Dear Editor,
At door after door, neighbors tell me, “Sometimes it feels like City Hall isn’t listening.” That matters to me, because the people closest to problems often have the right solutions.
For example, Carlson Park is where kids learn to ride bikes, families picnic, neighbors gather for theatre, and everyone looks forward to pizza Wednesdays. Its corner is also on a path many kids take to school. For years, parents warned City Hall about speeding drivers there. When a child was nearly hit, we came together, and I helped organize neighbors to push for action. Together, we got a four-way stop, safer crosswalks, and red curbs. That is what happens when residents are heard.
I have done this work at every level, and each role taught me something I will bring to the Council:
During eight years on the Cultural Affairs Commission (2016–2024), including as Chair, I helped direct more than $1 million in grants to local arts nonprofits and learned to weigh competing requests fairly.
On the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (2015–2019), I helped make sure school bond money was spent the way voters were promised. I will bring that same careful eye to the City budget.
As co-founder of grassroots organizations supporting our schools, parks, neighborhoods, and civic engagement, including the Culver City Parks Foundation, I learned that the best ideas come from neighbors working together.
As a fourth-generation union member, I served two years on SAG-AFTRA’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Committee and am in my third term on its Women’s Committee. I understand how policy decisions affect working families.
As a mom of three CCUSD graduates, a small business owner, and a nonprofit executive, I know firsthand the pressures facing Culver City families and businesses.
That’s why I’m proud to be the only candidate for City Council endorsed by both the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and the Culver City Chamber of Commerce.
As your Councilmember, I will:
Pass a lobbyist registry, so you know who is paid to influence City decisions.
Listen before we act, bringing major decisions to residents early.
Build more affordable housing so families, seniors, artists, and working people can stay here, with community input and costs our city can sustain.
Keep homelessness programs that work, like Project Homekey and the Mobile Crisis Team, with a focus on real results, and figure out how we can do even better to help people.
Support our local businesses and fight to keep entertainment and other jobs in Culver City.
Fix our streets, sidewalks, and lighting, expand safe routes to school, and add green space in every neighborhood.
Rebuild the City and schools partnership. Our liaison committees haven’t met since last November. That has to change.
Look beyond a single budget year: weigh the long-term cost of every commitment, separate one-time spending from ongoing costs, and rebuild healthy reserves.
Culver City is for all of us, at every stage of our lives. City Hall should make our lives easier. That is what I will do.
I am asking for your vote by Tuesday, November 3rd. Learn more at Jeannine4CulverCity.com.
Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin
