Santa Monica City Council is the governing body of Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...

. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Current council

• Pam O'Connor (Mayor Pro Tempore)
• Richard Bloom
• Robert Holbrook
• Kevin McKeown
• Bobby Shriver
  Robert Sargent Shriver III
  Robert Sargent "Bobby" Shriver III is an American activist, attorney, journalist and a Democratic member of the Santa Monica City Council in Santa Monica, California. He is currently the Mayor of Santa Monica, California. With the retirement of his cousin, U.S...
  
  
• Gleam Davis
• Terry O'Day

Charter

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

Year	Council Members
2008	Richard Bloom	Ken Genser	Robert Holbrook	Pam O'Connor	Kevin McKeown	Bobby Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver III Robert Sargent "Bobby" Shriver III is an American activist, attorney, journalist and a Democratic member of the Santa Monica City Council in Santa Monica, California. He is currently the Mayor of Santa Monica, California. With the retirement of his cousin, U.S...	Gleam Davis
2006	Richard Bloom	Ken Genser	Robert Holbrook	Pam O'Connor	Kevin McKeown	Bobby Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver III Robert Sargent "Bobby" Shriver III is an American activist, attorney, journalist and a Democratic member of the Santa Monica City Council in Santa Monica, California. He is currently the Mayor of Santa Monica, California. With the retirement of his cousin, U.S...	Herb Katz
2004	Richard Bloom	Ken Genser	Robert Holbrook	Pam O’Connor	Kevin McKeown	Bobby Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver III Robert Sargent "Bobby" Shriver III is an American activist, attorney, journalist and a Democratic member of the Santa Monica City Council in Santa Monica, California. He is currently the Mayor of Santa Monica, California. With the retirement of his cousin, U.S...	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
	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
		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
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 Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	Moses Hostetter	R. C. Gillis
1896	Robert F. Jones	N. A. Roth	J. J. Carrillo Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	Moses Hostetter	R. C. Gillis
1894	Robert F. Jones	N. A. Roth	J. J. Carrillo Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	T. A. Lewis	E. J. Vawter
1892	R. R. Harris	H. C. Beville	J. J. Carrillo Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	T. A. Lewis	E. J. Vawter
1890	J. L. Allen	John Steere	J. J. Carrillo Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	T. A. Lewis	E. J. Vawter
1888	E. C. Folsom	Thomas Rhodes	J. J. Carrillo Juan José Carrillo Juan José Carrillo was member of one of the early Spanish families, and a prominent figure in early Southern California history.-Biography:...	T. A. Lewis	W. S. Vawter
1886	E. C. Folsom	John Steere	A. E. Ladd	J. W. Scott	W. S. Vawter

External links

• Santa Monica City Council Homepage
• City Council History