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Pam O'Connor
13,396 votes
18.93%
- Occupation: Preservation Planner/Councilmember
- Masters Degrees in Planning and Techology Management
- Selected Work Projects: UCLA (Royce Hall, Powell Library), USC (Doheny Library, Mudd Hall of Philosophy), Los Angeles City Hall Rehabilitation
- Santa Monica City Councilmember (Mayor in 1997 and 1999)
- Director, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors
- Regional Council, Southern California Association of Governments
Priorities:
- Safety and Security: Ensure secure homes, safe and clean environment and highest level of police and fire services
- Traffic Congestion: Improve functioning of our streets; build Exposition Light Rail all the way to Santa Monica
- Education: Support schools directly (grants), in partnership (school/parks), and through City services (libraires, after-school programs)
Kevin McKeown
13,200 votes
18.65%
- Occupation: Educational technology consultant / Mayor pro tem
- 26-year Santa Monica resident
- Works with our kids in Santa Monica schools
- Helped create and fund school parks
- Advocate for new and existing affordable housing
- Led the fight against "monster mansions"
- Championed new crosswalks for safer streets
Priorities:
- Protect neighborhoods from over-development
- Support playfields, youth programs and public schools
- Insist L.A. and the region help on homeless issues
Robert Holbrook
11,164 votes
15.77%
Abby Arnold
10,868 votes
15.36%
- Occupation: Budget Analyst
- Treasurer, Coalition for Clean Air
Priorities:
- Protect our quality of life
- Support social justice
- Support family issues
Matteo Dinolfo, MD
8,356 votes
11.81%
- Occupation: Physician/University teacher
- Doctor of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
- Member, UCLA Healthcare Board
- Member, Finance Committee, UCLA Healthcare
- Former Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital
- Member, Disaster Preparedness Committee, Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital
- Member, Board of Advisors, Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital
Priorities:
- I want to return a moderate center to the Santa Monica City Council.
- I want to unite the Santa Monica community by building bridges and reaching consensus.
- I want to increase city financial support of the school district that is generous, ongoing, and includes early childhood development programs.
Josefina Santiago Aranda
6,579 votes
9.30%
Chuck Allord
3,117 votes
4.40%
Jerry Rubin
2,420 votes
3.42%
Pro Se
1,677 votes
2.37%
- Occupation: Civil Rights Worker and 26-year Santa Monica resident
- Education:120 unit of College at Rio Hondo Police Academy and Santa Monica College
- Completed Vocational Certification in POST Advance Officer Training FBI Hostage Negotiations,Criminal Investigations, Advance Criminal Investigations
- PC 832, Crisis Intervention, Chase Procedures, Commercial Enforcement,Administration Of Justice, S.W.A.T.,ETC.
- Advocate for the past 12 years, 1999-2001Elected to Board of Directors Of Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Group
- President of the Association Of Disabilities Commissions of which the Santa Monica Disabilities Commission that I Chaired & founded is a member
- 1998 Founder and Chair of the Santa Monica Disabilities Commission and Appointed to the Santa Monica Disabilities Task Force 2000-2001
Priorities:
- Ending Homelessness, Transforming Rent Control into Homeownership Opportunities 4 Santa Monica residents only & Protecting Homeowners rights to build
- Elected Junior City Council, recovery of the $53,000,000 from Rand to give to our schools, $6/hr increase for teachers
- Stop our Citys Killing of 150 dogs/cats/yr., Eradicate Toxic Mold , undergound parking/parks on top,Free Bus Fares, free 24/7 taxi Cabs 4 sr./disable
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