Santa Monica Council Candidates

Here are the 18 candidates running for four Santa Monica City Council seats. They are listed in alphabetical order with the occupations they have designated for the ballot.

* Judy Abdo, (incumbent), administrator.

* John G. Baron, general manager Laemmle Theaters.

* Antony Blain, attorney

* Merritt Coleman, urban environmentalist

* Dorothy Ehrhart-Morrison, Ph.D., child development specialist

* Ken Genser, mayor and member of the City Council

* Ellin Goldin, writer, community activist

* Asha S. Greenberg, prosecutor

* George I. Hickey, self-employed

* Joel Pierce, manager of computer operations

* Thomas P. Pyne, hospital executive

* Beloved Gift Given Quail, occasionally a street performer, petition circulator, homeless activist and homeless independent

* Patrick Regan, assistant film director

* Paul Rosenstein, electrician

* Edith C. Shain, seniors coordinator of Citizens Protection Alliance

* J.P. Sole, publisher

* A. Marco Turk, lawyer

* Alan E. Weston, investment adviser