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Los Angeles County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Smart Voter Political Philosophy for Bobby Shriver

Candidate for
Councilmember; City of Santa Monica

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2008-2012: "TO DO" LIST

Keep Reducing Homelessness

  • Support Santa Monica's programs that are moving chronically homeless into housing
  • Fill all three designated buildings at the West LA VA with supportive housing for homeless vets
  • Work harder with state and local leaders to build consensus for regional solutions
  • Move remaining park feeding programs inside

Control Development and Traffic
  • Preserve Santa Monica's low-scale character by opposing the tall buildings being proposed
  • Speed up the traffic-signal synchronization. Residents have been asking for this for 20 years.

Make Sure the Bay Clean-Up Moves Fast
  • Push to complete pier storm drain improvements before Memorial Day 2009
  • Keep pressure on the City to have Measure V projects ready to start as soon as funds come in

Support Our Public Schools
  • Increase next year's city grant to the schools if possible
  • Study Santa Monica High School's re-design to see how it could work with our Civic Center re-design

Protect People's Homes
  • In these economically uncertain times, make sure the City aggressively defends any tenant who is harassed or wrongfully evicted

Maintain Superior Police and Fire Service
  • Public safety is the City's first priority

Create and Maintain Parks
  • Get the City moving to turn the Fisher Lumber site into parkland. We bought it 4 years ago and it's still closed!
  • Buy more parkland

Increase Safety at Santa Monica Airport
  • Keep fighting until the FAA agrees to make the surrounding neighborhoods safe

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