Santa Monica Selects New Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore

SANTA MONICA, CA – The Santa Monica City Council voted in new Mayor Gleam Davis and Terry O’Day as Mayor Pro Tempore at a Tuesday night meeting. Davis has served on the council since 2009, when they selected her to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Herb Katz, and she was elected to an additional two-year term in 2010. She was re-elected in 2012 and 2016, the press release said.

O’Day was first elected as a councilmember in Nov. 2010. He has served two years as Mayor Pro Tempore, and has been active with community organizations throughout California and Mexico, including: Waterkeeper Alliance, Coro Southern California, the USC Center for Sustainable Cities, Environmental Entrepreneurs and as the Board Chair of the Coalition for Clean Air.

“Serving the community is an honor and wonderful opportunity to elevate Santa Monicans priorities during an exciting time in the City’s history. We have a lot of work ahead of us,” Mayor Gleam Davis said. “Our beachside city is an inclusive and progressive place. We need to celebrate our successes and tackle the challenges that we face with equitable vigor. Santa Monica is a community that I care for deeply and as mayor, I will listen, learn and provide thoughtful consideration to community questions and ideas that arise during my term.”

City Clerk Denise Anderson-Warren certified Santa Monica’s 2018 election results and new board members were sworn in at the meeting, including: Sue Himmelrich, Greg Morena and Kevin McKeown for Santa Monica City Council; Naomi Sultan, Nicole Phillis, and Steve Duron for the Santa Monica Rent Control Board; Laurie Lieberman, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Oscar de la Torre and Craig Foster for Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District Board; and Louise Jaffe, Nancy Greenstein, Sion Roy and Barry Snell for the Santa Monica College Board.

For more information on Santa Monica Election 2018, visit smvote.org.

Photo courtesy of City Of Santa Monica/Santa Monica City Council