Ken Genser
Ken Genser (November 11, 1950 – January 9, 2010) was mayor of Santa Monica, California, until he died in office. Genser also served on the Santa Monica City Council.[1]
Political career
Genser served as a member of the Santa Monica Planning Commission and Santa Monica City Council. He was described as an advocate for affordable housing and the restoration of the Santa Monica Pier.[2] Genser served on the City Council from 1988 until his death in 2010, and he was elected to the mayorship in 1992, 2000, and 2008.[3][4] At the time of his death, he was Santa Monica's longest-serving councilmember.[5]
According to a 1990 Los Angeles Times article, Genser was an opponent of new real estate development.[6][7] A 1993 Los Angeles Times article described Genser as being part of the "militant slow-growth faction" of the City Council.[8] He was also reported to have been associated with the pro-renter faction in Santa Monica politics.[9] John Gilderbloom described Genser as part of a progressive block of politicians that emerged in Santa Monica in the late 1980s who advanced a "progressive agenda" of controlling land use development through participatory democracy.[10] According to Gilderbloom, Genser and his progressive colleagues would advance community interests by striking deals with developers to include community benefits.[10]
Prior to his election to the City Council in 1988, Genser served as the Chair of Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights.[11]
References
- ↑ "Ken Genser dies at 59; Santa Monica mayor and councilman - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 11 January 2010.
- ↑ "Mayor Genser dead at 59". Santa Monica Daily Press. January 11, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ William-Ross, Lindsay (January 9, 2010). "Santa Monica Mourns Loss of Mayor Ken Genser". LAist. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Santa Monica Mayor Genser was `indefatigable champion'". Daily Breeze. January 9, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Mayor Genser remembered as tenacious". Santa Monica Daily Press. January 25, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ Moran, Julio (November 29, 1990). "2 to Split Santa Monica Mayoralty : Politics: Council members Ken Genser and Judy Abdo, both in tenants group, will each serve a year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ "They Loaded Up the Film and Shot in Beverly". Los Angeles Times. October 17, 1993. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ Hill-Holtzman, Nancy (April 25, 1993). "NEWS ANALYSIS : Acrimony Seems This Council's Hallmark : Politics: Ken Genser and Kelly Olsen have staked out a distinctly contrarian agenda. They prefer to call it a vision for the city". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Planning Board Appointment Protested". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 1985. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Capek, Stella; Gilderbloom, John Ingram (1992). Community Versus Commodity: Tenants and the American City. New York: State University of New York Press. p. 170-171, 191-192, 207. Search this book on
- ↑ Wilkinson, Tracy (November 10, 1988). "Liberals Back in Control of Santa Monica City Council". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
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