Marty Blum

Marty Blum is the former mayor of Santa Barbara, California, a city of 92,000. She was born in Illinois and attended Purdue University, later receiving a JD at Loyola University. Blum moved to Santa Barbara in 1968 with her husband Joe, a physician. Prior to her political career, she practiced law on the South Coast.

Marty Blum at U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary event in 2007

Blum was elected to the Santa Barbara City Council in November 1995 and won re-election in 1999. Blum was elected mayor in November 2001, and re-elected in November 2005. Her term runs through 2010. She previously served as President of the Santa Barbara Teachers Association. She serves on the Steering Committee of Fighting Back, and sits on the boards of Sarah House, the Homeless Day Center, and Partners in Education.

She is now a member of the Board of Trustees of Santa Barbara City College.

Additional Involvement

Represents City of Santa Barbara:

  • Council/County Parks and Recreation Task Group
  • Santa Barbara County Association of Governments - Alternate

National and State Policy Organizations:

gollark: Without the global supply chains we have I would lack nice things like computers or possibly orange juice.
gollark: I don't agree, trade is generally pretty positive-sum for everyone.
gollark: It would be more than "oh no, I have slightly worse food choices".
gollark: Full anarchoprimitivism, as komrad suggested, would *not* have that, and pre-industrial-revolution you have way worse productive capacity (so less of those things/worse things), and no access to modern medicine.
gollark: You still have access to presumably clean water of some form, the knowledge that you *can* go somewhere with that if you need medical treatment or whatever, and the ability to buy stuff if it's needed.

See also

List of mayors of Santa Barbara, California

References
  1. "Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members". Archived from the original on March 27, 2008.
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