Santa Monica City Council
# Santa Monica City Council

Santa Monica City Council is the governing body of Santa Monica, California. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

## Current council

| District | Councilmember | Party (officially nonpartisan) |
| - | - | - |
| Mayor | Gleam Davis | Democratic |
| At large | Lana Negrete (Mayor Pro Tem) | Independent |
| At large | Phil Brock | Democratic |
| At large | Christine Parra | Democratic |
| At large | Jesse Zwick | Democratic |
| At large | Caroline Torosis | Democratic |
| At large | Oscar de la Torre | Democratic |

## Former councils

### Charter

Council-Manager form of government, with seven Council members elected at-large. The new Charter was adopted in 1946.

| Year | Council Members | Council Members | Council Members | Council Members | Council Members | Council Members | Council Members |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | Sue Himmelrich | Phil Brock | Lana Negrete | Oscar De La Torre | Kristin McCowan | Gleam Davis | Christine Parra |
| 2018 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Greg Morena | Kevin McKeown | Ana Maria Jara | Gleam Davis |
| 2016 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
| 2014 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Sue Himmelrich | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
| 2012 | Ted Winterer | Terry O'Day | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Antonio Vasquez | Gleam Davis |
| 2010 | Richard Bloom | Terry O'Day | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Gleam Davis |
| 2008 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Gleam Davis |
| 2006 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Herb Katz |
| 2004 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O’Connor | Kevin McKeown | Bobby Shriver | Herb Katz |
| 2002 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Herb Katz |
| 2000 | Richard Bloom | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Herb Katz |
| 1998 | Asha Greenberg | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Kevin McKeown | Michael Feinstein | Paul Rosenstein |
| 1996 | Asha Greenberg | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Ruth Ebner | Michael Feinstein | Paul Rosenstein |
| 1994 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Pam O'Connor | Ruth Ebner | Asha Greenberg | Paul Rosenstein |
| 1992 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Kelly Olsen | Antonio Vasquez | Asha Greenberg | Paul Rosenstein |
| 1990 | Judy Abdo | Ken Genser | Robert Holbrook | Dennis Zane | Antonio Vasquez | Kelly Olsen | Herb Katz |
| 1988 | Judy Abdo | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Genser | David Finkel | Herb Katz |
| 1986 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Alan S. Katz | David Finkel | Herb Katz |
| 1984 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | David Epstein | Herb Katz |
| 1983 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | David G. Epstein | Delores M. Press |
| 1981 | James P. Conn | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Dennis Zane | Ken Edwards | Ruth Yannatta Goldway | Delores M. Press |
| 1979 | Perry Scott | Christine Reed | William H. Jennings | Donna O. Swink | John J. Bambrick | Ruth Yannatta Goldway | Peter van den Steenhoven |
| 1977 | Nathaniel Trives | Christine Reed | Donna O. Swink | Seymour A. Cohen | John J. Bambrick | Perry Scott | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
| 1975 | Nathaniel Trives | Christine Reed | Donna O. Swink | Seymour A. Cohen | Fred M. Judson | John W. McCloskey | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
| 1973 | Nathaniel Trives | Anthony L. Ditury | Donna O. Swink | Clo Hoover | Fred M. Judson | John W. McCloskey | Pieter van den Steenhoven |
| 1971 | Nathaniel Trives | Anthony L. Ditury | Virgil Kingsley | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | John W. McCloskey | Robert Gabriel |
| 1969 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Anthony L. Ditury | Virgil Kingsley | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | John W. McCloskey | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
| 1967 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Anthony L. Ditury | Wendell Corey | Clo Hoover | James G. Reidy, Jr. | Royal M. Sorensen | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
| 1965 | Herbert A. Spurgin | Rex H. Minter | Wendell Corey | Clo Hoover | James B. Reidy, Jr. | Royal M. Sorensen | Kenneth B. Wamsley |
| 1963 | Samuel C. Brown | Rex H. Minter | Martin Goodfriend | Clo Hoover | John M. Bohn | Howard B. Hamilton | Herbert A. Spurgin |
| 1961 | Samuel C. Brown | Rex H. Minter | Martin Goodfriend | Clo Hoover | William G. Thornsbury | Howard B. Hamilton | Thomas M. McCarthy |
| 1959 | Alys M. Drobnick | Rex H. Minter | Ben A. Barnard | Ralph S. Frantz | William G. Thornsbury | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
| 1957 | Alys M. Drobnick | Rex H. Minter | Ralph S. Frantz | Russell K. Hart | Fred M. Judson | Wellman B. Mills | William G. Thornbury |
| 1955 | Jack J. Guercio | Rex H. Minter | Ben A. Barnard | Russell K. Hart | Fred M. Judson | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
| 1953 | Jack J. Guercio | Thomas J. McDermott | Ben A. Barnard | James L. Grubbs | Louis E. Mahoney | Wellman B. Mills | Thomas M. McCarthy |
| 1951 | Jack J. Guercio | Thomas J. McDermott | Ben A. Barnard | James L. Grubbs | Louis E. Mahoney | Russell K. Hart | Thomas M. McCarthy |
| 1949 | Jack J. Guercio | Mark T. Gates | Ben A. Barnard | Cecil S. Dickinson | George A. Neilson | Russell K. Hart | Thomas M McCarthy |
| 1947 | Jack J. Guercio | Mark T. Gates | Ben A. Barnard | H. George Markworth | George A. Neilson | J. Lee Schimmer, Jr. | Edwin Talmadge |

