Kevin McKeown (politician)

Kevin McKeown is the Mayor of Santa Monica, California.[1] This is the second time he has served as Mayor (his first term was in 2015). He has been elected to the Santa Monica City Council six times.[2] He is also a multi-term elected delegate to the Central Committee of the California Democratic Party.[3]

Kevin McKeown
McKeown at Santa Monica City Hall
Mayor of the City of Santa Monica
Assumed office
December 10, 2019
Personal details
Born (1948-01-06) January 6, 1948
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceWilmont neighborhood, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Websitewww.mckeown.net

Background

Kevin McKeown was born just north of New York City. His family moved to New Haven, CT, and he graduated from Suffield Academy in Suffield, CT at 16 and subsequently attended Yale. He was active at campus radio station WYBC, beginning a career path that eventually led him to move to Santa Monica and become general manager of Los Angeles station KROQ in the late 70s.[4]

McKeown has now been a Santa Monica renter for almost 45 years. After leaving radio and advertising, he worked for 25 years as Macintosh computer and educational technology consultant for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.[5]

McKeown served on SMMUSD's technology advisory committee, the City of Santa Monica's Telecommunications Working Group, the steering committee of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, and as chair of the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition, before first being elected to City Council in 1998.[6]

Career as an elected official

Now in his sixth term on the City Council, including time as Santa Monica's Mayor, McKeown focuses on affordable housing, workers’ rights, and environmental sustainability. During his first term as Mayor of Santa Monica, he was an invited presenter at the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.[7][8] He is a long-standing advocate for single-payer healthcare.[9]

McKeown represents Santa Monica on the Westside Cities Council of Governments,[10] on the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission,[11] and as chair of the Energy Committee on the Board of the Clean Power Alliance,[12] a regional community choice utility bringing 100% renewably sourced electricity to Santa Monica.[13]

McKeown holds dual citizenship with the United States (by birth) and the Republic of Ireland (by descent). He is vice chair of the Irish-American Caucus of the California Democratic Party.[14] He has twice (2010 and 2013) been named California Assembly District Democrat of the Year for the Santa Monica area.[15]

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References
  1. "Santa Monica City Council - City Council Members". www.smgov.net.
  2. "McKeown Assumes Post as Santa Monica Mayor". www.surfsantamonica.com.
  3. "2019 ASSEMBLY DISTRICT AD 50 PRELIMINARY RESULTS" (PDF). www.cadem.org. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  4. "Radio Broadcasting History, Radio People (M2a)". www.440int.com.
  5. "Santa Monica City Council - Mayor Kevin McKeown". www.smgov.net.
  6. "Bio - Santa Monica Councilmember Kevin McKeown". www.mckeown.net.
  7. "McKeown joins national mayors' call for climate change action". Santa Monica Daily Press. June 22, 2015.
  8. "Mayor McKeown to Present Santa Monica's Ambitious Climate Action Project and Progress at Paris Climate Summit - Big Blue Bus". www.bigbluebus.com.
  9. "Single-Payer Would Save Santa Monica $6 Million". LA Progressive. June 16, 2009.
  10. "New Page". Westside Cities Council of Governments.
  11. "List of governing board members" (PDF). www.smbrc.ca.gov. 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  12. "Board of Directors – Clean Power Alliance".
  13. "100% Clean Power is coming to you Santa Monica!". January 7, 2019.
  14. "Saturday November 17th Fall Executive Board Irish American Caucus Meeting".
  15. "Santa Monica Councilman Kevin McKeown Named Democrat Of The Year:". SM Mirror. October 18, 2013.
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