Phil Brock

Seconded and voted for adding a police special investigations unit, more drones and security monitoring, and another officer on the homeless liaison team. It passed 4-3.

October 8, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted as mayor to undo 2022 changes to the city's ban on camping in public places, after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling. It passed 4-3.

September 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Seconded and voted for adopting Santa Monica's 2021-2029 housing plan (Housing Element), which sets where and how much new housing the city will allow. It passed 5-2.

October 12, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

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Wrote a council resolution condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia and moved to pass it with a separate Gaza ceasefire resolution. Both passed 6-1.

May 14, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Seconded and voted for a council resolution objecting to the county handing out clean needles in Santa Monica. It passed 4-3.

April 9, 2024

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Took office as Santa Monica mayor for a one-year term through December 2024.

December 12, 2023

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Abstained on the city endorsing the Justice for Renters Act, a statewide ballot measure to allow more local rent control. It passed 4-1.

October 24, 2023

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Made the motion to adopt a law allowing short-term home-sharing in some backyard units and creating a program to legalize existing ones. It passed 5-1.

May 23, 2023

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Made the motion to put a business license tax on cannabis sales on the November 2022 ballot. It passed 6-1.

July 26, 2022

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Made the motion that shaped the council's own real estate transfer tax for the November 2022 ballot: $25 per $1,000 above $8 million, a 10-year sunset, and at least 30% for housing help. It passed 6-1.

July 26, 2022

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Voted against hiring an outside investigator to look into possible open-meeting law (Brown Act) violations by council members during the city manager and city attorney searches. It failed 3-4.

February 22, 2022

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Voted against the city joining the school district in opposing a petition to switch school board races to district elections. It passed 5-2.

February 8, 2022

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Voted to let the Shore Hotel expand with a 14-room micro-hotel, a cafe and a restaurant with a bar, after adding limits such as beer and wine only in the cafe. It passed 4-3.

December 7, 2021

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Made the motion for the city's regional council of governments to consider joining a lawsuit challenging the state's housing growth targets for Southern California. It passed 5-2.

September 28, 2021

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Voted to appoint Lana Negrete to fill the empty City Council seat. She won on the fourth round of voting.

June 29, 2021

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Co-requested and made the motion for a city letter opposing state Senate Bill 9, which lets owners split single-family lots and build duplexes. It passed 4-1.

February 9, 2021

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Co-requested a city letter opposing state Senate Bill 10, which lets cities upzone for small apartment buildings, and voted for it after a support letter failed 2-4.

February 9, 2021

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Was sworn in to a four-year term on the Santa Monica City Council after winning a seat in the November 2020 election.

December 8, 2020

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