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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

City of Santa Monica passes sweeping public anti-smoking ban

According to a report from the local ABC station in Los Angeles, California, entitled "Santa Monica City Council Approves Smoking Ban Extension," the City of Santa Monica City Council voted last night unanimously, 6-0, to ban tobacco smoking "at all outdoor restaurants, service areas, the Third Street Promenade and Farmers Markets."

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You can watch and listen to comments from citizens supporting this development as they awaited the City Council of Santa Monica meeting yesterday in the Smokefree Channel below.

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previously, on California Politics Today

On July 26, 2006, California Politics Today reported that "City of Santa Monica votes 5-1 to go smokefree."

On July 21, 2006, California Politics Today reported that "'Looney Tunes™' smokefree proposal for Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade from 2004 will be considered on July 25, 2006, by the Santa Monica City Council".

On September 27, 2004, California Politics Today reported that "Anti-smoking activist opens "outdoor front" with effort to create "smoke-free" Promenade in Santa Monica, California."

 

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