relationship

Ellis Raskin - Culver City MOVE Counsel and Santa Monica / Westside COG Roles

2024-2026Documented

Direct sources document three distinct roles that create a cross-city institutional bridge: Ellis Raskin was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in 2024; the 2025 Court of Appeal opinion names him and Hanson Bridgett as counsel for Friends and Families for MOVE Culver City in its appeal against Culver City; and the 2026 Westside Cities Council of Governments roster lists Raskin as Santa Monica's alternate alongside Culver City delegate Freddy Puza and alternate Bryan Fish.

Direct professional and regional-governance relationshipsStrong - appellate opinion, official law-firm source, and official COG roster

People

Ellis F. Raskin Freddy Puza Bryan "Bubba" Fish Dan Hall Jillian Ames

Organizations

Hanson Bridgett Friends and Families for MOVE Culver City City of Culver City City of Santa Monica Westside Cities Council of Governments

Projects

MOVE Culver City Santa Monica 14th Street Two-Way Protected Bikeway

Events

2026-09-08 Santa Monica 14th Street protected bikeway design award

Themes

Temporal bridge Land use litigation Regional governance Active transportation

Record Notes

This relationship record deliberately separates the roles rather than treating them as evidence of a single coordinated network. Raskin's legal representation in the Culver City appeal, his elected Santa Monica office, his regional COG service, and his presence on the Santa Monica council at the time of the 2026 14th Street contract are independently documented facts. No source reviewed establishes that the Culver City litigation influenced the Santa Monica contract, that Culver City officials influenced Santa Monica's procurement, or that shared COG service implies policy agreement.

Source URLs

01 · hansonbridgett.com https://www.hansonbridgett.com/press-release/hanson-bridgett-partner-ellis-raskin-elected-santa-monica-city-council 02 · courts.ca.gov https://courts.ca.gov/opinions/unpublishednon-citable-opinions?Courts=B&page=28 03 · leagle.com https://www.leagle.com/decision/incaco20250813017 04 · westsidecities.org https://westsidecities.org/governing-board 05 · santamonicawave.com https://santamonicawave.com/articles/santa-monica-council-approves-2m-14th-street-bikeway-design-mtu12qu7

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organization

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