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Bobby Shriver
23,260 votes
16.47%
- Occupation: State Parks Commissioner
- Resident of Santa Monica for 17 years
- Chairperson, California Parks and Recreation Commission (appointed by former Governor Gray Davis)
- Newspaper reporter, attorney, investments manager, organizer/financer/manager of nonprofit charitable organizations
Priorities:
- Reduce the number of people living on our streets
- Get traffic moving
- Support our local public schools
Richard Bloom
16,710 votes
11.84%
Herb Katz
14,475 votes
10.25%
Ken Genser
13,408 votes
9.50%
Patricia Hoffman
12,584 votes
8.91%
- Occupation: Director, Non-Profit Organizations
- President, Santa Monica Malibu Board of Education
- Vice-president, Bayside District Corporation Board
- Co-chair, Financial Oversight Committee SMMUSD
- Small Business owner with husband, Gene L. Oppenheim, M.D.
- Communitas Award 2004 for Commitment and Service to the Community of Santa Monica
- Commissioner and Registrar AYSO Reigion 20
Priorities:
- Guarantee resident participation in new Land Use and Circulation Element of General Plan
- Find solutions to get homeless people off of the streets and into housing
- Preserve and protect livability in Santa Monica; schools, libraries, openspace and parks, public safety, clean air and water
Matt Dinolfo, MD
11,774 votes
8.34%
- Occupation: Physician/University Teacher
- Doctor of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
- Chairman, UCLA Community Practice Network
- Member, Finance Committee, UCLA Healthcare
- Former Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital
- Member, Santa Monica Measure S Taskforce 2002/2003
- Member, Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS)
Priorities:
- Find solutions to the problems of homelessness and vagrancy.
- Redirect city funding priorities to support public heath, public safety, and public education.
- Establish Council leadership that is accountable, outcome-driven, and focuses on improving quality of life for residents and business-owners.
Maria Loya
11,460 votes
8.12%
Kathryn J. Morea
9,682 votes
6.86%
- Occupation: Database Analyst
- Member, SAMO Parking & Transportation Task Force
- 9th & Michigan Neighborhood Chair
- Vice President CMS Users Group, Inc.
Priorities:
- Help the homeless/reduce vagrant population in Santa Monica
- Get traffic moving
- Solve parking problems
Michael Feinstein
8,023 votes
5.68%
- Occupation: City Councilmember/Author
Priorities:
- more parks, open space and recreational facilities
- environmental health and sustainability
- smart land use and public transporation/control inappropriate development
David Cole
4,182 votes
2.96%
Leticia Maria Anderson
3,380 votes
2.39%
Bill Bauer
3,364 votes
2.38%
- Occupation: Advertising Copy Writer
Priorities:
- Reduce the number of transients on our streets.
- Stop "traffic calming" and gt traffic moving again.
- Find solutions to parking problems.
Lorene "Leah" Mendelsohn
3,270 votes
2.32%
Tom Viscount
2,794 votes
1.98%
Jonathan Louis "Jon" (Stevens) Mann
1,798 votes
1.27%
- Occupation: Flight Attendant
- B.A. Sociology
- Certified Parole Agent - CYA
- Deputy Probation Officer - LA Co.
- Teacher
- Mediator
- Internet Activist
Priorities:
- Implement Electronic Democracy
- Accountability for elected officials
- Virtual Town Hall meetings
Linda Armstrong
1,027 votes
0.73%
- Occupation: Data Entry Operator
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