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# Bloom gets nod for Westside Cities Council
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bloom-gets-nod-for-westside-cities-council/
- Published: 2006-05-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:07:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica City Councilmember Richard Bloom has been elected Chair of the Westside Cities Council of Governments for a one-year term ending July 2007.

The Westside Cities Council of Governments is a joint powers authority of five cities — Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood and the western portions of Los Angeles, Council Districts 5 and 11 — partnered in a voluntary cooperative endeavor to forge consensus on policies and programs of regional significance.

“Perhaps more than any other issues I’ve been involved with, either as an elected official or in my professional life, the complicated issues of homelessness and transportation have convinced me of the necessity and power of regional action,” said Bloom.“I believe the COG will advance important issues for the Westside in ways we have not seen in the past, to the benefit of individual cities and the whole, and I’m pleased to have an opportunity to serve in this way.”

Bloom, who has been a member of the Santa Monica City Council since 1999, including one term as mayor, is also the newly elected Vice-Chair of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, an L.A.-based state organization that monitors implementation of efforts to ensure the long-term health of the bay and its watersheds, and was Santa Monica’s representative on the countywide Bring L.A. Home blue ribbon panel that recently unveiled its 10-year plan to end homelessness in the region.

The Westside Cities COG’s combined population represents over 710,000 individuals and 50,000 businesses. The Westside Cities’ priority issues are: economic health, transportation and improved mobility, homelessness, environmental issues/sustainability and land use.

For more information about the COG, visit http://westsidecities.org/. It’s all about compost this season

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 30, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/053006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)