Our Endorsements for 2022

As voters consider their choices in the upcoming November 8th election, CEPS is proud to endorse these Santa Monica community leaders who have demonstrated that they make education a top priority, We believe these candidates will make certain that support for education and public schools, including after-school programs, early childhood education, and post-secondary public education, will be public investment priorities.

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Santa Monica City Council

Lana Negrete

Small Business Owner

Lana is a native, SAMO alum, renter, small business owner and mother

Caroline Torosis

Santa Monica Rent Control Board Commissioner/Attorney

Standing up for those in need to ensure a thriving, inclusive, an welcoming city for all.

Natalya Zernitskaya

Financial Analyst

Community leader & Pico neighborhood renter

Alicia Mignano*

Businesswoman & SMMUSD Mom

Alicia will offer a fresh perspective on closing the achievement gap.

Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein*

College Professor

Richard works every day to make the joy of learning a reality so all kids can thrive.

Laurie Lieberman*

Current Board Member

Laurie advocates for programs to help every child excel.

Sion Roy*

Physician, Santa Monica College Trustee

Barry Snell*

CPA/Santa Monica College Trustee

A passionate voice for public education & proven community leader

Nancy Greenstein*

Santa Monica College Trustee

Upholding SMC's tradition of excellence

Tom Peters*

Professor (Ret.)

Dr. Tom Peters is running for Board of Trustees with three incumbents

Rick Chavez Zbur

Civil Rights Leader, Environmental Champion

Rick has spent his whole life fighting for equality and justice. — for LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, communities of color and faith and people living with HIV. In his first career as an environmental lawyer Rick was a statewide leader advocating for the environment and the urgency of addressing climate change. In 2014, Rick lfirm to become the Executive Director of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. At Equality California, he directed his legal skills to civil rights work. Under Rick’s leadership, Equality California has fought to protect and provide healthcare to immigrant communities, enact commonsense gun safety and criminal justice reform, defend workers’ rights and raise the minimum wage to $15, provide universal healthcare coverage, protect reproductive choice and healthcare and finally end the ineffective and broken death penalty system.

State Proposition 28: Vote Arts & Music - SUPPORT

Without raising taxes, Prop 28 will increase funding for instruction in arts and music in California’s public schools. CEPS is proud to have always supported the quality education in arts and music offered by SMMSUD and believes that kids across the state should have the chance to expand their intellectual development and prepare for the arts jobs of the future.

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VoteYesOn28.org

Local Measure SMC - SUPPORT

Provides capital funds to continue the modernization of the Santa Monica College campus, to create housing for low-income students and to provide technology upgrades to meet the needs of a rapidly changing post-secondary education.

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Vote Yes for SMC

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