August 8, 2018 -- Term limits would either bring new perspectives to a City Council whose members often serve "virtually lifelong" terms or pave the way for "novice" elected officials beholden to the City bureaucracy.

Those are the key arguments that will try to persuade Santa Monica voters to support or oppose a term limits initiatives that will appear on the November 6 ballot.

The measure -- which would limit Council members to three terms -- would take effect on, or after, the election ("Santa Monica Council Grudgingly Places Term Limits Measure on Ballot," July 30, 2018).

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