Wade Kelley
City of Santa Monica, Member of the City Council
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Overview
Wade Kelley is a street performer and homeless community activist.1 He volunteers on Santa Monica's Measure GS Resident Oversight Committee.2 His platform includes an anti-capitalist critique of the city's economy.1 He advocates for tiny home villages and rejecting no-sitting and no-lying laws, arguing the city criminalizes poverty.1 He states he is homeless and does not have drug abuse problems.3
He proposes building social housing in single-family neighborhoods and on Santa Monica Airport land.1 He supports redirecting safety funds to social services and ending what he calls police harassment of the poor.1 He proposes taxing vacant commercial buildings and speculative real estate to fund social programs.1 He says his decade as a street performer provides insight into vulnerable residents' lives.1
Campaign money
No summary of their campaign filings yet. They are posted by City of Santa Monica.
Endorsements
Not found in public sources as of Thursday, October 15, 2026.
Sources
- Candidate profile: Wade Kelley - Santa Monica Daily Press, Santa Monica Daily Press. Viewed Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Wade Kelley, Santa Monica City Council candidate, 2026 election questionnaire, Los Angeles Daily News. Viewed Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Santa Monica November Election: City Council Debate Results, Santa Monica Daily Press. Viewed Thursday, October 15, 2026.