SAFE AND SECURE – Over the past year, I’ve completed five ride-alongs with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), including patrols in the San Fernando Valley. I don’t show up to campaign. I show up to listen, observe, and understand what our LAPD officers and our neighborhoods are up against. If I’m elected to City Council, public safety won’t just be a campaign talking point; it will be my top priority.
Because right now, too many Los Angeles families and businesses do not feel safe in their own communities. Violent crime, gang activity, rampant retail theft, and homelessness tied to addiction and untreated mental illness have become daily realities. Response times are too slow. Break-ins go unanswered. And public spaces, our parks, schools, and sidewalks, are not being protected the way Angelenos deserve, and the City has stopped enforcing its own rules.
Los Angeles must reaffirm a simple principle: public safety is non-negotiable…