Local Santa Monica Election Results: Measure TL, SMS, SM all approved.

Greg Morena will join incumbents Sue Himmelrich and Kevin McKeown on the Santa Monica City Council. Greg Morena, a restaurant owner, won election to be the newcomer on the Council. Pam O'Conner, who has been on the City Council since the Reagan administration, was somehow turned out by voters. She has voted for every large development project ever proposed in Santa Monica, and voters evidently finally understood that.

Lori Brown lost her bid to be the only landlord on the Santa Monica Rent Control Board.

Read More: https://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/11/06/news/smrr-city-council-to-continue-but-pam-oconner-finally-loses-her-seat-local-santa-monica-election-results-measure-tl-sms-sm-all-approved/3705.html

California voters on Tuesday rejected a controversial ballot measure known as Proposition 10 that would have expanded local government authority to enact rent-control laws on residential property, according to an NBC News projection.

Read More: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/07/california-voters-reject-rent-control-measure-proposition-10.html

AND

http://www.smdp.com/california-voters-reject-rent-control-expansion-measure/170610

State Measure 10

EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or considerably more.

Candidate(s)	Votes	Percent
Yes	893,769	47.16%
No	1,001,443	52.84%

4,728 of 4,728 precincts reporting (100.00%) | Majority of votes cast

Read More: https://www.lavote.net/electionresults/text/3861

See Santa Monica Results at: https://www.smvote.org/

November 7, 2018 -- Santa Monica City Councilmember Pam O'Connor lost her bid for a record seventh four-year term on Tuesday, while a measure to impose Council term limits won in a surprising landslide.

O'Connor, a pro-growth member of the Council since 1994, finished a distant fourth in the race for two open Council seats with 7,385 votes. She becomes the third incumbent to lose a bid for re-election in the past quarter century.

Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/November-2018/11_07_2018_OConnor_Out_Morena_In_Term_Limits_Wins_in_Landslide.html

And the State and the City at: https://www.lavote.net/electionresults/text/3861

November 7, 2018 -- Development may not have been a hot-button issue on Tuesday's Santa Monica ballot, but it was a determining factor in the race for three City Council seats and the resounding support for term limits.

Councilmember Sue Himmelrich, the staunchest slow-growth advocate on the Council, easily topped the ballot, while Pam O'Connor, a longtime champion of development, finished a distant fourth.

Read More: http://surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/November-2018/11_07_2018_NEWS_ANALYSIS_Development_Remains_Major_Issue_in_Tuesdays_%20Santa_Monica_Election%20%20.html

See the list at: http://www.smdp.com/a-list-of-polling-places-in-santa-monica/170550

More than 50 apartment units in two new buildings could be coming to Mid-City Santa Monica.

The Architectural Review Board will decide whether to approve plans for a two-story, four-unit multi-family building and a three-story building containing 50 apartments and retail and restaurant space. The proposed developments would be located just a few blocks from each other, at 3004 Broadway and 2822 Santa Monica Boulevard, respectively.

Read More: http://www.smdp.com/arb-to-review-mid-city-apartments/170517

See Video at: http://www.smdp.com/lightning-round-video-from-squirm-night/170474