Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County,California,United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay,it is bordered on five sides by different neighborhoods of the city of Los Angeles:Pacific Palisades to the north,Brentwood on the northeast,West Los Angeles on the east,Mar Vista on the southeast,and Venice on the south. The 2010 U.S. Census population was 89,736. Due to a favorable climate and close proximity to Los Angeles,Santa Monica became a famed resort town by the early 20th century attracting many celebrities,like Marion Davies,to build magnificent beach front homes on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).
Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles,California,situated about 20 miles (32 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles.
The Santa Monica Daily Press is a freely distributed microdaily newspaper in Santa Monica which was founded in 2001 by Dave Danforth,Carolyn Sackariason,and Ross Furukawa. The Santa Monica Daily Press is the only local daily newspaper in circulation in Santa Monica,California. The Daily Press has a circulation of 28,000 and a readership of 43,600.
The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) is a public agency charged with tax administration and fee collection in the state of California in the United States. The authorities of the Board fall into four broad areas:sales and use taxes,property taxes,special taxes,and acting as an appellate body for franchise and income tax appeals. The BOE is the only publicly elected tax commission in the United States. It is made up of four directly elected members,each representing a district for four-year terms,along with the State Controller,who is elected on a statewide basis,serving as the fifth member. In June 2017,Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation stripping the Board of many of its powers,returning the agency to its original core responsibilities.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,with a primary election on June 3,2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. Representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election.
J. Shawn Landres is a social entrepreneur and independent scholar,and local civic leader,known primarily for applied research related to faith-based social innovation and community development. As the co-founder of Jumpstart,a nonprofit philanthropic research organization,he has worked with the White House on Jewish affairs and issues related to faith-based social enterprise. The Jewish Daily Forward named Landres to its annual list of the 50 most influential American Jews in 2009.
Benjamin Allen is an American attorney and Democratic politician. He has been a California state senator representing the 26th district since 2015. He previously served as University of California Student Regent and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District school board member.
The 2018 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was ineligible to run for re-election for a third consecutive term due to term limits from the Constitution of California.
The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for Governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election,as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5,2018.
The 2018 California State Treasurer general election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the State Treasurer of California. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer John Chiang did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.
The 2018 California Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election was held on June 5,2018,to elect the Superintendent of Public Instruction of California. Unlike most other elections in California,the superintendent is not elected under the state's "top-two primary". Instead,the officially nonpartisan position is elected via a general election,with a runoff held on November 6,2018,because no candidate received a majority of the vote.
The 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election being held on June 5,2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the California State Assembly.
California state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary elections being held on June 5,2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate,53 members to the United States House of Representatives,all eight state constitutional offices,all four members to the Board of Equalization,20 members to the California State Senate,and all 80 members to the California State Assembly,among other elected offices.
The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
The 2018 California State Board of Equalization elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. The primary elections was held on June 5,2018. All four seats on the State Board of Equalization were contested.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California was held on November 3,2020,to elect the 53 U.S. Representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
A special election to the United States House of Representatives for California's 25th congressional district was held March 3,2020,the same day as the California presidential primaries. As no candidate received a majority,a runoff took place on May 12,2020,between the top two finishers Christy Smith and Mike Garcia. Garcia's win was the first time Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California since 1998.
Kevin McKeown is an Irish-American politician who was twice the Mayor of Santa Monica,California. He was elected to the Santa Monica City Council for six consecutive four-year terms,retiring at age 73 in June of 2021. He was also a multi-term elected delegate to the Central Committee of the California Democratic Party,and remains a Party Caucus officer.
The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election was a special recall election that began in August 2021 and concluded on September 14,2021,in which California voters chose not to recall incumbent Democratic governor Gavin Newsom,elected for the term January 2019 to January 2023.
