Rae Huang: Housing Advocate for LA Mayor

0:00Ray Huang is storing her hat in the ring for Los Angeles mayor, coming straight from the nonprofit trenches as a housing advocate and democratic. Socialist. She's no politician yet, but she's battled city hall over housing crises and folks needing just one job to get by. Huang points to wins like Measure ULA and the Olympic Wage. Stuff communities pushed because leaders weren't stepping up. She's all in on Measure ULA, saying it's cut homelessness numbers through tenant protections and senior support, with cash now flowing to build. Affordable Units. Risa reports back her up-no-delays in new housing supply, but she slams top-down tweaks by mayor bass, pushing for community-led changes instead, backed even by affordable housing developers. Angelinos are fed up with billions spent on homelessness going to waste, fraud, and shady deals like fake boards at LAH, S.A. Huong wants a median. Audits of inside safe, full transparency with public dashboards, and open bidding.

1:02To fund oversight, she'd shift bucks from police to community services, noting cuts to youth and aging departments while cops get more. Her big picture? Build coalitions across city, county, and state for a real infrastructure plan hitting renewable energy by 2035. The unarmed crisis-response city-wide, fire, police chief McDonald, for ignoring state laws on masks and protests, tax billionaires for revenue, make, buses free, and launch participatory budgeting so residents call the shots. Huong stands out as a grounded pastor and coalition builder, ready to unite a divided city, prioritizing workers, families, and real safety over silos, and status quo spending. California News Today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.