In November's election, Green Party member Kevin McKeown, now on the council, was endorsed by Santa Monica's police union. The union's support is more than a little surprising considering the Green Party platform favors limiting police powers and the Greens are not known as friends of the police. Meanwhile, members of the Democratic Club are said to privately have wanted to endorse McKeown in November's race but couldn't. He's not a Democrat and the bylaws of the California Democratic Party specifically prevent local clubs from endorsing non-Democrats. Stevens himself concedes that he is not a viable candidate and that he's running on a narrowly-focused agenda.
Brand loyalty is important, but the Greens have the party's reputation to worry about.
Stevens didn't have a prayer. The Greens don't have the same restrictions as the Democrats about crossing party lines. And just like Councilman Kevin McKeown, another member of the Westside group. Of course, Bloom does espouse the Greens' perspective on the environment, development, social justice issues and the like. Otherwise, the group would have shut the door as quickly on him as it did on Stevens.