Yes, folks, were talking about vaping. Theyre for everything were against. Weve got to keep building power to take on these forces of capitalism, and we must keep on organizing to make sure these candidates have viable challengers in the future. Still, its notable that several other unions such as the California Nurses Association (CNA), National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), California Teachers Association (CTA), and California Federation of Teachers (CFT) have all opted not to make any endorsement indeed, now that the proposition is already on the ballot, its hard to see how any result actually achieves SEIU-UHWs ostensible goals of unionizing dialysis clinics. Narrowly, the public school side won out, electing Tony Thurmond. July 30, 2023 3 AM PT. Seems like an obvious yes. Thats what we first thought, dear reader. Look, were socialists. Tina McKinnor is a longtime political activist, currently serving as Civic Engagement Director with LA Voice, with roots in her district. On June 7, 2022, he was elected District Attorney by Ventura County voters. There is one slight catch, which is that the proposition is being pushed by former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent, Austin Beutner. Will their priorities build socialism, or at least help Los Angeles working class? (Dustin Satloff / Getty Images) By Jack Harris , Jorge Castillo. For this race, she faces a candidate that entered the electoral field at the last minute in reaction to Estefany casting the sole vote against a full-time sheriff contract on a school campus. This race could very well go either way, either giving us another term for a Republican assemblymember, or instead break for a candidate who would be well into the left wing of the Democratic caucus. Bummer. Mike Garcia won this seat when he defeated Christy Smith in a special election upon Katie Hills resignation from congress. Were in favor of everything they hate. Iino, an LA native, California community college graduate, and fellow DSA comrade, has also worked for over 15 years as a counselor at El Camino College in Torrance. Over time, Garcia attempted to create the faade of a law-abiding citizen, becoming the dean of a local high school in order to mask that he was still running the La Puente is the next spark with, Montebello Montebello Unified School Board. What has the incumbent Mike Gipson done to address these issues? The clear choice here is to vote for McKinnor. , a labor & employment litigator and appointee to both the citys LGBTQ+ Advisory Board and its Rent Stabilization Commission. Baron ran for election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California. Hopefully this is the end of Garcettis political career too, as his failure to address rampant sexual misconduct by one of his key allies is currently sinking his confirmation as Ambassador to India. We join DSA-LA endorsed candidates Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman, and UTLA in saying reelect Isaac Bryan. This race has a lot of money flowing through it from those vying to become Paul Koretzs successor. Abramsons endorsements are more limited, with no union support listed, and a handful of grassroots and neighborhood representatives. Updated 3:29 PM PDT, July 29, 2023. Were in favor of everything they hate. Thurmond is highly likely to win reelection after taking 46% in the primary. So back in the summer of 2021, the OCM presented a plan to the Countys Board of Supervisors to address the administrative barriers that create inequitable outcomes and to call for investments to bridge the gaps in educational, technical, and financial resources caused by systemic racism and exacerbated by the War on Drugs. There would have to be two seperate parts: approving business licenses for unincorporated areas and deciding on taxes for those businesses. Anglica Dueas, born and raised in the SFV, was inspired to run for office by Bernie Sanders, and much of her platform aligns with what hes campaigned on: Medicare for All, a Green New Deal and jobs guarantee, repealing Taft-Hartley. Incumbent Brad Sherman is expected to handily beat his Republican challenger, despite having a district that was heavily reshaped during the 2020 redistricting process. For LACCD Trustee, Seat 7, we recommend voting for Kelsey Iino, who was appointed to the vacant position in April after now-former Trustee Mike Fong was elected to represent Assembly District 49 in the California State Legislature. This district is currently held by Republican Jay Obernolte, who is a businessman, video game developer, and once member of the California State Assembly. Sandoval has a past of being a bad boss: The LA Times reported that during Sandovals time as owner of a San Pedro restaurant she had committed wage theft to the tune of $12,000. This video also is available in Spanish , Chinese , Korean and Armenian. From Fox 11 News: Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami will announce Wednesday that he is running to replace his boss, George Gascn Go with Smallwood-Cuevas. In the case of Echo Park Lake, this displacement meant the loss of dignity and life for unhoused residents subject to carceral punishment at his hands. We look forward to city council members Hugo Soto-Martinez, Nithya Raman and Eunisses Hernandez writing legislation that addresses these needs