Ryan Blomberg
Running for Santa Monica City Council
I'm a work in progress as a person. I went to school at Santa Monica College, and I'm trying to bring the same habit I use at work — find where something actually breaks, work on that, see if it helped — to the city that helped me rebuild my life.
- Areas — Every part of the city — Pier, Downtown, beach, airport land, parks, corridors — mapped with what's working and what isn't.
- Issues — Safety, homelessness and recovery, housing, spending, transparency, environment, transportation — each with a position and a plan.
- Ideas — Concrete concepts in progress, labeled honestly as concepts — plus a place for residents to add their own.
Pick an area or an issue — every page has a box where you can tell me what you're seeing. Nothing here is approved, funded, or costed.
I was inspired by God. After reading much of the Bible, I saw His light for a few seconds — and it transformed my life and the direction I want to take.
That moment reframed everything. It is why I want to serve this city — to help people come together, meet basic needs, and build things that last. Not because I have all the answers, but because I was shown how much can change when you stop trying to do it alone.
// how this site works
Three ways to dig in
The campaign is organized like a system map. Start with the part of the city you care about, or the problem you keep running into — then tell me what I'm missing.
Areas
The Pier, the beach, Downtown, the airport land, parks, corridors and the neighborhoods in between — each with its own challenges and openings, on a real map of the city.
Open the mapIssues
Public safety and crisis response, homelessness and recovery, housing, spending, transparency, environment, transportation — where I stand and what I'd actually try first.
See the issuesIdeas in progress
Vertical gardens in vacant storefronts, a civic transparency dashboard, recovery-informed crisis response — labeled honestly as concepts, not promises.
Browse ideasEvery area and issue page ends with a resident input box — your note goes straight to me, privately. Concepts are labeled as concepts; nothing here is approved, funded, or costed.
// the day job
Cloud & backend engineer
I built Conversari, a small AI platform that is live on the App Store. I do not think writing software qualifies me for office on its own — but the habit of looking hard at how something works, and being honest about whether it does, is what I would try to bring.
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