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# On the road again
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/on-the-road-again/
- Published: 2004-06-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:33:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Members of the City Council often attend professional conferences and are reimbursed for plane tickets, cab rides, meals and other expenses. Here is a list of the money spent, by council member, on travel over the past 12 months.

Richard Bloom $1,110 Smart Growth Conference, Portland, Ore. $435 National League of Cities Conference, Washington, D.C. $1,200 Tools for Community and Design Conference, San Francisco Herb Katz $179 Local Government Commission Conference, San Diego\* Kevin McKeown $548 Local Government Commission Conference, San Diego\* $972 Local Government Commission Annual Conference, Yosemite\*\* Pam O’Connor $1,000 Advance for International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives\*\*\* $1,922 National League of Cities Conference, Washington, D.C. $986 National League of Cities Committee Meeting, Louisville $1,127 Smart Growth Conference, Portland, Ore. $414 Local Government Commission Annual Conference, Yosemite\*\* Bob Holbrook None reported Ken Genser None reported (\*Amounts differ because McKeown was paid $369 for lodging. \*\*Amounts differ because McKeown was paid more for lodging, mileage, parking and copying. \*\*\*An estimated $600 plane ticket for this trip was paid for out of a prior year’s budget.)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 22, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)