SR-12-11-2012-2ACity Council Report
City of
Santa Monica"
City Council Meeting: December 11, 2012
Agenda Item: Z f::f
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Sarah P. Gorman, Director of Records & Election Services (City Clerk)
Subject: Resolution Accepting the Official Canvass and Official Statement of Votes
Cast for the Consolidated Municipal Election Held on November 6, 2012,
and Declaring the Results Thereof
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution accepting the
official canvass for the Municipal Election held on November 6, 2012.
Executive Summary
On November 6, 2012, a consolidated municipal election was held in the City of Santa
Monica with the purpose of electing three School Board Members to the Santa Monica -
Malibu Unified School District, two Commissioners to the Santa Monica Rent Control
Board for four -year terms, and four members to the Santa Monica City Council for four -
year terms.
There was another scheduled election to fill four seats on the Santa Monica Community
College District Board of Trustees. However, by the end of the filing period there were
only three candidates who applied and that qualified for the three vacant seats. The
candidates were: Susan Aminoff, Margaret Quinones - Perez, and Robert Greenstein -
Rader. Because the number of candidates for board members did not exceed the
number of offices to be filled, the College District Board of Trustees election was
cancelled as provided for by Section 5328 of the California Education Code and the
qualified candidates will be appointed at the College District Board of Trustees'
scheduled Organizational Meeting.
The Rent Control Board also placed the following measure on the ballot.
MEASURE GA: Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the
annual rent control general adjustment to be based on 75% of the
annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, but limited to
an adjustment between 0% and 6 %; and to give the Rent Control
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Board discretion, after a public hearing to impose a dollar limit, within
the 0 -6% range, calculated using the same formula employed when
imposing a limit under the existing general adjustment formula?
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 - Malibu Unified School District:
CANDIDATE
Ben Allen
Maria Leon - Vazquez
Jose Escarce
VOTES PERCENT
23,810
24.48%
18,996
19.53
16,872
17.35
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica Rent Control Board:
CANDIDATE
VOTES
PERCENT
C D Walton
12,447
35.01%
Ilse Rosenstein
12,184
34.27
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica City Council:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Ted Winterer
17,716
14.86%
Terry O'Day
17,126
14.36
Gleam Olivia Davis
15,217
12.76
Tony Vazquez
11,939
10.01
Measure GA was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES
NO VOTES
18,650
12,166
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60.52%
39.48
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
Funds for the cost of the election were approved during the FY 2011 -2013 budget
process. Costs will be pro -rated among the City of Santa Monica, the Rent Control
Board and the Santa Monica - Malibu Unified School District.
Prepared by: Sarah P. Gorman, Director of Records & Election Services (City Clerk)
Approved: Forwarded to Council:
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Sarah P. Gorman Rod Gould
Director, Records & Election Services City Manager
(City Clerk)
Attachment: Resolution
CI
Reference Resolution No.
10721 (CCS).