Santa Monica, CA — September 22, 2026 — Us (newpublicservice.com) today announced its endorsements for Santa Monica City Council and SMMUSD Board.

Each Us endorsement is decided exclusively by a vote of dues-paying members who will be represented by the winners of that election. Members who live outside of the applicable jurisdiction may not participate.

To be eligible for endorsement, a candidate must first sign the Pledge for a New Public Service, a commitment to a lifetime limit on their years in elected office.

The endorsed candidates are:

And this is why my family and I have made the difficult choice for me to run for the SMMUSD School Board. As the adage says, if you don’t have a seat at the dinner table, you must be on the menu. I am running for the SMMUSD Board of Education to be the voice that supports working families, because right now, we are missing from the table. Of the current board, who have a sum total of 73 years serving and an average tenure of over 10 years, there is only one member with children still attending school in the district. If elected, I would be the second, and crucially, the only member with elementary-aged children.

If we want to support families in Santa Monica, we need to build a school district that actually works for them.