Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Kevin McKeown this week was elected to the national coordinating committee of the new Green Party of the United States.
McKeown will be one of 13 California delegates to the Green Party of the United States, representing not only Santa Monica but the over 145,000 Green Party members now registered in California.
“Our delegates are ambassadors of our Green values, ready to build a new kind of politics in our country,” said the Green Party of California in announcing election of its national delegate team May 5 in Fresno.
The Green Party of the United States was recognized last year by the Federal Elections Commission as a fully-qualified national political party. McKeown will travel to Philadelphia in July to represent Santa Monica and California in the Greens’ first full national assembly.
Other delegates from the Los Angeles area include Sara Amir, Alex Brideau III, Ginny Case, and Donna Warren, who is the California Green Party’s current candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
McKeown was elected in 1998 as the second Green on the Santa Monica City Council. A former Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights steering committee member, he has been credited with successfully fighting for tenant protections, affordable housing and Santa Monica’s ground-breaking Living Wage Ordinance.
Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein also is a Green Party member, as are the Rent Board’s Jeff Sklar and many members of city task forces, boards and commissions.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 11, 2002. Read the original PDF.