Christine Emerson Reed (c. 1943 – April 24, 1996) was an American politician and environmental activist.
[1] First elected to the city council in 1975, she served for a record four terms as councilmember until she was defeated in 1990.
[2][1] A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, she had studied political science.
[2] In 1981, Reed was featured in two television commercials that aired in Minneapolis, Minnesota, criticizing Santa Monica's tough rent control laws.
[3] The campaign succeeded in defeating a rent control charter amendment in Minneapolis.