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.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 9, 2004. Read the original PDF.