League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Council Member; City of Santa Monica Voter Information

Results as of Dec 2 2:20pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (54/54)

Candidates (Vote for 4) All candidates are welcome to post their campaign information on SmartVoter. For instructions and password, send an e-mail to ca-south@smartvoter.org. INCLUDE A VIABLE PHONE NUMBER. Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Ted Winterer 17,716 votes 14.86% Occupation: Planning Commissioner Dartmouth College, B.A. Vice Chair of Santa Monica Planning Commission Former President, Ocean Park Association Steering Committee, Community for Excellent Public Schools AYSO Coach and Referee Former Recreation and Parks Commissioner ted@tedforcouncil.com Priorities: Preserve our beach town character and scale and our socioeconomic diversity Traffic solutions: no net new car trips A smart City budget which reflects residents' priorities Terry O'Day 17,126 votes 14.36% Occupation: Councilmember/Environmental Executive Past Executive Director of Environment Now MBA from The UCLA Anderson School of Management BA with honors in Public Policy at Stanford University. info@terryoday.com Priorities: Education: As an activist and parent, Terry has experience tackling the complex challenges that our schools face. Sustainability: A respected environmental leader, Terry understands that environmental policies cannot be put on hold. Equity: Terry is committed to creating an environment where everyone has an affordable, decent, and safe place to live. Gleam Olivia Davis 15,217 votes 12.76% Occupation: Santa Monica Councilmember gleam.davis@gmail.com Tony Vazquez 11,939 votes 10.01% Occupation: Local Business Owner Tony@VoteVazquez4Council.com Shari Davis 10,845 votes 9.09% Occupation: Non-Profit Policy Advisor shari@sharidavis2012.com Richard McKinnon 8,041 votes 6.74% Occupation: Corporate Adviser Planning Commissioner, City of Santa Monica former Recreation and Parks Commissioner richard@richardmckinnon.com Priorities: control development to a suitable scale and balence for the city insititute Deep Green environmental policy protect every residents quality of life John Cyrus Smith 6,614 votes 5.55% Occupation: Teacher/Journalist/Producer Endorsed by The Sierra Club and CWA Teacher at Santa Monica College & USC Former Producer at NBC Channel 4 News Won 4 Emmy Awards for "Best Newscast" Member: Santa Monica Democratic Club Member: SM Urban Forest Task Force johncysmith@gmail.com Priorities: Stop over-development, in favor of responsible growth Find new solutions to traffic, congestion and parking problems Protect schools, kids, seniors, neighborhoods & the environment Frank J. Gruber 6,166 votes 5.17% Occupation: Journalist Resident of Santa Monica since 1983; served on the Planning Commission and the Housing Commission, and on the Prop. X School Bond Oversight Commitee; wrote a weekly column about Santa Monica for 11 years; graduate of U. of Chicago and Harvard Law School frank@frankjgruber.net Priorities: Make sure the City is well-run and financially sound, so that city services and aid to the schools can continue. Regulate economic development for the common good. Develop new means for dealing with traffic congestion. Jonathan Mann 5,135 votes 4.31% Occupation: Teacher B.A. Sociology Information Rep AFA/CWA Peace officer training Mediator trainng Teaching credential Flight Attendant training net_democracy@yahoo.com Priorities: Green Party core values in ecology and sustainability Accountability and transparency in government Social, economic, and political justice Bob Seldon 4,281 votes 3.59% Occupation: Attorney J.D. Law B.S. Electrical Engineering Co-founder, past Chair of Northeast Neighbors neighborhood association Active in the Save Our Beach movement that stopped construction of a luxury beach hotel at 415 PCH to preserve the site as a community beach club Member, Oaks Project : successfuI Initiative prohibiting City officials from accepting financial benefits from parties given special benefits Formerly a Judge Pro Tem in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Superior Courts; currently a Probation Monitor for the California State Bar. seldon@speakeasy.net Priorities: The increasing crush of overdevelopment, resulting gridlock and casual use of Development Agreements to circumvent zoning protections must end. Strictly enforced resident-friendly zoning codes must be enacted pursuant to LUCE, even down-zoning where appropriate. Be part of a new RESIDENT-SUPPORTING majority on the CIty Council Armen Melkonians 3,958 votes 3.32% Occupation: Civil/Environmental Engineer armen@armen4sm.com Terence Later 3,756 votes 3.15% Occupation: Entertainment Consultant tlater@mac.com Jerry Rubin 3,069 votes 2.57% jerrypeaceactivistrubin@earthlink.net Roberto Gómez 2,916 votes 2.45% Occupation: Community Volunteer santamonicagent@aol.com Steve Duron 2,465 votes 2.07% Occupation: Attorney steve@steveduron.com Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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