SMC Board Of Trustees Election 2020: 3 Seats Open

Santa Monica CA

02 November, 2020

4:58 PM

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SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica residents will choose Tuesday which candidates they want to represent them on the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees. Many voters have already cast their ballot via early voting or mail-in voting due to the pandemic. Voting centers are open and people can also drop off their ballots there. There are eight candidates for Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District - Board of Education. Three seats are open for a four-year term. All eight of those candidates live in Santa Monica. Voters will also decide which of the 21 candidates running for Santa Monica City Council will fill the four open seats for a four-year term. Two candidates in that race have stopped campaigning but will appear on the ballot. Andrew Browning and Dominic Gomez decided not to campaign in the city council election. "After much thought, the two of us have decided to withdraw from the race for Santa Monica City Council," they said in a letter to the editor published on Surf Santa Monica. "We withdrew because it became clear that the best way to affect change in Santa Monica was to consolidate the number of candidates challenging the incumbents, incumbents who have overseen the rapid decline of our city." They instead endorsed the "Change" slate with Phil Brock, Oscar de la Torre, Christine Parra and Mario Fonda-Bonardi. If de la Torre is elected, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will potentially appoint another person to fill his seat, Malibu Times reports. There are four candidates on the ballot for the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees: Susan Aminoff- Santa Monica College Trustee/ProfessorBrian O'Neil- ProfessorMargaret Quinones-Perez - Santa Monica College Trustee/Professor/CounselorRob Greenstein Rader - Santa Monica College Trustee/Professor Check back with Patch on Election Day for more updates: CA Elections 2020