Policy area 1
Housing and homelessness
Policy choices. Combine housing with treatment and stronger enforcement, expand diversion, and incentivize family-sized condos.
By topic
Homelessness
Replace Housing First with an integrated housing-and-treatment model; mandate treatment for severe mental illness and addiction, using CARE Court, Proposition 36 and LPS conservatorship for people refusing care; pass and strictly enforce sidewalk-obstruction, public drug use and encampment-fire ordinances; expand and fund SaMo Bridge and the Main and Pico diversion hub with more referral pathways, longer follow-up and published outcomes.
Affordable homes
Lower in-lieu fees for condos, offer density bonuses and parking reductions for family-oriented projects, streamline condos over apartments to shift Downtown toward family-sized ownership homes; require full independent audits of major Housing Trust Fund projects.
Policy area 2
Public safety and emergency response
Policy choices. Expand patrols and diversion, publish response outcomes and prioritize evacuation capacity.
By topic
Everyday safety
A mixed package: work with County law enforcement on repeat offenders, pilot data-targeted foot patrols with public results, pass and strictly enforce ordinances on sidewalk obstruction, public drug use and encampment fire hazards, enlarge the Police budget for staffing, dispatchers and proactive patrols, require response-time reports, and expand SaMo Bridge diversion with longer follow-up and published outcomes.
Emergency readiness
Keep the Santa Monica Airport, or portions of it, open as a fire resource while the site is transformed, and keep streets clear for emergency vehicles with enough roadway capacity for residents to evacuate quickly.
Policy area 3
City finances and accountability
Policy choices. Cut sales tax, publish project-cost dashboards and independently audit major housing projects.
By topic
Fiscal sustainability
Cut the sales tax, prevent future increases, and cut taxes generally to leave more money with families and businesses.
Reporting, audits and ethics
A public dashboard showing every project cost line (acquisition, construction, relocation, change orders, consultants, contingencies) in real time; full independent audits of major Housing Trust Fund projects; mechanisms to recover money when funds are mismanaged or projects exceed private-sector benchmarks.
Water and climate accountability
Invest in advanced water treatment to stop pollution at the source and protect Santa Monica Bay.