A vision for Santa Monica

The Love Revolution

By Daisy the Venice Healer

Today I stand before you with a policy change — not born from fear, scarcity, punishment, or competition, but from love, collaboration, and our deepest understanding of what it means to be human.

What if our goal as a city was no longer simply to prevent harm? What if our goal became helping every human flourish?

Duba doodle… scuba doo…

Because life was never meant to be so serious that we forgot how to play.

I dream of a Santa Monica where we replace systems of domination with systems of devotion, where every institution asks the same question:

“What universal human needs are calling for attention here?”

Because every behavior is an attempt to meet a need.

Every. Single. One.

Justice

Love Enforcement

Imagine someone steals a bicycle. Instead of asking, “How do we punish them?” Love Enforcement asks, “What needs weren’t met?”

Were they hungry? Lonely? Traumatized? Addicted? Disconnected? Without transportation? Without purpose? Without community?

Love Enforcement brings everyone together: the person harmed, the person who caused harm, neighbors, resources, teachers, healers, builders, gardeners, counselors, artists.

We don’t ask, “Who’s bad?” We ask, “How do we restore everyone?”

There are no criminals. There are only lovable human beings whose needs have become separated from the needs of the whole community.

Justice becomes restoration. Safety becomes belonging. Healing becomes public policy.

Attention

We stop designing for consumption

No more giant billboards competing for our nervous systems. No more advertisements screaming for our attention every moment of every day.

Attention is sacred. Where attention flows, energy flows. Where energy flows, life grows.

Instead we plant flowers. Living art. Murals. Music. Trees. Silence. Beauty.

The sky itself becomes our greatest advertisement.

Water

Living watering holes in every neighborhood

Clean natural swimming lagoons. Mineral pools. Streams. Wetlands.

Places where children laugh. Where elders float. Where friends gather. Where our nervous systems remember what peace feels like.

Water nourishes far more than thirst. It regulates our emotions, connects communities, and invites movement, wonder, and play.

Food

Every neighborhood becomes a food forest

Not just parks — living ecosystems. Fruit trees. Medicinal herbs. Native plants. Pollinator gardens. Bird sanctuaries. Food growing everywhere.

Nobody asks, “Who owns this apple?” The question becomes, “Who is hungry?”

Fellowships

Not to replace businesses — to complement them

A Clothing Fellowship. People sew together, repair together, teach and learn sewing, give and receive clothes, create fashion, express art. Nobody is excluded because they cannot pay.

A Cooking Fellowship. Anyone can cook. Anyone can teach. Anyone can eat. Children learn from grandparents. Professional chefs learn family recipes. Food becomes relationship instead of transaction.

A Building Fellowship. Woodworking. Electrical skills. Gardening. Natural building. Mud homes, tiny homes, beautiful homes.

Some dream of living surrounded by technology. Others closer to forests, oceans, mountains, or orbital habitats among the stars. There is room for every dream.

Economy

From “how much money” to “how much willingness”

When willingness is low, we don’t shame — we support. When capacity is low, we teach. When energy is low, we nourish.

Money is only one way humans organize resources. Generosity is another. Collaboration is another. Gift economies are another. Mutual aid is another.

The market continues to exist for those who choose it. But now everyone has additional pathways to contribute, learn, receive, and belong.

Belonging

Homes, dignity, and choice

For thousands of years many communities lived deeply connected with the Earth. Today, many people experiencing homelessness are also longing for belonging, stability, and connection to nature — though every person’s story is unique.

Instead of seeing only problems, we ask what kinds of communities and supports people actually want. Some may thrive in traditional housing. Others may dream of ecovillages, tiny homes, or nature-centered communities.

The goal is to expand choices while respecting dignity and ensuring everyone’s basic needs can be met.

Families

Strengthen the family first

Families receive help earlier: parenting mentors, mental health support, respite care, conflict coaching, addiction treatment, community circles, food, housing, education.

Removing a child from a family becomes an absolute last resort, when their immediate safety cannot otherwise be protected.

Our first question becomes, “How do we strengthen this family?” Not, “How do we separate it?”

Learning

Schools become wonder centers

Children don’t memorize life. They live it.

Gardens. Music. Empathy. Engineering. Meditation. Conflict resolution. Ecology. Entrepreneurship. Art. Cooking. Forest exploration. Ocean restoration.

Children grow into adults who know how to cooperate instead of merely compete.

Health

Healing remembers something ancient

Humans heal through connection. Through laughter. Through purpose. Through movement. Through forests. Through clean water. Through nourishing food. Through music. Through dance. Through community.

Medicine remains valuable — and so do prevention, social connection, nutrition, and access to nature. We invest in all of these together.

Imagine a city where every human wakes up asking, “What can I contribute today?”

Instead of, “What do I need to survive?”

Imagine a city where loneliness becomes rare because there are fellowships everywhere.

Duba doodle… scuba doo…

Because joy is not a distraction from civilization. Joy is evidence that civilization is working.

Our greatest technology has never been money, buildings, or governments. It has always been the human heart, connected with other human hearts, guided by wisdom, creativity, and compassion.

May Santa Monica become a place where love is not merely an emotion but a public practice, where freedom and responsibility grow together, and where every person has the opportunity to give, receive, learn, teach, create, and belong.

This is the revolution I imagine — not one of force, but of relationship. One neighborhood, one conversation, one act of generosity at a time. And may we never forget that flourishing is something we create together.