Policy
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All Angelenos deserve safe, affordable, and stable homes. Families should be able to put down roots, workers should be able to live near their jobs, and young people should be able to grow up without the fear of being displaced from their neighborhoods. The affordability crisis that Los Angeles is facing is especially extreme in CD11. Families are being forced our of the district they have called home for decades. Despite this, the current Councilmember brags about stopping the building of affordable housing and allowed the largest mass eviction in the history of Los Angeles to be carried out by a predatory landlord who donated $575,000 to support her campaign. Instead of kicking the can down the road and leaving the housing crisis for future generations to deal with, we must right this ship and we must act with urgency. In office I will:
Increase and Protect Our Housing Supply
Build Affordable Housing For Workers, Families, Seniors, and Artists
Cut Red Tape to Build More Housing, Faster
Expand Affordable Homeownership Opportunities
Promote New Social Housing Models in the City
Enforce and Strengthen Tenant Protections
Regulate Corporate Landlords and the Speculative Market
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As Councilmember, I am committed to addressing homelessness by implementing proven solutions that will actually eradicate homelessness as a systemic issue in the long term. Our policy tools will meet people’s needs, and benefit both housed and unhoused members of our district. The rising cost of housing is the major driver of homelessness, which has only worsened in cities like Los Angeles, where housing costs far exceed wages. Regardless of how effective any city is at helping people to get housed, the problem will never be solved if we don’t create systems to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. This is why we have paired this work with our robust housing policy. Instead of repeatedly spending millions to temporarily move tents, we should invest that money into diverse housing options, robust service provision, and trust building. In office I will:
Prevent Homelessness (please see our Housing and Tenants Rights Platform!)
Build More Interim Shelter and Permanent Supportive Housing
Resolve Street Homelessness, No More Shortcuts
Address Vehicular Homelessness
Spend Public Money Responsibly and with Full Transparency
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There are many immigrant communities that call the Westside home. These communities have shaped the culture of our district since the very beginning of the city. Protecting our immigrant communities must be a top priority for every elected official in Los Angeles. For over a year our city has been under direct assault by Trump’s fascist administration, and our vulnerable immigrant communities have been targeted over and over again. The people of Los Angeles have fought back, organizing community patrols and providing support to families who have had loved ones kidnapped by ICE or CBP. Many of these people have in turn been targeted for their efforts to protect their neighbors. The Trump administration is threatened by our way of life in Los Angeles, and they want to sow fear in our city, but Los Angeles will not bow to cowardly fascists. In office I will do everything in my power to protect all Angelenos, and defend our culture of inclusion and joy. I will:
Expand, Enforce and Defend Our Sanctuary City Status
Fund Legal Representation for Immigrants
Strengthen the Safety Net for Immigrants
Expand Immigrant Civic Participation
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When the local economy is strong, all of us can succeed. Local businesses tend to hire locally and spend locally, which allows money to circulate in our communities, instead of benefiting large, distant corporations. Communities with strong local economies are better able to adapt to large-scale economic downturns or supply chain malfunctions because they rely primarily on local capacities. When we envision a healthy neighborhood it includes good jobs and businesses run by people we know, friends, family, and neighbors. To achieve this we must:
Implement a Stronger Safety Net
Support Local Small Businesses
Strengthen Worker Protections
Support Unions and Unionization Efforts
Support Our Open Air Workers
Expand Affordable Childcare
Protect Our Creative Economy
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Over a year after the devastating Palisades Fire that forced over 100,000 individuals to evacuate and destroyed 56.3% of structures in the Palisades leaving tens of thousands of individuals displaced, our community still faces a long road to recovery. The fires not only destroyed structures, but lives were also lost, thousands of our community members remain displaced, and we lost anchoring institutions and small businesses. Our recovery and rebuilding efforts must focus on immediate short-term needs for fire survivors, while also planning for a long term recovery that ensures we rebuild the Palisades back stronger and more resilient. That means we must:
Ensure Continuity of Support for Palisades Survivors
Guarantee a Resident-Focused Rebuild and Recovery
Care for Everyone Impacted by the Fires
Build A Climate Resilient Long Term Recovery Plan
Prioritize Community Safety and Preparedness
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Los Angeles is on the front lines of the climate crisis. The consequences of a fire-prone climate, rising heat, drought, and increasing levels of pollutants are increasingly material. The combination of our climate, geography, land use puts lives at risk, with low-income renters, seniors, children, and frontline communities hit hardest. Angelenos deserve better. We need shade, cooling, and safe housing. We need clean air, carbon-free power, and protections that put people before polluters. We need good green jobs, thriving wetlands, creeks, and mountains, and water systems built for resilience. Now more than ever, it is imperative we build a Los Angeles that is responsive to the present and prepared for the future. That means we must:
Invest in Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Provide Access to Clean, Reliable and Affordable Energy for All Residents
Support Green Workforce Development
Ensure Land Stewardship, Ecosystem Protection and Public Access to Greenspace
Nurture a Resilient Water Future
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