BRIEFLY : Politics: November Vote on Civic Center?

Opponents of the Santa Monica Civic Center redevelopment plan don’t know yet whether their referendum has qualified for the ballot, but they do know which ballot they want it on: November’s.

In separate letters to Mayor Judy Abdo state Sen. Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica) and the opponents’ group, Citizens for a Better Civic Center, urged delaying a vote until November to save money. They claim it will be $80,000 cheaper than a special election and $50,000 cheaper than adding the referendum to the June ballot.

But Abdo said her preference is to deal with the matter sooner rather than later.

Art: Getty Names Curator of Paintings

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu has appointed David A. Jaffe as curator of paintings.

Jaffe, 40, formerly curator of European art at the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, was named to the Getty position last week. He is a well-known scholar of Baroque art, particularly the work of Peter Paul Rubens.

Jaffe was educated at the University of Melbourne and at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, where in 1978 he received a master’s degree in art history.

He taught at the University of Queensland in Australia from 1982 to 1990 before joining the Australian National Gallery as curator of 19th-Century European art.

Education: Meeting on Financial Aid

A financial aid workshop for college-bound high school seniors and their parents is scheduled for Jan. 25 at the Santa Monica High School cafeteria at 7 p.m.

A Santa Monica College student aid counselor will provide information on deadlines and the types of financial aid available, and will help fill out forms.

Spanish translators also will be available. Santa Monica High School is at 601 Pico Blvd. Information: (310) 395-3204.