with regular people in mind, not billionaires. Over time, Garcia attempted to create the faade of a law-abiding citizen, becoming the dean of a local high school in order to mask that he was still running the GMG YGzs violence and drug trafficking. Hes unlikely to turn that 37% into a General Election win as Dems consolidate behind Cohen, but this is the only statewide race where the GOP challenger is serious enough that we feel its worth issuing a recommendation. Already, his campaign has put out incredible digital tools to track city resources, and has shockingly managed to win the endorsement of the normally-conservative LA Times. and frankly, we could make so many fun jokes. Article 34 required that cities across the state get voter approval for any kind of publicly funded low-rent housing. Propositions 26 and 27 both relate to the state of legalized gambling in California. David Kim has been a consistent fighter for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, getting big money out of politics, and abolishing ICE. Wendy Carrillo says shes running for CD 14. by Boyle Heights Beat April 28, 2023. She then ran some of her dads firms and then with no prior political experience (but a lot of wealth, ahem) got herself appointed as US Ambassador to Hungary. Check them all out at: Since taking office, Sheriff Villanueva has stopped collaboration with ICE by making them wait outside the jails while sheriffs bring them inmates, reinstated his buddy and accused abusive stalker to the department, overseen his sheriffs shooting over 100 civilians, harassed journalists, halted internal investigations into the rampant and murderous deputy gangs, taken out paid ads targeting individual activists, baselessly attacked and then attempted to blackmail the LA Metro department, covered up deputy abuse of inmates immediately following the George Floyd murder, the list goes on and on. Since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 passed, Indigenous tribes are allowed to run and operate casinos on tribal land. , a history that has led Villanueva to directly and repeatedly harass her. Bob Hertzbergs tenure in the Senate has recently included not showing up to vote to decarbonize California by 2045, excusing himself from a vote to give farm workers more ways to vote in union elections, and taking a lot of money from real estate and gas industries. The Board of Supervisors do not have the power to unilaterally decide tax structure: instead, its up to the voters. Estefany is running for re-election in the Centinela Valley Union High School District School Board to continue to represent 160,000 students and families. The outgoing city attorney, Mike Feuer, is zealously protecting the citys right to aggressively sweep unhoused residents, a practice that repeatedly has been found by higher courts to be unconstitutional. Caruso has tried to pretend to be socially progressive in his campaign, but he was a regular funder of anti-abortion politicians and has sucked up the entirety of the law-and-order constituency from Feuer and Buscaino with promises to massively increase LAPD funding. Linda Snchez is expected to handily beat her Republican challenger. Yes, folks, were talking about vaping. She then won the Lieutenant Governor position in 2018 against a labor-backed State Senator from eastern LA county with a, When we last voted for this position in 2018, it was a big battle between the pro-Charter school lobby and public school backers. Currently, only 80 out of LA Unified School Districts 1,300 bus fleet are electric. Hochman announced his I am running because of my deep affection for and ambition for the community of Los Angeles. On the establishment candidate end, weve got Katy Young Yaroslavsky, outgoing LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl staffer and daughter-in-law of long-time politician Zev Yaroslavsky. Shes going to win again after taking nearly 58% of the vote in the primary, despite being accused of sexually harassing a former staffer (which she denies). Our modern day policing is descended from its roots in enforcing slavery and exists to protect private property. You should vote for Kenneth Mejia, a CPA who has twice ran unsuccessfully for Congress on an unapologetically leftist platform, and emphasizes using the Controllers office to reveal the ways LAs government wastes money on sweeps and giveaways to developers when the same money could be used to help working people. in this solid blue district, which covers Culver City, Palms, Mar Vista, West Los Angeles, Crenshaw, Leimert Park, South Los Angeles, parts of Mid-City, the neighborhoods surrounding USC, and parts of Downtown LA . Cohen, while moderate in her own City, still led the successful effort to make City College of San Francisco free. , Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia is expected to handily beat his Republican challenger. The Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter has not formally endorsed a candidate because it doesnt support the district attorneys office in general, but it is Those funds come via a city parcel tax, which means that a small tax (like 8 cents) is levied per square footage of private real estate improvement. Smallwood-Cuevas co-founded the Los Angeles Black Worker Center and currently serves as project director at the UCLA Labor Center. City