Richard P. Montgomery
CA
Richard P. Montgomery is a local business owner and former Manhattan Beach City Council member who left the council in 2024. He says the city has a spending problem and wants to rebuild its reserves.
Where Richard P. Montgomery stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (6 support · 1 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 support · 1 oppose
Voted with the 3-2 majority not to raise energy efficiency rules for new buildings, and to study solar for new commercial buildings instead.
October 19, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for requiring all city employees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly. It passed 4-1.
September 21, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
As mayor, moved to sign a Climate Mayors letter urging Congress to address COVID-19, the economic downturn, racial injustice and climate change. It passed 4-1.
July 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted for introducing a city ban on the sale of all tobacco products and e-cigarettes. It passed 4-1.
February 4, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to switch city facilities to 100% renewable power through the Clean Power Alliance. It passed 4-1.
May 21, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for city support of state bills banning new offshore oil and gas drilling near the coast, and for opposing new federal offshore leases. It passed 4-0.
February 6, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for adding Ygrene as a home clean-energy loan option (PACE financing), an item he had asked the council to take up. It passed 3-2.
October 17, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Moved to add seven police officers and three civilian police jobs, plus hiring and referral bonuses. It passed 5-0.
February 7, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to adopt the city's 2022-23 operating budget. It passed 3-2.
June 7, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Moved a city resolution supporting Proposition 36, which raised penalties for some drug and theft crimes. It passed 4-0.
September 3, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to add seven police officers and three civilian police jobs, plus hiring and referral bonuses. It passed 5-0.
February 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to have staff negotiate a contract with Redondo Beach to prosecute local misdemeanors, and to add $14,519 for homeless services. It passed 3-2.
September 21, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for a city vote of no confidence in Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. It passed 4-1.
May 18, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to adopt an emergency city ban on camping and storing personal property in public areas, and to introduce the permanent ordinance. Both passed 5-0.
September 4, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 oppose
Moved a city resolution supporting Proposition 36, which raised penalties for some drug and theft crimes. It passed 4-0.
September 3, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
Moved to approve Highrose, a 79-unit apartment building at Rosecrans and Highland that used a state density bonus. It passed 3-2, after he voted against denying it in October 2022.
January 19, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to adopt the city's 2021-2029 state-required housing plan (Housing Element), as revised by the council. It passed 5-0.
September 23, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.granicus.com
As mayor, moved a city resolution opposing nine state housing and zoning bills, including SB 902 on housing density. It passed 5-0.
August 4, 2020Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for a city letter opposing state Senate Bill 827, which let some housing near transit skip local height, density and parking rules. It passed 4-0.
February 6, 2018Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to lease at least two shelter beds for one year from SHARE! Collaborative for homeless people from Manhattan Beach. It passed 4-1.
September 9, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Moved a city resolution supporting Measure MMB, a local half-cent sales tax on the November 2024 ballot. It passed 5-0.
September 3, 2024
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to create a permit program for overnight street parking of oversized vehicles such as RVs, with each permit tied to one vehicle. It passed 3-2.
January 16, 2024
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Was chosen by the City Council as mayor of Manhattan Beach for a second time on a 5-0 vote.
March 21, 2023
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on having staff look into a short-term deal with the Sheriff or other police agencies for more officers. It passed 4-1.
November 1, 2022
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted no on a city endorsement of the recall of District Attorney George Gascon. It passed 3-2.
April 19, 2022
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved a city resolution backing a proposed state ballot initiative to keep local zoning decisions with cities. It passed 5-0.
December 21, 2021
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Moved to approve a pension obligation bond plan, maturing in 2043, to refinance police, fire and other city pension debt. It passed 5-0.
March 2, 2021
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on letting MB Smoke Shop keep selling tobacco until June 30, 2021, under a hardship exemption to the city's tobacco sales ban. It passed 4-1.
January 19, 2021
Source: legistar.granicus.com
As mayor, publicly backed Los Angeles County's reopening of beaches after a six-week pandemic closure in an NPR interview.
May 14, 2020
Source: npr.org
Was chosen by the City Council as mayor of Manhattan Beach on a 5-0 vote.
March 3, 2020
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Cast the only no votes on city positions supporting county Measure W, a stormwater parcel tax, and opposing state Proposition 6, a gas tax repeal. Both passed 4-1.
October 16, 2018
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on keeping city elections in November of even years starting in 2020. He cited voter fatigue and crowded November ballots. It passed 4-1.
August 21, 2018
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted no on an emergency ban on new health care businesses, which failed 2-3. He backed a narrower ban leaving out assisted living and care homes; it got three votes but needed four.
August 1, 2017
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Gave up his state real estate appraiser license under a settlement with the state appraiser bureau, which had accused him of misleading appraisal reports from 2006 to 2008. He must pay $20,000 in costs and fines before any new license.
October 7, 2013
Source: brea.ca.gov
State appraiser bureau records list a 1997 conviction under California Penal Code section 487(a), the grand theft law. The bureau suspended his appraiser license for two months and set five years of probation.
September 29, 1997
Source: www2.brea.ca.gov
Past race Richard P. Montgomery ran in:
- Member of the City Council · November 3, 2026 · Manhattan Beach city, California