This is an audio excerpt from the Santa Monica City Council meeting (November 13, 2007). It is 72 minutes long. In includes public comment from 31 people and comments from the city council members, mayor, and city attorney, regarding the Santa Monica Police handling of critical mass bicycle ride participants, such as ticketing for riding more than two abreast, not having head or tail lights, leaving the bike lane to pass a vehicle, running red lights, and other vehicle code or traffic infractions.
LISTEN NOW (Santa Monica City Council meeting 11/13/2007 - excerpt)
(72 Minutes, 16mb, MP3 - DOWNLOAD)
or you can watch a video excerpt of the the critical mass speakers below:
Here are the names of the people that spoke on this issue(in order - not sure of spelling):
- Michael.Car
- Box.Wexler
- Jay.Marvin.Campbell
- Jerry.Rubin
- Natasha.Vackshori
- Ryan.Mallory
- Alex.Contrero
- Caro.Mendez
- Hanako.Moondance
- Cadina.Sadilla
- Alex.Thomson
- Roger.Swanson
- Richie.Thomison
- Gern.Shobridge
- Russel.Buchanan
- Susan.Hartley
- Michael.Gardial
- Jack.Ford
- Jackie.Martin.Creole
- Mark.Peterson
- Kyle.Hurdler
- Jennifer.Armstrong
- Austin.Draper
- David.Feurur
- Steven.Burtz
- Philip.Wild
- Elizabeth.Hunter
- Paul.Rongetto
- John.Corbin
- Gregory.Vogel
- Enci
- Steven.Vox
- Colin.Bogart
- Josh.Liekall
- David.Bogell
Council members and staff that spoke on this issue:
- Richard.Bloom (Mayor/council member)
- Marsha Jones Moutrie (City Attorney)
- Kevin McKeown (council member)
- Ken.Genser (council member)
- Bob.Holbrook (council member)
- Herb.Katz (Mayor Pro Tempore/council member)
the spelling on some of the names of the speakers is unclear. If you know the correct spelling, you may post the corrections in the comments or email them directly to me.
For more background on this topic see
- "Riders Of the Storm - Increased Police action at Critical Mass has bicyclists crying foul"(Nov.9,2007-SMDP-PDF),
- "Peace On Wheels - Cops and cyclists try to coexist"Aug.3,2007 ( CSM! or SMDP-PDF)
- "Ride Or Die - Locals Reaching 'critical mass' in opposition to popular monthly bike ride"(Feb.2,2007-SMDP-PDF)
- "Cyclist Reach A Critical Mass"(Jul.7,2005-SMDP-PDF)
- "Santa Monica Bicycle Workshop"(Feb.2, 2005-Ken Edwards Center)(audio-45 minutes)
- "Planned nude cycling event foiled by police"(Jun.14,2004-SMDP-PDF)
- "Car-Free Venice/Santa-Monica monthly ride/skate"
- "Green Wheel'n Peace Feel'n ride/skate - September 7, 2002"(Santa Monica, CA)
Related Posts:
- Santa Monica Bicycle Workshop(community meeting 2/2005)
- Friday Nite Skates (Santa Monica, CA)(video link)
Recommended Links:
- Cycle Santa Monica! community forum
- Santa-Monica/West-L.A./Venice critical mass community forum
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