Council District 5 is a district of a whole lotta homeowners on LAs Westside, but also a large population of students and workers at UCLA. You can expect him to do what he can to keep making Culver City a more welcoming place for all to live and thrive. Peter Hardin, a former District Attorney prosecutor and Marine Corps attorney, announced Tuesday hes running against DA Todd Spitzer in next years election. Daniel Levy, left, Bowen Yang and Ben Platt were considered for Ken roles in Barbie.. A Los Angeles County sheriffs recruit who was struck by an SUV during a training run last year has died, authorities said. She then ran some of her dads firms and then with no prior political experience (but a lot of wealth, ahem) got herself appointed as US Ambassador to Hungary. The United to House Los Angeles coalition created a measure that would impose a one-time tax on properties sold at over $5 million dollars, immediately raising funds to construct affordable housing. Since its the same basic proposition that weve now written about twice, were just going to copy and paste some of our 2018 analysis. that our citys working class people need and deserve. But Brandon Staley is Jonny Liu is taking on establishment Democrat and incumbent Mayor, Robert Gonzales. As if Measure H wasnt cool enough already, it would also call for Pasadena to establish a city council appointed rental board which would implement the provisions in this charter amendment (and this rental board would have to be majority renters who will be paid a liveable wage from a per-unit flat fee from any landlord who wants to rent out residential units in Pasadena!!). Meanwhile Koretz has spent this race trying to smear Mejia with fear mongering mailers about his old tweets. Lanhee Chen, however, is running a strong campaign, somehow managing to still position himself as The Good Republican (an oxymoron, but especially in a post-Trump world) to naive liberals, and he led the primary with 37% of the vote. Thats it! They were, Im not kidding, really bummed they couldnt do it, Jones told Vanity Fair. There are only five elected seats to represent a massive county with a population level similar to entire countries like Greece, Portugal, Hungary, or Honduras. Shes got endorsements from UTLA, charter school executives, and Eric Garcetti, and is expected to win this race handily, which is why we are not recommending anyone in this race. Those funds come via a city parcel tax, which means that a small tax (like 8 cents) is levied per square footage of private real estate improvement. Electing them would solidify a progressive majority on the council, preventing the reversal of recent progress and paving the way for a more welcoming West Hollywood for the working class. on Measure VY. With that in mind, were recommending West Hollywood residents cast their ballots for Chelsea Byers, longtime community organizer and current Human Services Commissioner for the City of West Hollywood, and Zekiah N. Wright, a labor & employment litigator and appointee to both the citys LGBTQ+ Advisory Board and its Rent Stabilization Commission. Archuletas runoff opponent is Mitch Clemmons, a Republican running on all the standard Republican shibboleths, and also that he is a Trusty Plumber. Learn more about Fatima and our efforts to get her in office at dsa-la.org/fatima. The Los Angeles City Attorney Coalition, which DSA-LA is a member of, offers a brief outline of the powers that a progressive city attorney in Los Angeles could use to help working Angelenos. FanDuel, DraftKings, and Major League Baseball are all in on Prop 27. With that in mind, developers are spending at historic levels on this race to help guarantee that pesky things like rent control or affordable housing dont get in their way. She got her start working in education policy in the Obama administration, where she was previously a steady pro-charter vote, but has moderated her position recently, keeping an open ear to UTLA and working with Jackie Goldberg to expand early transitional kindergarten. We couldnt find much at all about Rodriguezs campaign other than his bare-bones website. So much so, at a recent League of Women Voters Candidate Forum, he said that he has the experience for this position because he convinced his mom to get him a dog as a kid. (Yes, that Ben Savage. However, he has recently been outraised in fundraising by Derek Marshall, an ex-Bernie Sanders staffer and current DSA member who supports Medicare for All, a living wage for all, and the Green New Deal. Al Muratsuchi is expected to easily win against a Republican challenger. Schubert has been an outspoken critic of the Democrats soft-on-crime policies and supports repeal of Prop 47. FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey talks during a news conference in Los Angeles. This San Fernando Valley district includes North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Panorama City, Pacoima, San Fernando, and Sylmar. