Policy area 1
Housing and homelessness
Policy choices. Keep shelter capacity until a tested replacement exists, use coordinated intake and finance affordable homes through a proposed public bank.
By topic
Homelessness
Consolidate city-funded providers under one intake and placement system with a shared real-time database and one accountable official; keep SAMOSHEL open until a tested replacement exists and use interim supportive housing as a step to lower-cost long-term housing; immediately house displaced residents without mental illness or addiction; enforce the camping prohibition with ample beds, mainly in low-cost locations inside or outside the city; amend Housing First to allow units outside Santa Monica and require engagement in services to keep housing.
Affordable homes
Produce 500–1,000 affordable homes a year through a leveraged program funded by a proposed Santa Monica public bank that converts city deposits into lending (including tenant purchase), chartered under AB 857 after a viability study, business plan, Council approval, DFPI review and FDIC charter (four to five years); require proportional parks, schools and infrastructure with each new unit; move residential on or next to the mall through entitlement quickly.
Policy area 2
Public safety and emergency response
Policy choices. Continue Realignment, publish monthly outcomes and pair camping enforcement with available beds.
By topic
Everyday safety
Sustain and fully fund the adopted Realignment model, keep the prosecution filing rate near 90%, publish monthly dashboards on crime, response times and prosecution rates measured on an absolute basis, encourage full crime reporting, press Metro and the County for station enforcement and an end to nightly end-of-line exits, expand police if needed to lower crime, and enforce the camping ban backed by low-cost beds inside or outside the city.
Emergency readiness
No reviewed position on this subtopic.
Policy area 3
City finances and accountability
Policy choices. Audit spending against outcomes, publish regular dashboards and reduce resident taxes and charges.
By topic
Fiscal sustainability
No permanent new taxes; reduce taxes on residents and fix the budget; a zero-based audit to redirect money from programs without measurable outcomes; resident discounts through a Resident Card with visitors paying market rates; protect school funding by solving the city's fiscal challenges.
Reporting, audits and ethics
Monthly public dashboards on crime, response times and prosecution rates, measured on an absolute basis, and quarterly public reporting of actual vacancy rates, business openings, taxable transactions and hotel occupancy.
Water and climate accountability
Rate stability for city-controlled water and refuse charges, ending automatic annual increases passed through to residents without accountability.