Los Angeles Political Endorsements
Vote Yes on L.A. City Measure HLA
Traffic fatalities among cyclists and pedestrians are skyrocketing. Several outlets already made news reporting that in 2023, traffic deaths outpaced homicide deaths in Los Angeles. In fact, according to the Measure HLA campaign, 337 traffic fatalities were recorded last year, more than any time in L.A. history and the most of any city in the country. Cars are now also the number one killer of children in L.A. County. It’s well past time solutions are implemented to not only dramatically cut down on this statistic, but make the city one of multi-mobility solutions friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians. We believe Measure HLA (or “Healthy Streets L.A.”) on the ballots of Los Angeles voters will help do this. Vote Yes.
ENDORSEMENT: Katie Porter for United States Senate
Westside Voice acknowledges that California Democrats enjoy an abundance of riches in three great candidates for the United States Senate this year for the seat once held by Dianne Feinstein. Representative Adam Schiff is a bona fide national hero. We also admire Representative Barbara Lee, a proven progressive who was the lone vote against initiating our two decades of war in the Middle East. However, our choice for the Senate is middle-class champion Katie Porter of Orange County. Let’s talk about why, looking briefly at the other candidates.
ENDORSEMENTS: City of Los Angeles — Mayor – City Attorney – Controller
Mayor – We strongly endorse Karen Bass. Rick Caruso is LYING to you. The billionaire real estate developer (That should be enough to stop you right there) has been a Democrat for about 5 minutes, and his entire life has been dedicated to donating SUBSTANTIAL sums to forced-birth causes. He will merely "disappear" the homeless, just as Rudy Giuliani did in New York City in the 1990s. He’s offering “emergency beds,” not actually planning to provide them housing.
ENDORSEMENTS: Lieberman, Mignano, Rouse, and Tahvildaran-Jesswein for Santa Monica-Malibu Schools
School Districts and their School Boards became real punching bags during the heart of the COVID pandemic, none likely more so than that governing Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD). But using the best science they were given (and it would change at times!), and despite some clear academic and socializing deficits that have clearly resulted from students being home, I feel the district and its board have done comparatively well, and have continued to strive for improvement in student achievement and opportunity. Therefore, we believe Laurie Lieberman and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein deserve re-election for another term. We would like to see them joined by district parents Alicia Mignano and Stacy Rouse.
Vote Yes on L.A. City Measure HLA
Traffic fatalities among cyclists and pedestrians are skyrocketing. Several outlets already made news reporting that in 2023, traffic deaths outpaced homicide deaths in Los Angeles. In fact, according to the Measure HLA campaign, 337 traffic fatalities were recorded last year, more than any time in L.A. history and the most of any city in the country. Cars are now also the number one killer of children in L.A. County. It’s well past time solutions are implemented to not only dramatically cut down on this statistic, but make the city one of multi-mobility solutions friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians. We believe Measure HLA (or “Healthy Streets L.A.”) on the ballots of Los Angeles voters will help do this. Vote Yes.
ENDORSEMENT: Katie Porter for United States Senate
Westside Voice acknowledges that California Democrats enjoy an abundance of riches in three great candidates for the United States Senate this year for the seat once held by Dianne Feinstein. Representative Adam Schiff is a bona fide national hero. We also admire Representative Barbara Lee, a proven progressive who was the lone vote against initiating our two decades of war in the Middle East. However, our choice for the Senate is middle-class champion Katie Porter of Orange County. Let’s talk about why, looking briefly at the other candidates.
ENDORSEMENTS: City of Los Angeles — Mayor – City Attorney – Controller
Mayor – We strongly endorse Karen Bass. Rick Caruso is LYING to you. The billionaire real estate developer (That should be enough to stop you right there) has been a Democrat for about 5 minutes, and his entire life has been dedicated to donating SUBSTANTIAL sums to forced-birth causes. He will merely "disappear" the homeless, just as Rudy Giuliani did in New York City in the 1990s. He’s offering “emergency beds,” not actually planning to provide them housing.
ENDORSEMENTS: Lieberman, Mignano, Rouse, and Tahvildaran-Jesswein for Santa Monica-Malibu Schools
School Districts and their School Boards became real punching bags during the heart of the COVID pandemic, none likely more so than that governing Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD). But using the best science they were given (and it would change at times!), and despite some clear academic and socializing deficits that have clearly resulted from students being home, I feel the district and its board have done comparatively well, and have continued to strive for improvement in student achievement and opportunity. Therefore, we believe Laurie Lieberman and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein deserve re-election for another term. We would like to see them joined by district parents Alicia Mignano and Stacy Rouse.
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