Santa Monica

City Council

March 26, 2024 Order of Business 16 #A

Agenda Item A

16.A. Request of Councilmembers Zwick, Torosis, and Davis that the City Council\nallocate a total of $10,000 from its Discretionary Fund to support our city’s\npublic libraries. Specifically, the funds will support programming around the\nPico Branch’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on June 29, which will include\noral history kits for community members and organizations to check out and\nrecord their personal stories, as well as programming and after-hours staff\nsupport for the Main Library’s special Friday preview event to Yallwest, the\nteen book festival at Samohi, and book giveaways, library activities,\nstorytellers, and performers at the Arts & Literacy Festival on April 27.