SANTA MONICA : Council Breaks Deadlock After a Week, Names Mayor
The fractious Santa Monica City Council has broken a weeklong deadlock and named Councilman Paul Rosenstein as the city’s new mayor.
Rosenstein became mayor after a compromise agreement before Tuesday’s council meeting that assured Councilwoman Asha Greenberg of becoming mayor pro tem.
Last week, the council made more than a dozen attempts to choose a mayor, but no council member could garner the necessary four votes of among the panel.
The Rosenstein and Greenberg accord was unusual in that it gives leadership positions to both of the council’s two opposing political camps, the Santa Monicans for Renters Rights and the Coalition for a Safe Santa Monica.
On Tuesday, Rosenstein captured six council votes, with only Genser abstaining. Greenberg won four votes to capture the No. 2 job.
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