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The city of Los Angeles will soon have a new mayor - either Karen Bass or Rick Caruso. In the nonpartisan March primary, Lacey and Gascn advanced with 48.7% and 28.2% of the vote, respectively. We recommend you vote yes. We think you should vote for Caroline Menjivar, who is an EMT in support of healthcare for all, expanding access to childcare, and ensuring a green future for California. While California is stronger on the issue of accessibility than some of our red-state comrades, many rural areas of our state have no abortion clinics at all. Democrat and veteran Jay Chen is running in a newly drawn district that includes less of Orange County and more parts of Southeast Los Angeles, including Cerritos, Artesia, and Hawaiian Gardens, so he has a real shot of taking a seat from a Republican who voted against expanding voting rights. Voter registration: 53.2% Democratic, 16.2% Republican, 24.1% no party preference. After the primary, we have a race between business lawyer Hydee Feldstein-Soto and Faisal Gill, two candidates who do not come from the LA City Hall realm. Darlings campaign emphasizes permanent supportive housing, a tenants right to counsel, and actualizing a Green New Deal for Los Angeles. Pilar Schiavo is running to unseat Republican incumbent Suzette Martinez Valledares, who she trailed in the primary 48% to 34%. Proposition 28 would use state funds to fund full-time arts and music education at our public schools. Our city is woefully inadequate in providing the public third places that our citys working class people need and deserve. Funding from Prop 30 could make that goal a reality. Rideshare companies would certainly benefit from this proposition, helping lower their cost to transition to an all-electric fleet under the new statewide mandate. As an educator in the Compton Unified School District, Fatima is already working on the ground in South Central for our chapters Green New Deal for Public Schools priority resolution. So the Board of Supervisors has offered Measure C, which would enact taxes on marijuana businesses in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, including $10 per square foot for cultivation; a 6% tax on gross retail receipts; a 2% tax on testing facilities gross receipts; a 3% tax on gross distribution receipts; and a 4% tax on the gross receipts of manufacturing and other marijuana business facilities. Estimates predict those taxes would bring in an extra $10.36 million a year for the countys coffers. So, while Gavins going to still be in office, lets continue to build worker power and hold his feet to the fire. AD-52 covers parts of central, northeast, and LAs eastside, including neighborhoods such as Glendale, Echo Park, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Atwater Village, Highland Park, El Sereno, and Glassell Park. TORONTO (AP) Alejandro Kirk hit two home runs, Santiago Espinal added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the July 30, 2023 3 AM PT. There are no better ambassadors for our corrupt, punitive and malicious police state than Los Angeles County Sheriff, Alex Villanueva. Thus, public safety has become the defining issue of this race, as it has in many places across the state and country. DSA-LA has endorsed Ricardo Martinez for La Puente City Council. District Number Name Address Contact Year Elected; 1: Hilda L. Solis. Meanwhile, Prop 27 would legalize online sports betting run via these tribal casinos. Back in 2008, voters approved a level of 3,500 units of low-income housing per council district, totalling 52,500 units of low-income housing across the City. Back in 2008, voters approved a level of 3,500 units of low-income housing per council district, totalling 52,500 units of low-income housing across the City. Following a 2022 that saw him appear in 10 games for the Los Angeles Chargers, Michel had inked a one-year, $1.08 million deal to return to the Rams for the 2023 season. This is one of only a few really contested and interesting assembly races this general election, so if you live in Santa Clarita or the northwest SFV, make sure you vote for Pilar Schiavo. Proposition 28 would use state funds to fund full-time arts and music education at our public schools. George Gascon is running an experiment in Los Angeles: Jonathan Hatami. Incumbent Adam Schiff is one of the most well-known members of Congress due to his leadership role in the impeachment process and all things Russiagate. WebDistrict 6 The incumbent is Imelda Padilla, who was elected in 2023 after the resignation of Nury Martinez after the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal ,. It failed 63%-34% last time around, but SEIU-UHW have decided that third-time must be the charm. CD-5 does not need another reactionary term after Koretz. The choice is clear here for the SFV: vote for Anglica Dueas. DSA firmly believes in prison abolition and abolishing our existing policing systems. Vote yes on Prop 1. As is the case with LA Countys municipalities, it often takes a spark of transformative change happening in one to inspire the others to pursue housing as human right, healthcare for all, and union jobs. Its a fact that the, offering that the tobacco industry has long targeted communities of color, and the LGBTQ+ community, and that the measure would save lives and protect young people from getting hooked on nicotine.. Along with the California Department of Education, the Superintendent is responsible for student achievement, recruiting and supporting teachers, and monitoring school districts compliance for accountability. DSA-LA has endorsed Estefany Alejandra Castaeda, Inglewood born and Lennox-Inglewood raised, daughter of immigrant