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ENDORSEMENTS
Who all has endorsed Prop T? Our entire community
Residents who've lived in Santa Monica many years as well as recent residents; current and former City Council members, current and former members of the Airport Commission, the Architectural Review Board, the Arts Commission, the Library Board, the Planning Commission, the Recreation and Parks Commission, the Rent Control Board, the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Committee, the Social Services Commission, the Virginia Avenue Park Advisory Board, the Friends of 415 PCH, the Library Bond Committee, the Santa Monica College Citizen Bond Oversight Committee, the Santa Monica Conservancy, the Santa Monica Democratic Club Board, the Save the Pier Committee, and the Task Force on Workforce Housing.
SM CITY COUNCILMEMBER BOBBY SHRIVER STATES WHY HE SUPPORTS T
SM CITY COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN MCKEOWN STATES WHY HE ENDORSES T
SM CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE SUSAN HARTLEY STATES WHY SHE ENDORSES T
SM CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE TED WINTERER CO-AUTHORED T
ASSOCIATION ENDORSEMENTS jump to list
LOCAL BUSINESS ENDORSEMENTS jump to list
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Britt Allcroft
Sally Allen
Peter Altschuler
Rodolfo Alvarez, former member of the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board
Elizabeth Ames
Norma and Aton Arbisser
Brendan Armm, Owner, Lotus East-West Medical Center 2104 Wilshire Blvd
Abby Arnold, former Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation board member, former Chair of the Oversight Committee of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District's ES Project, former president, Santa Monica PONY League
Judith Avery
Seda Aznavour
Stephanie Barbanell
Bill Bauer, SM Daily Press Columnist, former Save The Piers member
Marygail Brauner
Elaine & Gary Becker, residents for 35+ years and Friends of Sunset Park members
Brian Bland
Karen Blechman
Maryann Bonino
Christian Boyce
Joel Brand, Chair of the Friends of 415 PCH, board member of the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation, former president of the Ocean Park Association, former president and current board member of the Santa Monica Conservancy
Ellen Brennan, board member and former chair of the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation, former chair of South Beach Neighborhood Association
Greg & Suzanne Brogger
Robert Burket
Jim Caswell, Owner of Historia Antiques 1322 2nd St.
Tom and Laurie Charchut
Joan Charles, former chair of the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board
Phyllis Chavez
Darrell Clarke, former Planning Commissioner and co-chair, Friends 4 Expo Transit
Joanne Curtis, 25-year resident and member of Friends of Sunset Park
Allen Davis
Bryan Davis, 7-year resident
Peter & Iris Davison, 32-year homeowners in the Pico neighborhood
Paul Deason
Jane Dempsey, former Vice President of Friends of Sunset Park
Julie Lopez Dad, President, Santa Monica Democratic Club, Chair, 41st AD Committee, Los Angeles County Democratic Party, and former Planning Commissioner, City of Santa Monica
Jeanne Dodson, 23-year resident
Brandon Dorsky
Liz Dubelman, emmy award winning producer and director
Catherine Eldridge, Co-Chair Village Trailer Park Homeowner Association, board member of Pico Neighborhood Association, board member CCSM
Michael Everett, 32 year resident, charter member of SMRR, former member of SMART steering committee, Executive Board member and chair of Political Action Committee IATSE, Local 728, Studio Electrical Lighting Technicians, delegate County Labor Federation
Bruce Feldman
Mary Fenstermacher, SMCLC Advisor, Board Member of Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition
Sid Fleischman
William Follett, 27-year resident, Sunset Park homeowner and FOSP member
William Fordes
Julia Franz, Television executive
Nina Fresco, Santa Monica Landmarks Commissioner
Victor Fresco, SMCLC Co-Chair, Current board member of NOMA
Aaron Furlong
Stephanie Furlong
Faustino Garza
Lynn Gephart
Judy and Harry Gewertz
Susan Giesberg, past president California Consumer Affairs Association and involved public school parent
Mildred C. Giesberg
Samia Goli, Owner of Buster's Shoe Repair 2209 Main St.
