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Council meeting: December 7, 2004 Santa Monica, CA
To: Mayor and Councilmembers
From: Director of Records & Election Services
Subject: Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
Accepting the Official Canvass and Official Statement of
Votes Cast for the Consolidated Municipal Election Held on
November 2, 2004, and Declaring the Results Thereof
INTRODUCTION
On November 2, 2004, a consolidated municipal election was held in the City of
Santa Monica with the purpose of electing three members to the Santa Monica
Community College District Board of Trustees, three members to the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District, two commissioners to the Santa Monica
Rent Control Board, and four members to the Santa Monica City Council.
The City Council also placed one measure on the ballot. The measure placed on
the ballot read as follows:
Measure N
: Shall the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) applied to hotel bills and
paid by hotel guests only, be increased from 12 percent to 14 percent to bring it
in line with TOT rates of neighboring communities and to generate an estimated
additional $3.5 million annually to the City's General Fund for general city
purposes including police, fire, libraries, parks and recreation, environmental
protection, after school programs and community-use payments to the school
district?
BACKGROUND
The Registrar Recorder/County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles has
submitted to the City Clerk a certified canvass of the votes cast for all candidates
and for the ballot measure. The results, as reported by the County Clerk, are as
follows:
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica Community College Board of Trustees:
CANDIDATE VOTES
SUSAN AMINOFF 22,15423.08%
ROBERT GREENSTEIN
16,98217.69%
RADER
MARGARET R.
15,46516.11%
QUINONES
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District:
CANDIDATE VOTES
JOSE ESCARCE 24,90626.91%
MARIA LEON-VAZQUEZ 24,44226.40%
KATHY WISNICKI 23,23025.10%
Candidates elected as Commissioners to the City of Santa Monica Rent Control
Board:
CANDIDATE VOTES
JOEL C. KOURY 19,26553.39%
JEFFREY A. SKLAR 16,82146.61%
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica City Council:
CANDIDATE VOTES
BOBBY SHRIVER 23,26016.47%
RICHARD BLOOM 16,71011.84%
HERB KATZ 14,475 10.25%
KEN GENSER 13,4089.50%
Measure N was approved by the voters by the following votes:
Measure N:
N – TOT Tax - YES29,20674.69%
NO9,89725.31%
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RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the resolution accepting the certified canvass
of the votes cast at the municipal election be adopted.
Prepared by: Maria M. Stewart, Director of Records & Election Services
Attachment: See adopted Resolution No. 9997 (CCS)
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