The Change faction on the City Council flexed its political muscle Tuesday night and replaced a Planning Commissioner and Downtown Board member appointed four years ago by the rival faction.

Both Planning Commission Chair Ellis Raskin and Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Board member Erika Lesley failed to win the necessary four votes needed to be reappointed to a second four-year term.

Both -- who were appointed in 2020 when the City's political establishment controlled the Council -- are running in the November 5 race for four open Council seats, three of them held by the Change faction.

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