This could be an explosive question to pose for a City Councilperson such as Meghan Sahli-Wells.
Is it homelessness, the environment or another topic that warms Ms. Sahli-Wells’s giant heart the most?
She was not hedging.
She was genuinely stumped.
“It is hard to pick and choose because we deal with so many subjects on the Council,” she said.
“At the heart of what brings people to Culver City is the quality of life that we offer, something all of us value.
“That runs from police and fire to having bike lanes, to having policies that support healthy families.
“Since I have two kids in the School District and I have been an active volunteer in my sons’ schools,” Ms. Sahli-Wells said, “I have brought a lot of these issues to the table.”
Inarguably, she is the single ultra-progressive on the dais, the most compassionate supporter of all matters concerning the less fortunate.
She had just finished saying that her favorite first-term moment was serving as mayor, and the vote that will survive longest in her memory was saving the rental assistance program for 58 households by a 3-2 count.
Some votes are academic, Ms. Sahli-Wells said. “But in this case the consequences were very real because those dozens of families would have been kicked to the curb.
“It was hard fought since it was not unanimous. Winning by one vote. That was so important.
“Had it not been for that 3-2 vote, we would have dismantled the Housing Dept.,” Ms. Sahli-Wells said. “Affordable housing obviously is a big challenge for Culver City. That one vote had tremendous repercussions.”
This will surely be a neon theme for Ms. Sahli-Wells’s re-election campaign the next four-plus months.
