Background
Michael Feinstein's career experience includes working as a political organizer.[1]
In their own words
Who are you? Tell us about yourself.
- Former Santa Monica, California Mayor and City Councilmember.
- Co-founder, Green Party of California and Green Party of the United States.
- Electoral reform consultant and columnist.
- World traveler and backpacker in more than 60 countries and counting.
- First California sales representative for Rollerblades in the early 1980s.
Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?
Enable a Multi-Party Democracy that better represents the diverse range of political opinions and perspectives in society:
Instead of our existing ‘lesser-of-evils’, winner-take-all system — enact proportional representation elections for municipal, state and federal legislative office. Like-minded voters receive representation in proportion to their numbers, and all voters can help elect candidates who truly represent their views. Multiple perspectives win representation from the same district. We gain from the wisdom of our diversity.
Proportional representation elections is the answer to gerrymandering and to the US Supreme Court's attempt to gut the Federal Voting Rights Act's protection of minority voters rights.Enact ranked-choice voting for single-seat municipal, state and federal executive office. In this way, empower voters with more voice over more candidates, and promote more positive campaigning, and coalition-building among candidates and their supporters.Campaign Finance Reform: Stop corrupting influence of Big Money, ensure full disclosure. Ensure all voters have information needed to make informed decisions. Free candidate statements in official voter guides, use public airwaves to inform voters about all choices. Provide candidates w/broad, grassroots base of clean money support. Match small donor contributions w/public funds. Empower residents w/democracy vouchers.
Election Integrity: All votes must be counted/all votes must count. Promote transparency, accuracy & trustworthiness w/publicly-owned, open-source voting equipment, paper ballots & meaningful audits.
Ensure Voting Rights for all: Universal voter registration. Language access
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Ecology, social justice, grassroots democracy and non-violence.
On the 2026 ballot
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Compiled from the candidate’s published profile as of September 30, 2026.
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