From LAX to universities, hospitals to nursing homes, and local government to nonprofits—working people are the backbone of LA and this campaign.

Together, these unions represent hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers, long-term care workers, community college faculty, nonprofit workers, local government workers, state workers, and UC academic workers who fight for dignity on the job and stability at home.

Thank you to the LA Fed for recognizing that this campaign is a campaign to represent and fight for the everyday, working people of Los Angeles. Together, we can create a city where workers have a real voice at City Hall and can afford to live in the city they build and serve.

At a time where workers and immigrants are under attack in our country, it is more imperative than ever that we stand together as a movement and build the collective power to fight the corporations and systems that harm our communities.

The LA Fed represents over 300 affiliated unions and labor organizations, representing 800,000 workers in every industry in LA County, including educators, hotel workers, healthcare workers, government workers, nonprofit workers, grocery workers, workers in film, and skilled building trade workers.

Here’s how you can help: volunteer, donate, or give food to your local food banks (you can find one near you at lafoodbank.org) and connect with local mutual aid networks (see mutualaidla.org’s directory) to supply neighbors with the essential goods they need. Read more at bit.ly/48H1IQU

Once elected, I will be a housing champion on the LA City Council and look forward to continued partnership with Abundant Housing and other housing advocacy organizations.

Thank you Abundant Housing LA!

Simply put, we need more housing to solve our affordability and homelessness crises. CD11 especially needs more affordable housing as one of the least affordable districts in the City. Abundant Housing has been leading the fight to advocate for the housing solutions we need.

On a personal note, I got involved in local government after seeing then Councilmember Tish James speak about our dwindling social safety net in 2013. Thank you for inspiring a generation, Tish. We’ve got your back. We are all in this together.

The Westside was built by Latino families—on ranchos, along rail lines, and in neighborhoods that still carry that legacy. As national policies grow increasingly hostile towards our immigrant neighbors, it’s important to recognize the irreplaceable contributions of these communities.

Although nothing can undo the damage or replace what we’ve lost, we continue the hard work of rebuilding and preventing disasters like this from happening again in the future.