Santa Monica, CA
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We have no upcoming meetings on file for Santa Monica. The most recent record we hold is from Thu Oct 1, 2026. Newer meetings may not have been published to the official portal yet, or may not have been collected by us yet — this is a statement about our record, not about whether the city council has met.
Santa MonicaCA averageUS Census ACS
Median home value
$1,810,200 Typical home value $1,667,060 +1.8% yr/yr · +0.2% 5-yr
👮 Police incidents (open data)
20,131 incidents · Wed Mar 1, 1995–Mon Jul 27, 2026 · 100% mapped
property10,395
other6,243
violent3,493
The most recent records from the city police department’s own open-data portal — a recent slice, not full history. Full per-incident records with coordinates (mappable, joinable to individual addresses) are in the public dataset. Source: services1.arcgis.com.
Municipal budget
Total revenue$856.6M (FY2023)
Total spending$1.01B (FY2023)
Taxes$371.6M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$579.7M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$11,124 (FY2023)
Development activity
2025460 housing units ($51.6M)
🗳️ Election results (3 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Dan Hall ✓ 21,297 · Ellis Raskin ✓ 21,215 · Barry A. Snell ✓ 20,272 · Natalya Zernitskaya ✓ 20,198 · Phil Brock 18,368 · Oscar De La Torre 16,960
City Council 2022-11-08
CAROLINE M. TOROSIS ✓ 17,741 · Caroline M. Torosis ✓ 17,741 · Jesse Zwick ✓ 16,148 · Lana Negrete ✓ 11,654 · JESSE ZWICK 16,148 · LANA NEGRETE 11,654
City Council 2020-11-03
Kristin McCowan ✓ 32,440 · Phil Brock ✓ 19,319 · Gleam Olivia Davis ✓ 18,153 · Christine Parra ✓ 18,031 · Oscar De La Torre ✓ 17,570 · Terry O'Day 16,364
🗳️ Ballot measures (10)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure F
2024-11-05 · Passed — 35,971 yes / 9,962 no
Measure K
2024-11-05 · Passed — 34,669 yes / 12,014 no
Measure PSK
2024-11-05 · Passed — 30,409 yes / 14,836 no
Measure CS
2022-11-08 · Passed — 27,282 yes / 9,651 no
Measure DT
2022-11-08 · Failed — 12,376 yes / 23,413 no
Measure DTS
2022-11-08 · Passed — 19,670 yes / 14,161 no
Measure EM
2022-11-08 · Passed — 20,543 yes / 14,070 no
Measure GS
2022-11-08 · Passed — 19,467 yes / 16,926 no
Measure HMP
2022-11-08 · Passed — 23,646 yes / 12,056 no
Measure PB
2022-11-08 · Passed — 20,350 yes / 13,560 no
Recent meetings
Thu Oct 1, 2026
HHSC 2026 1001
Tue Sep 29, 2026
Regular and Special Airport and Arts Commission Meeting 09/28/2026
Wed Sep 23, 2026
RJC 2026 0923
Tue Sep 22, 2026
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Tue Sep 22, 2026
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Tue Sep 22, 2026
VAPAB_2026 _0921
Tue Sep 22, 2026
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Tue Sep 22, 2026
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Tue Sep 22, 2026
2026 09 14 landmarks audio final
Thu Sep 3, 2026
HHSC 2026 0903
Tue Sep 1, 2026
PSROC 20260901
Wed Aug 26, 2026
RJC 2026 0826
Mon Aug 24, 2026
ARB Meeting-20260818 Final
Mon Aug 24, 2026
ARB 20260803 Final (1)
Fri Aug 14, 2026
DC 20260812
Fri Aug 14, 2026
RJC_2026 0813
Mon Aug 10, 2026
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Sun Aug 9, 2026
VAPAB 2026 0808
Wed Aug 5, 2026
ARB 20260803 Final
Tue Aug 4, 2026
MGSROC_2026 0803
Tue Jul 28, 2026
Regular Airport Commission Meeting 07/27/2026
Tue Jul 21, 2026
2026 07 13 landmarks audio final
Mon Jul 13, 2026
DC 2026 0708
Wed Jul 8, 2026
ARB 20260720 Final
Tue Jul 7, 2026
Santa Monica City Council Meeting June 9, 2026
Tue Jul 7, 2026
Santa Monica Rent Control June 11, 2026
Tue Jul 7, 2026
Santa Monica Rent Control June 25, 2026
Wed Jun 24, 2026
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Mon Jun 22, 2026
ARB Meeting 20260601 Final
Mon Jun 22, 2026
ARB Meeting-20260615 Final
Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 110 on record. See the yearly meeting archives below for the full history.
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $225.6M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · PROJECT: AT&L 12-408 |
| $192.3M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · IGF::OT::IGF NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESE |
| $77.8M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND |
| $76.1M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND |
| $71.2M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND |
| $70.4M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RAND FFRDC PROFESSIONAL STUDIES&RESEARCH SERVICES |
| $62.9M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · PROFESSIONAL STUDIES SERVICES |
| $60.8M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RAND NDRI FFRDC RESEARCHES AND STUDIES |
| $55.8M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Homeland Security · THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
| $39.4M | THE RAND CORPORATION Department of Defense · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Los Angeles County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration-86,523 people (-$4.38B net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)29 ({"Fire": 61, "Flood": 10, "Severe Storm": 8, "Earthquake": 3 · last Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Traffic fatalities5 (5 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments304,988 (3,987,736 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,625/mo (2,002 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy34.3% (low numeracy 43% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
💰 Local campaign finance
149,425 filings · $92.9M total · 259 filers · latest Sat Sep 26, 2026
NetFile filers, predominantly California. Full transactions in the public dataset. Source: NetFile.
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
2,534
Employees on payroll
460
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$856.6M
Spending$1.01B
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.
Debt load HIGH
Outstanding debt$579.7M
Debt-to-revenue0.68×
Debt-load index77 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
2,534 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the
research explorer.
Meeting archives
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