### Second charter (1915 -1946)

Commission form of government. Under the new charter, the City government now consisted of 3 departments: Public Safety, Public Works and Finance with one elected Commissioner responsible for each department. The City Council consisted of the three elected Commissioners. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety was the ex officio Mayor; and the elections process included the use of a preferential ballot form.

| Year | Commissioners | Commissioners | Commissioners |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Public Works | Public Safety | Finance |
| 1945 | William W. Milliken | Ray Schafer | Dwight C. Freeman |
| 1943 | William W. Milliken | Leonard J. Murray | Dwight C. Freeman |
| 1941 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | Dwight C. Freeman |
| 1939 | William W. Milliken | Claude C. Crawford | Dwight C. Freeman |
| 1937 | William W. Milliken | Edmond S. Gillette | Theodore D. Plumer |
| 1935 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | Theodore D. Plumer |
| 1933 | Hal Clark Sanborn | William H. Carter | Theodore D. Plumer |
| 1931 | John A. Morton | William H. Carter | Frank A. Helton |
| 1929 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | Frank A. Helton |
| 1927 | John A. Morton | Herman Michel | Frank A. Helton |
| 1925 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | Frank A. Helton |
| 1923 | John A. Morton | John C. Steele | Frank A. Helton |
| 1921 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank A. Helton |
| 1919 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank J. Townsend |
| 1917 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Frank J. Townsend |
| 1915 | William H. Carter | Samuel L. Berkley | Maxwell K. Barretto |

### First charter (1906 – 1915)

Mayor - Council form of government. Under the new charter, the City Council was composed of one Mayor with veto power, and one Council member from each of its seven wards.

| Year | Mayor | Council Member | Council Member | Council Member | Council Member | Council Member | Council Member | Council Member |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 |
| 1915 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1913 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1909 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1906 | T. H. Dudley | G. D. Snyder | W. A. Armstrong; | Abe S. Reel | Alf Morris | H. L. Coffman | J. Euclid Miles | Roscoe H. Dow |

### Board of trustees (1886 – 1906)

The residents of the town of Santa Monica voted to incorporate November 30, 1886, and chose a board of five trustees.

| Year | Trustees | Trustees | Trustees | Trustees | Trustees |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1903 | J. C. Steele | T. H. Dudley | A. F. Johnston | H. X. Goetz | W. S. Vawter |
| 1902 | J. C. Steele | T. H. Dudley | C. H. Sammis | J. C. Morgan | W. S. Vawter |
| 1900 | Robert F. Jones | T. H. Dudley | C. H. Sammis | J. C. Morgan | N. R. Folsom |
| 1898 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | Moses Hostetter | R. C. Gillis |
| 1896 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | Moses Hostetter | R. C. Gillis |
| 1894 | Robert F. Jones | N. A. Roth | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
| 1892 | R. R. Harris | H. C. Beville | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
| 1890 | J. L. Allen | John Steere | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | E. J. Vawter |
| 1888 | E. C. Folsom | Thomas Rhodes | J. J. Carrillo | T. A. Lewis | W. S. Vawter |
| 1886 | E. C. Folsom | John Steere | A. E. Ladd | J. W. Scott | W. S. Vawter |