Robert and Florentina Golick
Diana Gordon, Co-Chair of SMCLC and member of Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights
Jodi Grant, author
Susan Grant
Don Gray
Sue Griffin
Dan Halperin
Ed Harker
Susan Hartley, former Vice Chair of the Airport Commission, Friends of Sunset Park Board member, co-founder of Treesavers and current City Council candidate
Beverly Haas
Philip Hendricks, 27-year resident of Santa Monica, 25-year member of SMRR, Santa Monica Democratic Club Board member, former president of the Union for Classified Employees at Santa Monica College, Founding member Union Coalition of Santa Monica
Ping Ho, member of the Friends of Sunset Park Airport Committee
Emmalie Hodgin, Friends of Sunset Park Board member
Arlene Hopkins, former SM Planning Commissioner
Andrea Hricko, university associate professor (community outreach on the health effects of air pollution with a focus on traffic-related pollutants) and 28 year resident
Anita Irwin
Jay Johnson, Santa Monica Planning Commissioner
Adam Johnston
Zina Josephs, Friends of Sunset Park board president, SMMUSD Advisory Committee on the Visual and Performing Arts, SMMUSD Prop X Oversight Committee, former Santa Monica Arts Commissioner
Reinhard Kargl, Science & Technology Journalist
Duke Kelso, founder Santa Monica Safe Streets
Scott Kelso
Geraldine Kennedy, former SM Planning Commissioner and principal advocate for the establishment of Clover Park
Kathy Knight, Former President, Friends of Sunset Park
Joel Koury, chair Santa Monica Rent Control Board
Mark Kreher
Sherrill Kushner, Board member of the Santa Monica Conservancy, former board member of the Library Board, chair of the Library Bond (Prop L) Committee, former board member of North of Montana Association ("NOMA")
Jeanne Laurie, 19-year resident and member of Friends of Sunset Park
Terrance Later, SM Council candidate
Kenneth Legaux
Kent Lewis
Jan M. Ludwinski
Barry and Fay Lyons, 12-year residents of Sunset Park
Lauren Maher
Timothy C Maher, CPA
Giuseppe and Susan Mannara
Ellen Mark, former Friends of Sunset Park Board member
Mary Marlow, Ocean Park Association Board member, Ocean Park 4th of July Parade organizer, SMCLC Board member
Brandon H. Marlowe
Jeanie Marshall, owner of Writing for and by Coaches 1223 Wilshire Blvd. and a Sunset Park resident
Kathy Matulich, owner of Casa Allegra 2714 Main St.
Paula Mazur, film writer and producer
Dorie Meek, Supervisor of Child Development Services, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Paul Meek
Kevin McKeown, Santa Monica Council member
Andrew Menzies
Mathew Millen, former Chair of the Virginia Ave Park Advisory Board, former Chair of the Santa Monica High School Bi-lingual Committee
Ruben Miller, owner of Lincoln Auto Electric 2545 Lincoln Blvd.
Betty Mueller, former Chair of the Santa Monica Rent Control Board
Gail Myers, Social Services Commissioner, Vice-Chair of the Virginia Avenue Park Advisory Board, former Board Member of FOSP
Bea Nemlaha, 28-year resident of Ocean Park
Kim Nicholas
Patricia Nugent
Ruth Olay
Kelly Olsen, former City Councilmember, former Chair of the Planning Commission
Maynard and Sheila Ostrow
Luba Paz
Jennifer Polhemus, Economist, JAMS parent, former Planning Commissioner
Dolores Press, former Chair of the SM Rent Control Board
Dan Relles
Paulette Rochelle-Levy
Laurel Roennau
Ruth and Larry Rosen
Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Councilman
Mary Rushfield
Morrie Ruvinsky
Sharon Ryan, 32 year homeowner in Sunset Park, FOSP Supporter
Jacob and Yael Samuel
Lorraine Sanchez, Vice President, Board of Friends of Sunset Park, FOSP Airport Committee member, Citizen Bond Oversight Committee SM College
Susan Scarafia
Sally Schneider
Mark Schubb
Jon and Jean Sedillos
Jeff Segal, 27-year Santa Monica resident, Santa Monica business owner, Santa Monica commercial property owner, past-president of the Santa Monica Kiwanis Club, and current treasurer of Santa Monica Kiwanis Charities, and board member of Santa Monica College Associates.
Bob Seldon
Annette Shamey, Former Trustee, Santa Monica Community College District
Ruthann Shanley
Bobby Shriver, Santa Monica City Council member
Carol Siegle
David Sirh
Jed Smith, 25-year resident
Nancy Cook Smith, artist and 30-year resident
Ruthie and Bud Smoot
Maryanne Solomon
Peter Solomon
Phyllis Johnston Sorter, 40 year Ocean Park resident
Doris Sosin,Former Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commissioner; co-founder of Santa Monica Conservancy and former Board member; founder of NOMA (North of Montana Neighborhood Assn), former chairman and current Board member
Will Speck
Jackie Stansbury
Sheri Tannenbaum
Wes Terry, Former Virginia Ave Park Advisory Committee Chair
Daisy Tigler
Peter Tigler, former SM City Charter Review Commissioner, former Pico Neighborhood Association Chairman, former Virginia Ave Park Advisory Board Chair
Eileen Tunick
Suzanne Verge
Bridget Walsh, 19-year resident and real estate broker
Susan Weinberg, Infinity Art Studio
Alicia Willie
Ted Winterer, Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commissioner, President, Ocean Park Association ("OPA"), member of the City Workforce Housing Task Force and current City Council Candidate
Regula Ziegler, 37-year Sunset Park resident
LA County Democratic Party
“The consequences of failing to pass Prop T would be runaway development and ever increasing traffic - which Santa Monica just cannot afford! The LA County Democratic Party urges you to vote YES on Prop T to protect our community and our way of life.”
