Santa Monica Elections Don’t Come Cheap
(As of October 5, 2016)
By Laurence Eubank, Santa Monica Transparency Project Member
With the November 2016 election still a month away, five
Candidates up and down the ballot are trying to convince voters who to vote for but election officials are busy ensuring voters come out at all and that they can
As he considered running for a seat on the Santa Monica-Malibu school board, Jason Feldman knew he would probably need more than the required 100 citizen signatures.
The local parent
The 2016 election for seats on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District board will be canceled due to a lack of candidates.
Three people, including incumbents, qualified for the race
The field is set for the City of Santa Monica’s municipal election.
Nominations for the City Council, Rent Control Board and Santa Monica College board ended last week but
Almost a dozen candidates will vie for City Council this year.
Potential candidates had until 5 p.m. on Aug. 12 to file paperwork to run for local offices. In
I DECIDED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
It lasted about five minutes.
It was an emotional five minutes. An angry, exhilarating, then ultimately very sad five minutes.
I've
Editor:
Is anyone surprised that the power brokers in Santa Monica want to defeat the LUVE initiative?
How dare a group of stupid Santa Monica citizens ask for a voice
Residents seeking local office continue to pull papers and, as of Aug. 5, 18 individuals had requested an application to run for City Council.
Individuals that pull papers must gather
Editor:
After much consideration, I have decided to suspend my campaign for Santa Monica City Council.
To work as a firefighter in this town is a great honor and a
Residocracy hosted its kick-off meeting at the Santa Monica library a week ago Sunday. The purpose of the meeting was to organize various committees to work on Residocracy's
It's an election-heavy agenda for the July 12 City Council meeting.
Council will hear a report on the Land Use Voter Empowerment Initiative (LUVE), finalize language for a