Brock, Davis, Parra, De La Torre Lead Santa Monica Council Race

SANTA MONICA, CA — This story was updated at 11:39 p.m.

Santa Monica residents have chosen who they want to represent them on the Santa Monica City Council, along with several measures. Phil Brock is leading in the race for Santa Monica City Council with 16,035 votes as of Wednesday night, followed by Gleam Olivia Davis with 15,787 votes. Christine Parra has 15,029 votes and Oscar de la Torre has 14,483 votes. (Scroll down for real-time results as they roll in.)

Santa Monica City councilmember Kristin Mccowan has 100% of the vote with 27,559 votes reported for a two-year term ending in November 2022.

There were 71,970 voters registered, according to the city, with 32 total precincts reporting. According to the county, 35,889 Santa Monica residents voted by mail and a total of 44,607 cast their ballots.

A majority of voters in Santa Monica voted yes on Measures SM and AB.

Here are the preliminary results for Measures SM and AB:

Santa Monica City Gen Muni Measure SM - Real Estate Transfer Tax
Yes 30,685 votes
No 11,704 votes

Santa Monica City Gen Muni Measure AB - Amend City Charter
Yes 23,547
No 15,144

Many voters cast their ballots via early voting or mail-in voting due to the pandemic.

Twenty-one candidates were running for Santa Monica City Council to fill the four-year term position.

There were also 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.

The 21 city council candidates on the ballot were:

• Phil Brock - Businessman/City Commissioner
• Andrew Browning - IT Manager
• Merv Andika - Father/Analyst/Broker
• Dominic Gomez - Senior Technology Advisor
• Christine Parra - Emergency Preparedness Professional
• Terry O'Day - Mayor Pro Tempore
• Marcus Owens - Community Volunteer
• Anne-Marie Slack- Executive Director for the Motion Picture Sound Editors
• Jon Mann - Retired Parole Agent
• Chip Martin - Businessman
• Todd Mentch - Digital Media
• Zoë Muntaner - Communications Professional
• Gleam Olivia Davis- Santa Monica City Councilmember
• Oscar De La Torre - Santa Monica Unified School District Board Member
• Mario Fonda-Bonardi - Architect/Planning Commissioner
• Tom Ciszek - Information Professional/Analyst
• Andrew Kamm - Teacher
• Ted Winterer- City Councilmember
• Ana Maria Jara - Appointed Incumbent
• John Patrick Jewell III - Actor/Businessman/Composer
• Nathaniel Jones - Actor/Author

SCROLL TO FIND RESULTS for this race in real-time below (They are sorted alphabetically by city.)

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Browning and Gomez were on the ballot but decided not to campaign in the 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.

"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.

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