July 25, 2018 -- The battle lines are being drawn in Santa Monica's November race for three City Council seats with the forging of a slow-growth slate intent on unseating the incumbents.

Realtor Kate Bransfield -- a political activist on the City's north side -- pulled nominating papers for City Council on Tuesday.

She immediately joined forces with Armen Melkonians, a slow-growth activist who runs Residicracy, an online grassroots group that includes Bransfield among its leaders.

"Common sense needs to be broght into City Hall," said Bransfield, who sits on the board of the Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition (Wilmont). "I'm a pretty commonsense kind of person.

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