SR-120908-ACity Council Meeting: December 9, 2008
Agenda Item:
To: Mayor and City Council
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 4, 2008, and Declaring the Results
Thereof
Recommended Action
Recommendation that Council adopt the attached resolution accepting the official
canvass for the Municipal Election Held on November 4, 2008.
Executive Summary
On November 4, 2008, 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 the following
two measures on the ballot.
PROPOS/T/OIV T: Shall the City's General Plan be amended through
2023 to establish aCity-wide annual limit on commercial development of
75, 000 square feet, which: would apply to the types of projects that
required City Council or Planning Commission approval on 1/16/08; would
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not apply to specified uses such as residential, parking, hospitals, schools,
care and government facilities; and would allow for borrowing from future
years if the five-year average stays within the limit?
PROPOSITION SM: Shall an ordinance be adopted to continue and
update Santa Monica's Utilities Tax on telecommunication services to fund
City activities including police, fire, paramedic and emergency services,
school and afterschool programs, gang and drug prevention programs,
parks and recreation programs, environmental protection and other
general fund services, with tax-exemptions for low-income seniors and
disabled residents, with provisions ensuring equal treatment of taxpayers
regardless of technology used, and with expenditures subject to
independent annual audits?
Discussion
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
measures. The results, as reported by the County Clerk, are as follows:
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica Community College Board of Trustees:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Susan Aminoff 25,070 28.67%
Robert G. Rader 24,341 27.84
M. Quinonez-Perez 23,256 26.6
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District:
CANDIDATE
Ben Allen
Maria Leon-Vasquez
Jose Escarce
VOTES PERCENT
26,171 27.69%
24,996 26.45
22,107 23.39
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Candidates elected to the City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Joel C. Koury 22,601 42.72%
Robert Kronovet 15,186 28.7
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica City Council:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Bobby Shriver 24,298 18.56%
Richard Bloom 20,232 15.46
Ken Genser 19,145 -14.63
Herb Katz 17,202 13.14
Measure T was defeated by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 18,439 44.43%
NO VOTES 23,061 55.57
Measure SM was approved by the voters by the following vote:
YES VOTES 20,254 51.4%
NO VOTES 19,147 48.6
Budget/Financial Impact
Funds for the cost of the election were approved during the FY 2008-2009 budget
process.
Attachment: Resolution
Prepared by:
Approved: Forwarded to Council:
Maria M. Stewart (City t~lerk) ~P. C~lnont Ewell
Director, Records & Election Services City Manager
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Reference Resolution
No. 10370 (CCS) and
Ordinance No. 2280
(ccs).