Friends of Sunset Park
"The FOSP Board has endorsed the RIFT initiative because our members have said, over and over again, that Santa Monica has encouraged too much development over the years, resulting in cut-through traffic congestion in Sunset Park that makes it difficult for us to get to and from our homes. Residents feel that we need to dial down the amount of new growth until our city's transportation infrastructure can catch up with the growth we've already had."
North of Montana Association
"The NOMA Board voted to support RIFT because our membership told us they think Santa Monica has had too much development. People are fed up with the amount of growth and the traffic it's brought."
Ocean Park Association
"The City of Santa Monica has pledged to promote sustainability "to ensure that Santa Monica can continue to meet its current environmental, economic and social needs without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same."
The Board of the Ocean Park Association (OPA) is deeply committed to sustainability and believes that further increases in traffic congestion and commercial development will generate more air pollution and greenhouse gases, waste scarce fossil fuels, negatively impact local small businesses and create stress and diminished productivity in residents and visitors alike while undermining the prospects for a sustainable city for the next generation.
For these and many other reasons we voted to endorse RIFT. It's time to slow the growth of traffic and commercial development to a reasonable pace so that City Hall's proposed transportation improvements can have a genuine impact on our mobility."
Pico Neighborhood Association
"The Pico Neighborhood has felt the impact of ongoing unlimited commercialÊdevelopment firsthand and with even more major development proposed on the East side and the possible Paper Mate project in a few years something must be done NOW. RIFT is that something. PNA endorses RIFT because it is a reasonable alternative to the current uncontrolled growth that will further increase traffic on our already congested streets. RIFT is the answer to residents stated concerns about the current quality of life in our town."
Wilmont Neighborhood Coalition
"The WILMONT board has voted to endorse RIFT. Our area's biggest issue is lack of street parking, and more development brings more traffic and less available parking for our residents. It's time to take a stand against the escalating congestion that threatens the quality of life and safety in our neighborhoods"
Bay Screens and Shades, 3225 Pico Blvd. http://www.bayscreens.net
Brendan Armm, Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, LAC
Owner of Lotus East-West Medical Center 2104 Wilshire Blvd. http://www.lotusew.com
I am an 8-year resident and the owner of Lotus East-West Medical Center in Santa Monica, a primary care health center certified by the city of Santa Monica as the first "green" medical center in the city. First, walking and biking make excellent transportation and exercise. Second, high buildings are blocking out healthy sunlight and stomping out the home-town feeling. Third, traffic congestion begets air pollution and anxiety.
Busy Bee Hardware, 1521 Santa Monica Blvd.
Jim Caswell, Owner of Historia Antiques 1322 2nd St. http://www.historia-antiques.com
"I've lived in Santa Monica for 35 yrs and have maintained a small one person shop business here for 21. I have watched as other small businesses, unable to afford redeveloped property rents or find suitable replacement spaces, just throw in the towel. Slowing re-development can only help local small business. Do we want the city to become one big upscale shopping center?"
Samia Goli, Owner of Buster's Shoe Repair 2209 Main St.
"I feel terrible about developers kicking out small business to build new, larger buildings. Something is wrong in the city when neighborhood businesses can be squeezed out by greedy developers."
Buster's Shoe repair was forced to move from next to the NuWilshire Theater after more than 20 years by a landlord wanting to tear down and develop his property.
Nancy Kaufman, Owner of Brat 1938 14th St.
http://www.bratstore.com
Margrit Koff, Owner of Berry Lee Shoes 2525 Main St.
http://www.berryleeshoes.com
Jeanie Marshall, Owner of
Writing For and By Coaches 1223 Wilshire Blvd. http://www.WritingByCoaches.com
Marshall House http://www.MHmail.com
I love living and working in Santa Monica. It's a magnificent place. Let's attend to traffic in creative and innovative ways.
Jeanie is a Sunset Park resident.
Kathy Matulich, Owner of Casa Allegra 2714 Main St. http://www.casaallegra.net
"I'm stunned at how much has been built in Santa Monica. Big developers can do no wrong while small business is subjected to many rules; I can't put up a sidewalk sign, but they can build a shopping center." Kathy is also a resident of Santa Monica.
Ruben Miller, Owner of Lincoln Auto Electric 2545 Lincoln Blvd.
"As a businessman, traffic congestion costs me money. I can't get parts quickly anymore and often must send one of my staff for pickup. Delays in getting parts mean less work completed each day. Also, I pay liability insurance for the driver picking up parts."
Ruben is also a resident of Santa Monica.
Jeff Segal, President of First Avenue Realty
Jeff is a Santa Monica commercial property owner and 27-year Santa Monica resident.
Jed Smith, Owner of Betafish Music 1744 Berkeley Ave
http://www.betafish.net
Peter Solomon, Owner of Precious Metal Arts
http://www.PreciousMetalArts.com
"I have lived in Santa Monica since 1984 and watched the traffic and development grow out of control. I support Proposition T. It is what we really need in this city."
Pam Stollings, Owner of UnUrban Cafe 3301 Pico Blvd http://www.casenet.com/coffeehouse/unurbancalendar.html
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