City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: January 23, 2024
Agenda Item: 16.F
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Nikima Newsome, Interim City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Request of Councilmember Davis, Councilmember Torosis, and Councilmember Zwick that the City of Santa Monica acknowledge the oneyear anniversary of City Council’s adoption of the Statement Apologizing to Santa Monica’s African American Residents and their Descendants by (1) agreeing to annually acknowledge and read the Statement at the beginning of the first City Council meeting every November, (2) allocating $10,000 in City Council discretionary funds to the Santa Monica High School Black Student Union to provide financial support to seniors aspiring to attend college in the form of application fees, scholarships, and other costs associated with the transition to college, (3) direct the City Manager to explore the installation of the Statement outside of City Hall so the statement can be publicly accessible for all to read, and (4) direct the City Manager to survey reparations efforts in other jurisdictions and direct the City Attorney to identify any potential legal issues and report back to the City Council within 180 days Prepared By: Nikima Newsome, Interim City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Statement of Apology
B. Written Comments