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Santa Monica City Council
September 8, 2026

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1 David Yakobson
From: Kevin McKeown <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2026 9:33 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Dan Hall; Ellis Raskin; Barry Snell; Natalya Zernitskaya; Oliver Chi; Heidi von Tongeln; Denise Anderson-Warren Subject: Item 4-R — approve and extend

EXTERNAL
Please extend interim City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren’s contract to overlap with the onboarding of new permanent City Clerk Walfred Solorzano. In an election year, this is clearly A Very Good Idea.

Given Denise’s experience and utter trustworthiness, might it make even more sense to keep her as an in-house mentor/advisor through the election, so that our incoming City Clerk doesn’t start his job having to oversee the campaigns of his new employers and their allies?
Thanks,
Kevin McKeown
Former Mayor, retired
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Item 4-R
September 8, 2026
Item 4-R
September 8, 2026

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