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SMRR leadership continues to make Santa Monica a uniquely livable city. In the next year, we'll all get to enjoy the magnificent new Tongva Park. Located between City Hall and the Pier, it was named for the tribe indigenous to present-day Santa Monica. The area immediately in front of City Hall, likewise transformed, has been named Ken Genser Square after our much-missed former SMRR Mayor. Parks aren't all that will be new. As the Council crafts land use plans for downtown and the Bergamot Station area, our SMRR platform will inform our decision-making. It will be SMRR-backed Councilmembers negotiating with developers for community benefits there and in projects elsewhere in our city, meaning that affordable housing and fair wages will remain top priorities. Sometimes what we already have is better than any "improvement" a developer could offer. A major theme of our new zoning code, being written this year, will be neighborhood conservation. With a SMRR-backed majority on the City Council, we can make sure the existing rental housing we live in doesn't get displaced by luxury condos or other gentrified housing that we current residents can't afford. Our seniors can continue to live out their lives in peace, with housing security into their later years, and working families will have stable, safe neighborhoods in which to raise kids. Those kids will also enjoy excellent public school educations in Santa Monica, thanks to SMRR. The City Council has entered into an unprecedented ten-year agreement with SMMUSD, our school district, assuring ongoing funding so our SMRR-majority school board can make longer term plans for better schools. Santa Monica's leadership on environmental issues dates back to early SMRR-backed Councils. We are moving toward power and water self-sufficiency, and making progress on our goal of zero waste. Recently we have added "Sustainable Food Choices" and "Culture and The Arts" to our Sustainable City Plan, acknowledging the need to nurture not just the body, but the spirit, too. Look ...