Michael Feinstein
Co-Founder, Green Party of California
Co-Founder, Green Party of California
Backed green-building guidelines exceeding state energy-efficiency standards and advocated closing Santa Monica Airport for park.
Supported green-building efficiency standards, backed Shop Santa Monica commerce campaigns, and supported local small businesses and national chains.
Supports universal voter registration for Californians, expanded language access in elections, and making election days state holidays.
Backed city workers’ wages and benefits.
Supports ranked-choice voting for statewide executive offices, proportional representation from multi-seat districts, and small-donor public financing and disclosure.
Supported tenant protections and rent-control preservation.
Supported expanding city-funded social services.
Supported local public transit expansion, advocated for transit-oriented human-scale development, and supported regional collaboration on transportation issues.
Supports proportional representation from multi-seat districts and increasing the number of legislative seats.
Supported the Santa Monica living-wage ordinance, criticized deceptive living-wage opposition campaigns, and tied higher wages to commute reduction.
Support comes largely from Green Party county organizations, progressive groups, and former local elected officials. Together, these endorsements point to a base of confidence among party activists, reform-minded organizers, and community leaders, rather than broad institutional backing. The support appears rooted in long-standing Green and progressive networks across California.
