer |
1933 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | Theodore D. Plumer |
1931 | John A. Morton | William H. Carter | Frank A. Helton |
1929 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | Frank A. Helton |
1927 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | Frank A. Helton |
1925 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | Frank A. Helton |
1923 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | Frank A. Helton |
1921 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank A. Helton |
1919 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank J. Townsend |
1917 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank J. Townsend |
1915 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Maxwell K. Barretto |
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 | ||||||
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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; | Abe S. Reel | Alf Morris | H. L. Coffman | J. Euclid Miles | Roscoe H. Dow |
The residents of the town of Santa Monica voted to incorporate November 30, 1886, and chose a board of five trustees.
Year | Trustees | ||||
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1903 | J. C. Steele | T. H. Dudley | A. F. Johnston | H. X. Goetz | W. S. Vawter |
1902 | J. C. Steele | T. H. Dudley | C. H. Sammis | J. C. Morgan | W. S. Vawter |
1900 | Robert F. Jones | T. H. Dudley | C. H. Sammis | J. C. Morgan | N. R. Folsom |
1898 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | Moses Hostetter | R. C. Gillis |
1896 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | Moses Hostetter | R. C. Gillis |
1894 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
1892 | R. R. Harris | H. C. Beville | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
1890 | J. L. Allen | John Steere | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
1888 | E. C. Folsom | Thomas Rhodes | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | W. S. Vawter |
1886 | E. C. Folsom | John Steere | A. E. Ladd | J. W. Scott | W. S. Vawter |
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