City Council Meeting: December
5, 2006
Agenda Item: A
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Director of Records & Election
Services
Subject: Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Recommended
Action
Recommendation that Council adopt the
attached resolution accepting the official canvass for the Municipal Election
Held on November 7, 2006.
Executive
Summary
On November 7,
2006, a consolidated municipal election was held in the City of
PROPOSITION
U: Shall the City
Charter be amended to make it current with best governmental management
practices by removing City departmental directors from civil service, changing
the advisory roles of some City boards and commissions that deal with hiring of
departmental directors, making other related changes concerning promotions and
hiring, amending certain provisions
concerning the office of City Clerk and by amending some other Charter provisions
to remove terms that are no longer legally valid?
PROPOSITION
V: Clean Beaches and Ocean Parcel Tax Act. For the purposes of funding the
implementation of a portion of the City of Santa Monica Watershed Management
Plan, shall the City of Santa Monica authorize the Clean Beaches and Ocean
Parcel Tax, as specifically set forth in the proposed Ordinance that appears in
the voter pamphlet, subject to an annual CPI escalator, and subject to audit by
a citizen’s oversight committee?
PROPOSITION
W: Shall City Charter Article XXII be amended by
replacing restrictions against a person
giving, and a City official receiving, any campaign contribution, employment,
or valuable gift, after the official
votes “yes” on certain matters benefiting the person, with prohibitions against
giving or receiving anything valuable in return for an official decision and
against using public office to gain employment, and restrictions on gifts from
persons doing business with the City and other gifts?
PROPOSITION
Y: Shall the Municipal Code be amended to: state that City police shall make law
enforcement related to adult, personal use of marijuana the lowest enforcement
priority, unless the use occurs on public property or in conjunction with
driving under the influence; require the City Council to effectuate the
priority through reporting, grievance and oversight procedures; and require the
City Clerk to send annual notice of the priority to federal and state
representatives?
Discussion
At the time of the
writing of this report, the Registrar Recorder/County Clerk of the
A draft resolution is attached. A completed resolution, including the certified canvass, will be presented to Council at the City Council meeting for adoption.
Below are the
results as were reported by the
Candidates elected to the
Nancy Greenstein 18,799 22.00%
Louise Jaffe 18,055 21.13
David B. Finkel 15,918 18.63
Andrew Walzer 14,818 17.34
Candidates elected to
the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District:
Emily Bloomfield 18,628 22.36%
Oscar de la
Torre 16,368 19.65
Kelly
McMahon Pye 16,269 19.53
Barry A. Snell 14,791 17.75
Jennifer Kennedy 12,300 29.93%
Marilyn Korade-Wilson 11,786 28.68
Zelia Mollica 10,342 25.17
Candidates elected to
the
Kevin McKeown 13,973 19.21%
Pam O'Connor 13,290 18.27
Bob Holbrook 13,008 17.88
Measure U was
approved by the voters by the following votes:
NO VOTES 7,382 28.37
Measure V requiring a
2/3 vote was approved b the voters by the following vote:
YES VOTES 19,525 67.01%
NO VOTES 9,613 32.99
Measure W was defeated
by the voters by the following vote:
YES VOTES 12,631 47.79%
NO VOTES 13,800 52.21
Measure Y was approved by the voters by the following vote:
YES VOTES 18,005 65.27%
NO VOTES 9,579 34.73
Budget/Financial Impact
Funds for the cost
of the election were approved during the FY 2006-2007 budget process.
Attachment: Resolution
Prepared by:
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Approved: |
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Forwarded to Council: |
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Maria M. Stewart (City Clerk) Director,
Records & Election Services |
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P. City Manager |