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# City Hall charting its course for future
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-hall-charting-its-course-for-future/
- Published: 2004-03-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:03:56.000Z
- Author: John Wood
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Long heralded — and criticized — as a bastion of progressive liberal ideals, City Hall strengthened its commitment to environmentalism this week with the creation of a special task force to help plot the evolution of Santa Monica.

The 11-member task force is charged with implementing City Hall’s “sustainable city plan,” which governs the growth of Santa Monica on manifold fronts — from resource conservation and transportation to housing, education and human dignity.

> “At the staff level, we have some ideas about how this plan is implemented — so that it does happen, so that it’s not just some document that sits on a shelf.” — — CRAIG PERKINS Director, Environmental and Public Works Dept

“Our sustainable city plan is a long-term greenprint for quality of life, building environmental excellence, social equity and economic success,” said Santa Monica City Councilman Kevin Mc- Keown, a local Green Party leader and environmentalist. “I very much look forward to the progress we’ll enjoy, and to working with the new task force.”

McKeown called the extensive community interest in the plan humbling and heartwarming, adding the task force is of a quality comparable to a federal-level commission.

Thirty-three people applied for the 11 current positions on the task force. Officials culled from a range of expertise

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 26, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)