Peoples' Campaign to win power and build a Peoples' Democratic Workers' Party. Street
Committee ID#: 1420796
Committee to Elect Cliff Smith for Los Angeles City Council District 8 2020
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03/24/2026
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/labor-union-members-elections-cwcp
Labor Wins When They Run Union Members for Office A new report from the Center for Working-Class Politics, Arizona State University’s Center for Work and Democracy, and Jacobin shows how labor can play to its strengths — and win. The secret? Run more union members for office.
03/24/2026
City Controller Mejia Admonishes that LA Underspent at Least $473M on Homelessness - MyNewsLA.com The city of Los Angeles spent only about half of the money it had available for homelessness efforts in fiscal year 2025-26, according to an analysis released Monday by the City Controller’s Office. According to the study, the homelessness budget for that fiscal year was $961 million, or about $1....
03/19/2026
LAPD plans to install 18 cameras on Western Avenue to watch s*x workers and traffickers Advocates warn the increase in surveillance would displace s*x workers and worry that the city is attempting to clear the area ahead of the FIFA World Cup and Summer Olympics.
03/14/2026
How long a life can you expect in LA? Gap widens between rich and poor areas of county Average life expectancy went down slightly compared to the previous study released in 2017.
03/13/2026
Advocates concerned city has not reviewed LA28 plan for homelessness, human trafficking No date for the report's release has been set, leaving human rights advocates fearing the issues will not get the attention and funding they deserve.
03/09/2026
Airbnb Says More Short-Term Rentals Will Boost L.A.’s Budget. Opponents Say It Won’t Work. Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.
03/05/2026
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-05/ice-siren-la-activists
This hip L.A. neighborhood is installing emergency sirens to warn of ICE raids Community activists are installing sirens across Highland Park in hopes of providing warnings on mobile devices to residents about possible ICE raids.
02/28/2026
L.A. City Council should expand to 25 members, charter reform commission says Supporters say a larger council will better represent smaller ethnic groups, including Black and Asian American and Pacific Islander residents.
12/21/2025
Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry & Commerce Assn., was among the diverse array of Bass supporters gathered on stage at Trade-Tech to voice their endorsements.
Waldman told The Times that he is supporting the mayor in his personal capacity, though VICA has not yet endorsed.
In 2022, Waldman and VICA supported Caruso, and Waldman spoke at some Caruso events.
He said he switched to Bass this time partly because of his unhappiness with the $30-minimum wage for airport and hotel workers passed by the City Council earlier this year. Businesses cannot move quickly enough to raise worker wages without laying off other workers, he said.
Waldman said that Bass arranged for him to meet with Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who then introduced a motion that would phase in the minimum wage increase over a longer period. The current law brings the wage up to $30 by 2028, while Harris-Dawson wants the $30 minimum to start in 2030.
“Bass was instrumental in making that happen, and we appreciate that,” Waldman said.
Harris-Dawson, a Bass ally, was at the campaign kickoff but did not make a speech.
Some were not pleased with his minimum wage proposal. Yvonne Wheeler, who is president of the Los Angeles County Federal of Labor and was at the Bass event, called it “shameful.” Soto-Martínez, who co-sponsored the minimum wage ordinance, also opposes Harris-Dawson’s proposal.
Who is Bass running against? 'The billionaire class,' she says Karen Bass hosted her first reelection campaign event last Saturday, saying Angelenos would have a choice between 'working people and the billionaire class.'