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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 (310) 458-8608 for information.

The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For special disabled services, call Library Administration (310) 458-8608. Click here for Big Blue Bus route & schedule information. Past agendas and meeting minutes are available online.

Name Address Telephone Elected
(Exp. Date)
Kenneth B. Blackwell 2651 33rd Street Santa Monica, 90405 Phone (310) 463-9291 kbblack@earthlink.net 07/24/2008 (06/30/2012)
Kenneth Breisch 1017 2nd Street, #104
Santa Monica, 90403
Message (310) 458-5984
Fax (310) 458-5984
breisch@usc.edu
07/11/2006
(06/30/2010)
Edward Edwards,
Chair
857 9th Street
Santa Monica, 90403
Home (310) 451-3436
eagleworks@verizon.net
08/28/2007
(06/30/2011)
Gene Oppenheim 829 Harvard Street
Santa Monica, 90403-2205
Home (310) 829-9472
Office (800) 954-8000
geneopp@earthlink.net
07/11/2006
(06/30/2010)
Dan Stern,
Vice Chair
PO BOX 1972
Santa Monica, 90406
Home (310) 451-1011
Fax (310) 458-4588
montaigne@earthlink.net
06/23/2009
(06/30/2013)
Greg Mullen,
City Librarian
Staff Liaison
  (310) 458-8611
greg.mullen@smgov.net
 
Library email   library.board@smgov.net  

Santa Monica 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
    1. Charter Provisions - The Library Board shall have powers and be required to:
      1. Make and enforce such by-laws, rules, and regulations as may be necessary for the administration, government and protection of the City Library; and
      2. Accept money, personal property or real estate donated to the Library Board of "the Santa Monica Public Library or its predecessor." (SMMC 1010) (Amended at General Municipal Election, Nov. 2, 2006, certified by Resolution No. 10187(CCS))
     
  • Composition
    Membership and Size - 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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