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# Q-Line asks readers who should be Santa Monica's next mayor
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/120704-story/
- Published: 2004-12-07T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:47:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

On Tuesday, the new slate of Santa Monica City Councilmembers will be sworn into office, as Bobby Shriver, Ken Genser, Herb Katz and Richard Bloom take the oath and usher in a new chapter for Santa Monica policy making. Within the next month or so, the council will take up the charge of anointing one of their own as the city’s next mayor, to succeed Bloom for a two-year term.

Largely just a figurehead position, the office of mayor puts a face on the city’s elected representation.

This week, Q-Line wants to know: “Who should be appointed as the next mayor of Santa Monica, and why?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before 5 p.m. on Friday and we’ll print your response in the weekend edition. Please limit comments to less than a minute. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 7, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120704.pdf?ref=smdp.com)