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Dan Hall (Santa Monica City Council At-large, California, candidate 2024)
Dan Hall ran for election to the Santa Monica City Council At-large in California. Hall was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Hall completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Dan Hall provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 3, 2024:
- Bachelor's: United States Military Academy at West Point
- Graduate: Harvard Business School
- Graduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government
- Military service: United States Army
- Incumbent officeholder: No
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- Campaign YouTube
- Campaign YouTube video
Elections
General election
General election for Santa Monica City Council At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Santa Monica City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Phil Brock (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Dan Hall (Nonpartisan)  | |
 | Wade Kelley (Nonpartisan) | |
| Ericka Lesley (Nonpartisan) | ||
| John Putnam (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Ellis Raskin (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Vivian A. Roknian (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Barry A. Snell (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Natalya Zernitskaya (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Oscar de la Torre (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
Hall received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Hall's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dan Hall completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hall's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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From 2021-2023, Dan was on the Executive Board of the Santa Monica Democratic Club, leading support for Labor’s strikes in 2023. In 2022, he knocked on hundreds of doors to pass Measure GS for our schools and affordable housing and Measure RC to protect renters. He advocates for affordable housing, public schools, better wages, and compassionate solutions to homelessness, including mental health treatment and supportive housing. Dan also volunteers with Meals on Wheels, providing food security for local seniors.
Dan was elected Chair of the Santa Monica Pier Board in 2024 after his 2022 City Council appointment. As a Board member, he supported the Direct Action Response Team (DART) to address vendor violence and safety at the Pier. He is dedicated to fostering a safe, sustainable business environment for the city’s economic recovery.
In his business career, Dan launched the world’s largest electric delivery fleet, cutting carbon emissions in our neighborhoods. He now coaches executives to build inclusive, high-performing teams focused on equity and diversity.
Dan is a renter and holds a MBA from Harvard and a MPA from UNC.- CLEAN STREETS AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS Dan believes in a walkable, liveable Santa Monica where everyone feels safe in our downtown, neighborhoods, and parks. Dan will ensure our public safety departments are fully staffed and equipped, work with County leaders to expand behavioral health services, and invest in infrastructure to protect bicyclists and pedestrians on our streets to reduce pollution and accidents and increase sustainable living.
- AN AFFORDABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY Dan believes we should be able to live where we work. As a renter, he understands how challenging this can be in today’s economy especially for our first responders, teachers, nurses, and hospitality workers. Dan will fight for the strongest renter protections, invest in affordable housing, and cut through the red tape that causes home ownership to be unaffordable for too many.
- GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR YOU Dan believes in transparency and accountability in City Hall. For too long, our leaders have failed to ensure our tax dollars are spent effectively while they make grandiose promises and fail to deliver. Dan will hold himself and city staff to the highest ethical standards and work in partnership with our neighboring communities to solve the regional crises affecting us here at home.
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades
Santa Monica Democratic Club
Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights
Community for Excellent Public Schools
Santa Monica Forward
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
Latino Coalition of Los Angeles
Equality California
Streets for All
Unite Here Local 11
Los Angeles County Young Democrats
Chair, L.A. County Board of Supervisors Lindsey Horvath
Former L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
L.A. County Assessor Jeffrey Prang
State Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur
8 Former Mayors of Santa Monica
4 of 5 Rent Control Board Commissioners
6 of 7 School Board Members
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
