Application and Selection Process

Chapter 3.22 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code establishes a selection process with objective criteria that requires vetting of the proposed Shared Mobility Services providers to operate within Santa Monica. This process requires applicants to provide information regarding the businesses' financial statements, bank records, management experience, business plan, and criminal background.

Below is the proposed timeline for the RFA process:

Selection Outcome

The Chief Mobility Officer has conducted their de novo review of the applications, selection committee recommendations and all materials, and made a final selection determination.

Shared Mobility Final Administrative Decision Memo

Selection Committee Recommendation

Applicants may file an appeal of the Mobility Officer’s determinations, with respect to that applicant only, to the Director of Transit Services, SaMoDOT. Director shall review the Mobility Officer’s determinations in their totality de novo and, no later than twenty-eight calendar days after the final appeals deadline, the Director shall either confirm the Mobility Officer’s determinations or render his own determinations of applicant ranking and of the applicants to whom mobility device operator permits will be issued. The Director shall set forth, in writing, the reasons supporting his final determinations. After receiving appeals, the Director has reached a final determination, which shall constitute the final decision of the City and shall not be subject to further administrative review.

Director's Final Determination

City Attorney's Office Memo to Bird RE: Legality of Selection Process