City Council - Regular Meeting

Monday, July 27, 2026

The Santa Monica City Council met on July 27, 2026, for a brief meeting. The council went into a closed session to consider the appointment of a new city clerk.

About this meeting

Government Body: City Council
Meeting Type: City Council
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Meeting Date: July 27, 2026

11 sections

0:00•Speaker 3

Councilmember Negrete? Here. Councilmember Hall has stepped away. Councilmember Raskin?

0:06•Speaker 2

Here.

0:07•Speaker 3

Councilmember Snell? Here. Councilmember Zarniskaya? Here. And Mayor DeRosa?

0:12•Speaker 2

Here. Great. Madam Clerk, I believe you're going to ask if we have a Levine Act.

0:19•Speaker 3

We do not have any requests to speak.

0:22 – 0:37•Speaker 2

Great. And I don't see anyone recusing themselves from any items on the agenda pursuant to the Levine Act. No, I don't have any general public input. So with that being said, we will ask the interim city clerk to call the closed session items.

0:38 – 0:56•Speaker 3

Okay, your closed session item is public employee appointment, and it's to consider the public employee appointment for the title of city clerk. And you are the labor negotiator is the mayor, personnel director, unrepresented employee as a city clerk.

0:56•Speaker 2

And when will we be back from closed session, Madam City Attorney?

0:59•Speaker 3

Approximately 7 p.m.

1:01 – 41:35•Speaker 2

Okay, we're going to be so efficient. Love to hear it. Okay, we will see everyone around 7 p.m. Thank you so much. Testing testing.

42:08•Speaker 1

Thank you.

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