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Santa Monica City Hall at dusk, July 25, 2006
Santa Monica City Council—(seated, l-r): Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Shriver, Mayor Robert Holbrook, Ken Genser (Standing): Kevin McKeown, Herb Katz, Pam O'Connor, Richard Bloom
previously, on California Politics Today
Santa Monica City Council votes to instruct staff to draft smokefree ordinance including ban on smoking on its world-famous Third Street Promenade
Last night, after listening to public input that was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, the Santa Monica City Council voted, 5-1, to adopt
Agenda Item 8-A, which directs "the City Attorney’s Office to prepare an ordinance providing the public greater protection from second-hand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke (“ETS”) in the following locations: outdoor dining areas; outdoor service areas; areas within 20 feet of entrances or windows to buildings open to the public; the Third Street Promenade; and the Farmers Markets."
Voting in favor of this measure were Santa Monica City Council members Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Shriver, Mayor Robert Holbrook, Kevin McKeown, Herb Katz, and Richard Bloom. Voting against Agenda Item 8-A was Santa Monica City Council member Pam O'Connor.
watch video of Santa Monica City Council consideration and passage of Agenda Item 8-A
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California Politics Today's exclusive video footage of the Santa Monica City Council's consideration and passage of Agenda Item 8-A at last's night's meeting in the "Smokefree Channel" Brightcove Player below.
The first of the two videos is a short one that features post-vote interviews with Santa Monica City Deputy City Adam Radinsky and S.A.F.E. (Smokefree Air for Everyone) Executive Director Esther Schiller, as well as a brief glimpse of post-vote revelers celebrating the Council decision to make Santa Monica smokefree.
The second video starts with a detailed presentation of the content of the city staff's report on making Santa Monica smokefree, Agenda Item 8-A, by Deputy City Attorney Radinsky, moves on to show public testimony on the proposal from several supporters of the proposal and one Santa Monica restauranteur who opposed it, or at least wanted it modified, the actual City Council vote approving the measure, 5-1, and the post-vote interviews with Mr. Radinsky and Ms. Schiller also included in the first video.
what happens next
In his post-vote interview, Deputy City Attorney Radinsky indicated that city staff would now prepare an ordinance embodying the principles set forth in Agenda Item 8-A and bring it back to the Council for its consideration "in the near future."
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