Les Storrs Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp., 1973
" . . . three new faces on council led to a new city manager, James Williams . . . took over late in 1973 . . .
Pp. 48, 49 [Photo captions: "Third Street as it looked from Broadway in 1888 and below in 1973 . . ."; "Santa Monica Mall, in addition to providing a stimulus for the downtown area, is widely known as a "people place," as this photo, taken at the time of an outdoor art exhibit, plainly shows. Citizens stroll on the mall at all hours, whether stores are open or not, enjoying the absence of vehicular traffic."]
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"First city engineer and public works director under the present form of government was . . . Maurice M. King . . . succeeded by Bartlett L. Kennedy . . . his deputy was Marcel Gentillon . . . a navy officer in World War II . . . .
"Police chiefs . . . Earl Reinbold . . . assistant Gerald Constable . . . retired in 1974 and was succeeded by George Tielsch.
Two fire chiefs stand out . . . Charles Carrel and John Sturges . . .
Kenneth O. Grubb has been city clerk, responsible for licenses and records . . .
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"Santa Monica has one of the few publically owned bus lines which does not operate at a loss . . .
" . . . the result of able management [by] William Farrell and his successor, John Hutchison . . . .
"Parks and recreation, under the direction of Donald Arnett, have helped enhance Santa Monica's reputation as a city having more than the usual number of trees, beautifully maintained parks, and recreational facilities to fit the needs of people of all ages. . . . the actual maintenance of parks was, until fairly recently, a function of the department of public works.
" . . . Ron Severeid lent the necessary expertise to the botanical side of the problem . . . .
"Administrative services . . . have been place under the supervision of Richard Aronoff. Wayne Higbee was personnel director for a number of years; the late Ashley Shaw was the purchasing agent who set up the program of central warehousing . . .
"Clyde Fitzgerald, airport director, and Jeremy Faris, manager of the Civic Auditorium . . .
"William A. Hard and later Frank Gaudio, directors of finance . . ."