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SM Mayor Pro Tem Wins National Green Party Post
Santa Monica Mayor pro tem Kevin McKeown has been
elected to the national coordinating committee of the new Green Party
of the United States.
“Santa Monica and its progressive commitments to social justice and
environmental sustainability are widely admired by Greens across the
country,” said McKeown. “I’m pleased to carry our local
accomplishments to the national level.”
McKeown will be one of 13 California delegates to the Green Party
of the United States, representing the 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,” stated 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 represent California at the Greens’
first full national assembly in Philadelphia in July.
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.
“Santa Monica was philosophically Green before most of us knew the
movement had a name,” reflected McKeown. “Expanding our values of
grass-roots participation to a national political stage dominated by
corporate money will be a great challenge.”
A onetime Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights steering committee
member, McKeown was the second Green to win a seat on the Santa Monica
City Council. Mayor Michael Feinstein, also a Green, is serving his
second term on the Council.
McKeown also serves on the Civic Center Working Group and is
Council liaison to the Planning, Housing, Arts and Social Services
Commissions.
Locally, the Westside Greens meet on the first Thursday of each
month at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, June 7, the group will host a special
Living Wage event in its office at 2809 Pico Boulevard. |
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