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Santa Monica · Nov 3, 2026 · Candidate profile

Candidate profile · 2026-10-03

Eli Gill

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Policy area 1

Housing and homelessness

Policy choices. Add homes through infill and transit-area density, speed permits and tie homelessness spending to results.

By topic

Homelessness

Tie every dollar to measurable results (people housed, people treated, public spaces restored); push LA County through a regional strategy to carry its share; enforce a clear public-order standard for parks, sidewalks and public drug use.

Affordable homes

Lower development fees and make permitting fast and predictable; add more homes in more places through ADUs, infill and transit-adjacent density without demolishing existing neighborhoods.

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Policy area 2

Public safety and emergency response

Policy choices. Enforce public order in parks and on sidewalks.

By topic

Everyday safety

Enforce a 'baseline public order' standard: parks for everyone, sidewalks for walking, no public drug use, with the city setting and holding a clear standard. Does not say what would change from current progressive enforcement.

Emergency readiness

No reviewed position on this subtopic.

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Policy area 3

City finances and accountability

Policy choices. Publish performance dashboards, a plain-English budget and results for major programs.

By topic

Fiscal sustainability

No reviewed position on this subtopic.

Reporting, audits and ethics

Public real-time dashboards on permitting timelines, response rates and program outcomes; a measure of whether every major program works; every dollar tied to results such as people housed, people treated and public spaces restored; deadlines and a named owner for every permit and decision; a plain-English budget showing what money buys.

Water and climate accountability

No reviewed position on this subtopic.

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