EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN FALL 2025. ### MONTEREY IS GETTING A NEW MAYOR AND TWO NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. NEXT MONTH, TYLER WILLIAMSON AND KIM BARBER WILL TAKE OFFICE. MANY THEIR SUPPORTERS CALL THIS A WIN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER CHRISTIAN BALDERAS EXPLAINS. <THERE WERE SIGNS ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TAKE MY DOWN. I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TAKE MY DOWN. EVEN WHEN THEY CALLED IT. LET'S JUST LEAVE IT UP, JUST TO, 'IN YOUR FACE THE REST OF THEM.' > THIS DECEMBER... MONTEREY'S NEW MAYOR WILL BE TYLLER WILLIAMSON, THE FIRST BLACK AND OPENLY GAY MAN ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO HOLD A SEAT AT THE TABLE. <PEOPLE ARE READY FOR A CHANGE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.> WILLIAMSON RAN ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSIVITY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. <I TRY TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE ANYBODY REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT AN ISSUE, WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER.> AMONG HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS WERE RENTERS...WHO MAKE UP OVER HALF OF THE CITY'S POPULATION. < TRADITIONALLY, THE RENTERS ARE THE ONES WHO DON'T TURN OUT TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THEM IN THE CITY AND TYLLER SPEAKS TO THE 66 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.> AND LIKE THE NEW MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN ELECT, KIM BARBER SAYS HOUSING IS HER TOP PRIORITY. SHE'S A DIRECTOR AT CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY. <INSTEAD OF THEM ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO CARVE OUT A LIFE HERE IN MONTEREY WHERE THEY RECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION. SO IN DOING SO I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN HOUSING, AND THAT'S HOW I MET TYLLER MAYOR ELECT.> ALL THAT'S LEFT TO FILL NOW, IS ONE MORE SPOT ON CITY COUNCIL -- WHICH WILL BE CHOSEN BY THE EXISTING COUNCIL BY DECEMBER 19TH. BUT DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY... WILLIAMSON AND BARBER SUPPORTERS SAY THE FUTURE IS PROMISING