Santa Monica community and neighborhood organizer Kevin McKeown took out papers July 13 to run for City Council in the November election.

McKeown has been chair of the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition, and recently assisted in the formation of the new North of Montana Association. He's been a member of Santa Monica's Telecommunications Working Group, and for six years he's served on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Advisory Committee on Instructional Technology.

McKeown's issues include citywide neighborhood concerns over the cumulative effect of planning decisions on traffic, parking, the environment and the quality of life. He organized a joint neighborhood committee on parks, and has been outspoken on the need for Santa Monica to acquire additional parkland.

As a computer and networking consultant working with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, McKeown has taken a lead role in connecting education and technology to create a networked lifelong learning community in Santa Monica.

McKeown has been a consistent voice in the city's debate over appropriate affordable housing policy, insisting that neighborhoods and residents be protected against displacements and a net loss of existing affordable housing.

"And," he said, "This may sound pedestrian, but I want to bring back safe crosswalks!"

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