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  • Library Board

    The Library Board meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library second floor Administrative Conference Room, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. The public is cordially invited. Call Library Administration at (310) 458-8608 for information.

    The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For special disability accommodations contact Library Administration at (310) 458-8606 at least 3 days prior to the scheduled meeting. Click here for Big Blue Bus route and schedule information.

    Library Board Members

    Name Address Contact Information Elected
    (Expiration)

    Kenneth B. Blackwell 
    Chair

    437 Ashland Avenue
    Santa Monica, 90405
    Phone (310) 463-9291
    kbblack@earthlink.net
    08/28/2012
    (06/30/2016)

    Kenneth Breisch

    1017 2nd Street, #104
    Santa Monica, 90403
    Phone (310) 458-5984
    breisch@usc.edu
    06/22/2010
    (06/30/2014)

    Gene Oppenheim 

    829 Harvard Street
    Santa Monica, 90403
    Phone (310) 829-9472
    geneopp@earthlink.net
    06/22/2010
    (06/30/2014)

    Kathleen Sheldon
    Vice Chair

    c/o Library Administration
    601 Santa Monica Blvd
    Santa Monica, 90401
    Phone (310) 451-8934
    ksheldon@ucla.edu
    8/23/2011
    (6/30/2015)
    Dan Stern
    Post Office Box 1972
    Santa Monica, 90406
    Phone (310) 451-1011
    dmspublishers@gmail.com
    06/23/2009
    (06/30/2013)
    Greg Mullen,
    City Librarian
    Phone (310) 458-8606
    greg.mullen@smgov.net
    Rachel Foyt,
    Administrative Analyst,
    Staff Liaison
    Phone (310) 458-8606
    rachel.foyt@smgov.net
    Library Board email library.board@smgov.net
  • Roles and Responsibilities

    The Santa Monica Public Library Board
    Established 1947

    Mission Statement

    The Santa Monica Public Library Board shall have charge of the administration of the Santa Monica Public Library.

    Responsibilities, Jurisdiction, Authority

    The Library Board shall have charge of the administration of the Santa Monica Public Library, and shall have power and be required to:

    (a) Make and enforce such by-laws, rules and regulations as may be necessary for the administration, government and protection of the City Library; and

    (b) Accept money, personal property or real estate donated to the Library Board of the Santa Monica Public Library or its predecessor.

    (Amended at General Municipal Election, November 7, 2006; certified by Res. No. 10187CCS)

    Composition

    There shall be a Library Board consisting of five members to be appointed by the City Council from the qualified electors of the City who shall serve four-year terms and no member of said Board shall hold any paid office or employment in the City Government. (SMCC 1009).

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