With a $5.2M annual budget and 25 full-time city employees, the Santa Monica Rent Control department by itself is the size of a medium-sized company.
This year’s race
Santa Monica’s election season begins next week with the opening of the candidate nomination period: Monday, July 13 through Friday, August 7. The open seats for elected office are:
By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival