Policy area 1
Housing and homelessness
Policy choices. Her motions support City-site affordable homes, tenant protections, an outcome scorecard and shelter replacement planning.
By topic
Homelessness
No campaign commitment on this subtopic was reviewed; her site lists past actions. On the council she voted against restoring sleeping bags and bedrolls as camping evidence in 2024, then co-requested and moved adoption of the 2025 ordinance removing them from the camping ban's definition of a camp (tents and other shelters stay banned); moved receipt of the 2025–2030 Homelessness Strategic Plan and adoption of the 2025 Realignment Plan, which relocates SAMOSHEL under a 'healing center' model; co-requested a public scorecard tracking shelter, interim and permanent housing outcomes; and co-requested the July 2026 statement that SAMOSHEL's congregate model should be replaced only with a developed plan to replace its capacity.
Affordable homes
No campaign commitment on this subtopic was reviewed; her site lists past actions. On the council she moved the 2024 selection of a developer for affordable housing on three City-owned sites near Wilshire (6-0), moved adoption of the 2025 Renters' Protections Program with direction to strengthen tenant protections during construction (6-0), and co-requested a public scorecard tracking affordable units in development and completed, preserved rent-controlled units and households helped by rental assistance.
Policy area 2
Public safety and emergency response
Policy choices. Her record supports crime and response-time reporting, rights protections and a fire after-action review.
By topic
Everyday safety
No campaign commitment on this subtopic was reviewed; her site lists past actions. She moved adoption of the October 2025 Realignment Plan (Downtown substation and Downtown Services Unit, 8 Public Safety Officers, 10 police overhires, added City Attorney prosecution staff), seconded the March 2026 update (Metro platform-enforcement MOU, extended sit/lie and open-container rules, added police and dispatch positions), and co-requested a public scorecard reporting crime trends, Downtown crime and police response times with quarterly and annual targets. She voted against restoring bedding as camping evidence and against the October 2024 option adding an officer to the Homeless Liaison team.
Emergency readiness
No campaign commitment on this subtopic was reviewed. In January 2025 she co-requested a citywide after-action review of the City's Palisades Fire response, with a public report, improvement actions and an implementation plan due within 12 months (approved unanimously).
Policy area 3
City finances and accountability
Policy choices. Her record supports a public scorecard, the Realignment Plan and a reserve bridge.
By topic
Fiscal sustainability
Claims to have stabilized city finances and eliminated the structural deficit. She moved the October 2025 Realignment Plan package, including its $60 million one-time reserve bridge to structural balance targeted for FY 2027-28 and the parking-rate increase, and seconded adoption of the FY 2026-27 budget.
Reporting, audits and ethics
Co-authored the December 2025 request, approved 7-0, for a Santa Monica Scorecard: outcome and output indicators across the Realignment Plan's five priority areas, quarterly and annual targets, a public dashboard, biannual updates to council and an annual effectiveness review with recommendations for reallocating resources. Also co-authored a formal performance evaluation process for the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk, and voted for fuller loan disclosure in the audited financial report.
Water and climate accountability
No reviewed position on this subtopic.