Measure AA, the $295 million Santa Monica College District bond measure, received 62.05 percent approval, well more than the 55 percent needed for passage. The measure received 23,865 “yes” votes and 14,599 votes in opposition.
Newcomer Ben Allen was the top vote-getter in the race for three seats on the Board of Education of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. He was elected to the board with 20,842 votes. Incumbents Maria Leon-Vazquez and Jose Escarce were reelected with 20,059 and and 17,616 votes respectively. Challenger Chris Bley placed fourth with 16,539 votes.
The three incumbents were reelected in the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees race. Susan Aminoff received the most votes with 19,495. She was followed by Robert Greenstein Rader (18,937) and Margaret Quinones-Perez (18,195). Hedi Hoeck placed a distant fourth with 11,983 votes.
Assemblymember Julia Brownley, Malibu’s representative in the 41st District, was easily reelected to her second term. With 211 of the 215 precincts reporting as of 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, she had 73,858 votes (67.39 percent) to Republican rival Mark Bernsley’s 35,733.
As expected, former Assemblymember Fran Pavley cruised to victory in the race for the 23rd District of the State Senate, which includes Malibu. With all precincts reporting, she had 162,463 votes (67.57 percent). Republican Rick Montaine earned 64,146 votes (26.68 percent) and Libertarian Colin Goldman received 13,828 (5.75 percent).