workers, she became a union organizer with UNITE HERE Local 11! Soak the rich. Propositions 26 and 27 both relate to the state of legalized gambling in California. For some deep reporting on this truly depraved law enforcement department, check out. One race getting a lot of buzz is the state controllers race. A friendly board can mean increased, transformative educational access for all Californians and a school system that treats its workers fairly, while an unfriendly one can mean the very opposite. He has abstained or voted against environmental solutions that would most directly affect the people of district 65. When trying to understand Measure A, it is important to note the crucial distinction between the Los Angeles City Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Well, that referendum is here! Durazo is a force of nature in Los Angeles politics, though this is her first elected political position. While we really, really hate to side with Lyft on a proposition, we are unimpressed with Newsoms opposition or reasoning. , who could potentially become one of the few renters in the state assembly, if victorious. She is ready to stand up to the special interests that Gipson has failed to hold accountable. Born and raised in Lynwood and the child of Mexican immigrants, Juan has built a new type of coalition with labor, environmental orgs and community leaders. DSA-LA joins the Pasadena Tenants Union, UNITE HERE 11, Sunrise Movement, and many more in. Bass challenger, billionaire mall-man Rick Caruso changed his party affiliation from No Party Preference to Democrat in January 2022 (he was a Republican until 2012), has spent tens of millions of his own money on a platform of hiring more cops, criminalizing unhoused people, and not releasing his full tax returns, despite running on a platform of transparency and ethics in city hall. Which is rich, because he was in charge during multiple egregious cases of sexual assault by USC doctors during his decade-long tenure as chair of the board of trustees. This is the third rematch Dueas faces against incumbent Tony Crdenas, running as a Green Party candidate against him in 2018, and then a Democrat in 2020. In fact Yebri, an attorney who is seeking to be the first Iranian-American elected to office in the city of Los Angeles, has a $161,000 advantage over the person with the next highest total. Unlike the chief of police, the sheriff position is elected, not appointed. Not the good DSA kind). If theres anything less democratic than the Los Angeles City Council, its the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, with only five members overseeing more than 10 million residents. What a concept.The Legislative Analysts Office predicts that its passing would increase education arts spending between $800 million to $1 billion each year. In case you havent heard, the Olympics are bad. Eric Early (R) and Daniel Kapelovitz (G) are also running in the primary election. Because this is a district to flip, this race has been highly scrutinized, with lots of money flowing into it. If we had to criticize, Durazos stayed a little too loyal to her older allies who have become more conservative tools of real estate and landlords interests (we mean you, Gil Cedillo), and shes taken some pretty bad actions on housing, like, condemning the Reclaim Our Homes reclaimers. Look: voting for judges has mostly been a complete mess. We hope this guide will function as an educational tool to understand what it takes to bring working class power to the county, as well as help you fill out your ballot. Were not inspired by any third option, but consider Robert Oliver the least bad of the remaining candidates (no, dont vote for Ben Savage). to keep this new seat in Democratic control. S uperior Court judges oversee trials across all of L.A. County. Thats why we recommend you vote yes on Prop LH. Speaking of FanDuel, theres an interesting brew of prominent supporters and detractors for both propositions. He is a reliable vote in support of any defense budget increase or military escalationnot surprising since he takes in loads of money from the likes of Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, and he continues to support ICE, for which DSA-LA protested his office in 2018. Take public transit instead! For the last five years, Melissa was assigned to the District Attorneys Sex Crimes Division, including a two year tenure at Stuart House, where she exclusively prosecuted sexual crimes against children. For all Christy Smiths faults, this race is close and important in ensuring Republicans do not claim the house and for that, we recommend. We here at DSA-LA believe that a tax that is a drop in the bucket for the millionaires who can afford mega-mansions in this city that generates nearly a. dollars to build affordable housing is a clear good. Schiff occasionally throws out progressive bromides, claiming to support Medicare for All and Green New Deal, but warmongering is his true passion. She then won the Lieutenant Governor position in 2018 against a labor-backed State Senator from eastern LA county with a ton of real estate money. Back in 2020, Gavin Newsom signed into law California Senate Bill 793, which prohibited the sale of flavored tobacco products and tobacco product flavor enhancers.
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