Kenneth Mejia's victory is the latest win for L.A. leftist activists, a powerful force in local elections who have pushed for big changes to City Hall’s approach to policing and homelessness.
Another batch of results is expected Friday as Karen Bass and Rick Caruso vie to become the next Los Angeles mayor.worked at Ernst & YoungHe also co-founded a community group focused on helping the unhoused and low-income families and became an activist with the LA Tenants Union.
A onetime member of the Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council, Mejia unsuccessfully ran for the same congressional district three times, including twice as a member of the Green Party.in 2018 over the city’s plan to put a homeless shelter in the neighborhood, Mejia met Nguyen, who was starting the homeless advocacy group KTown for All. A graphic Nguyen made for the People’s Budget LA Coalition in April 2020 showing L.A. spent $3.
“He was running a completely different type of campaign,” Cole said. “It was fresh and it stood out.” while the text describes how some firefighters and police officers earn city salaries despite living out of state.and digital maps that he created using city data. At a meeting earlier this year of the city’s Animal Services commission, Mejia warned the commissioners and managers at the department, which has faced criticism for the care of its animals, that he could use subpoena power to get documents.
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