City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: December 6, 2022
Agenda Item: 4.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Adoption of Resolution Accepting the Official Canvass and Official Statement of Votes Cast for the Consolidated General Municipal Election Held on November 8, 2022, and Declaring the Results Thereof
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution accepting the Official Canvass for the General Municipal Election held on November 8, 2022.
Executive Summary
On November 8, 2022, a consolidated municipal election was held in the City of Santa Monica with the purpose of electing four members to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board for four-year terms, four members to the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees for four-year terms, three Commissioners to the Santa Monica Rent Control Board for four-year terms, and three members to the Santa Monica City Council for four-year terms.
The following measure was placed on the ballot by citizen initiative:
MEASURE GS
Shall the measure adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 4.90 to establish designated funds for schools, homelessness prevention, and affordable housing, and an eleven-member resident oversight committee, and amending Chapter 6.96 to provide a third tier transfer tax rate of $56.000 per $1,000 of value for property 2 of 6
transfers of $8,000,000 or more, providing an estimated $50,000,000 annually for homelessness prevention, affordable housing, and schools, until repealed, be adopted?
The City also placed the following measures on the ballot:
MEASURE CS
To address homelessness, improve 911 emergency response times and neighborhood police protection, make public areas safer and cleaner, including streets, sidewalks, parks, and the beach, and provide other vital City services, shall the City of Santa Monica increase the transient occupancy tax - which is paid entirely by overnight visitors - by 1% for hotels and motels, and by 3% for homeshares, providing approximately $4.1 million annually, until ended by voters, with all funds benefitting Santa Monica?
MEASURE DT
Shall the measure to enhance the City of Santa Monica’s general governmental services by increasing the one-time tax on real property sales over $8 million, and establishing an additional incremental tax of $25.00 per $1000 of the value in excess of $8 million, excepting transfers: per State law, involving tax-exempt charitable organizations, and certain ground leases; providing an estimated $12- 25 million annually through February 28, 2033, subject to a five-year extension by Council supermajority vote, be adopted?
MEASURE DTS (Advisory)
ADVISORY VOTE ONLY: If the “Comprehensive Real Property Transfer Tax Measure” is enacted, should at least 30% of its additional revenue be used for housing assistance to protect seniors and low-income families from housing displacement, with the remainder of the additional revenue to be used for homelessness services; behavioral health services; public safety and emergency response teams for City streets and parks; reopening public libraries; after-school 3 of 6
programs; and crossing guards near public schools?”
MEASURE PB
Shall the City Charter be amended to: (a) expand eligibility requirements for service on the City’s Personnel Board to include, in addition to City of Santa Monica (“City”) residents, residents of Los Angeles County that are employed fulltime within the City, or own real property in the City, or have been issued a business license by the City; and (b) reduce the term of service for Personnel Board members from five to four years?
MEASURE HMP
Shall the measure to establish a business tax on every licensed cannabis business (including adult-use nonmedicinal cannabis retailers, distribution, manufacturing, cultivation, laboratory testing, or any other licensed cannabis business) and retailers of products containing psychoactive cannabinoids, including cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp, up to 10% of gross receipts on cannabis and/or hemp-derived psychoactive products sold in the City, which all together could generate an estimated $3-5 million annually until repealed, be adopted?
MEASURE EM
Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the Rent Control Board to disallow or modify annual general rent adjustments for rent controlled units during a declared state of emergency by the President of the United States, the Governor, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Officer, or the City Council or Director of Emergency Services while maintaining the landlord’s ability to petition for a rent adjustment per Section 1805 of the City Charter?
MEASURE RC
Shall the City Charter be amended to require intended owner occupancy of rentcontrolled units for two years before tenant eviction; require owner occupancy within 60 days of vacancy; reduce the maximum Annual General Adjustment from 6% to 0.8% from 2/1/23 through 8/31/23, or average not to exceed 3%, with a 3% 4 of 6
maximum Annual General Adjustment thereafter; and require elections only if the number of qualified candidates exceeds the number of open Board positions? Discussion
The Registrar Recorder/County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles submitted to the City Clerk a Certified Canvass of the Votes Cast for all candidates and ballot measures.
The results, as reported by the County Clerk, are as follows:
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica City Council for 4-year terms:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Caroline M. Torosis 17,741 19.08%
Jesse Zwick 16,148 17.37%
Lana Negrete 11,654 12.53%
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Laurie Lieberman 20,371 17.64%
Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein 18,921 16.38%
Stacy Rouse 18,754 16.24%
Alicia Mignano 18,450 15.97%
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Sion Roy 23,270 23.48%
Nancy Greenstein 23,141 23.35%
Tom Peters 22,250 22.46%
Barry Snell 21,742 21.94%
Candidates elected to the Santa Monica Rent Control Board:
CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT
Ericka Lesley 20,615 36.26%
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Daniel S. Ivanov 18,903 33.25%
Kurt Gonska 17,334 30.49%
Measure GS was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 19,467 53.49%
NO VOTES 16,926 46.51%
Measure CS was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 27,282 73.87%
NO VOTES 9,651 26.13%
Measure DT was not approved by the voters by the following votes:
NO VOTES 23,413 65.42%
YES VOTES 12,376 34.58%
Measure DTS (ADVISORY VOTE) was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 19,670 58.14%
NO VOTES 14,161 41.86%
Measure PB was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 20,350 60.01%
NO VOTES 13,560 39.99%
Measure HMP was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 23,646 66.23%
NO VOTES 12,056 33.77%
Measure EM was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 20,543 59.35%
NO VOTES 14,070 40.65%
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Measure RC was approved by the voters by the following votes:
YES VOTES 20,149 58.72%
NO VOTES 14,166 41.28%
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
Funds for the cost of the election are included in account number 01110002.552010 of the FY 2022-2023 Adopted Budget. Costs will be pro-rated among the City of Santa Monica, the Rent Control Board, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, and the Santa Monica Community College Board of Trustees. Two of the measures are anticipated to generate revenues beginning in the last quarter of FY 2022-23; new revenue from Measure CS will be deposited into the General Fund and new revenue from Measure GS will be deposited into designated accounts.
Prepared By: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Resolution and Canvass
B. Resolution and Canvass Certificate 12062022