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Victories by @nithyavraman in Los Angeles and @Janeese4DC in Washington DC show the Left-YIMBY alliance is taking over American big city housing politics. politico.com/news/2026/11/06…
ALT Raman and Lewis George’s ascendance follows that of Zohran Mamdani in New York last year who similarly married socialist and YIMBY perspectives during his successful mayoral campaign. All three politicians were endorsed by local chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America and have moved past the far left’s deep-seated skepticism that private developers can play a role in making housing more affordable. “It’s thrilling,” said Paul Williams, who served on Mamdani’s transition team and is executive director of the New York-based think tank Center for Public Enterprise. “When Mamdani got elected, there was almost an only-Nixon-could-go-to-China attitude that some people had about this. But then Janeese ran on it. And Nithya ran on it. Now it’s just, this is what’s happening in America now.”
Thank you @LAFwdInstitute for a fantastic gathering 🙌
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As this image approaches 10M views, remember it is not just about SF. It is about the thinly veiled progressive goodness they use to argue against giving the next generation a chance in CA.
Hundreds of #SanFrancisco Marina residents turned out this evening for townhall on controversial @Safeway housing plan, which would place what for many is an uncomfortably tall, 22 & 18 story project at the low-slung neighborhood’s waterfront.
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Let's talk about LA Mayoral power in the context of homelessness.
There’s a common misconception that the Mayor has little power in LA.
Having been blocked from auditing the Mayor’s homelessness efforts and programs, I can tell you that the Mayor has ENORMOUS POWER.
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ALT Los Angeles times article Street homelessness went up in Los Angeles. In Nithya Raman district, it was nearly cut in half
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By now you’ve probably seen the reports: despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent—and repeated assurances that Los Angeles had turned a corner—unsheltered homelessness increased by nearly 8% in this city. That is a moral outrage. And it is a failure of leadership.
Homelessness is not an unsolvable problem. It's a mismanaged one.
In my district, we are moving decisively in the opposite direction. While unsheltered homelessness rose citywide, the number of unsheltered people directly counted in my district fell by 49%. And that is because we took a different approach. We track every case, break through the barriers holding up placements, connect people with housing and care, and stay involved until they are housed.
As mayor, I will bring that approach—and those results—citywide.
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“Securing $900 million for HHAP was only possible by convening a wide coalition with a targeted and relentless focus. We are so grateful to everyone who helped move our legislators toward making homelessness the policy priority it is,” said ICLC Senior Policy Advisor @JedLeano.
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📣CALL 2 ACTION📣
Blocking transit to block housing threatens progress toward building affordable, resilient & inclusive communities. Join ICLC in asking the Assembly Standing Committee on Local Gov to vote YES on @SenMariaEDurazo's #SB1361 on July 1! bit.ly/SB-1361
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Inner City Law Center celebrates the CA legislature’s $900 million support for #HHAP funding! HHAP plays a crucial role in supporting vital programs fighting to end homelessness in CA. We urge @CAgovernor to sign the legislature-recommended budget to award crucial funds to HHAP!
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Angelenos are frustrated right now. I'm frustrated right now.
That's why I decided to run.
If it feels like the mayor isn't listening, drags her feet, and isn't focused on the things that matter most in people's daily lives...that's because it's true.
You deserve leaders who show up, do the work, and fight for you every day.
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Inner City Law Center is proud to share that all three of our cosponsored bills to address #housing and #homelessness — #AB1899, #AB1924, #AB2433 — have moved on to the California State Senate!🎉
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Inner City Law Center's Director of Public Policy Mahdi Manji discusses his thoughts on the upcoming implementation of SB 79, and the balancing of affordability and possibility. Read more at LAist: laist.com/news/los-angeles-s…
Focused. Humble. Intellectually curious. Nithya is all the things I hope my son becomes one day.
I’m incredibly honored that voters have given us the opportunity to advance to the general election for Mayor of Los Angeles.
To the thousands of supporters who knocked doors, made calls, sent texts, donated, and opened their homes for events across the city, and to everyone else who made this moment possible: thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Now our fight for a healthier, safer, more affordable, and more joyful Los Angeles continues. For too long, City Hall has prioritized giving political advantage to powerful interests that fund elections. Meanwhile, working people pay the price in higher rents, depleted services, and a city that has stopped working for them.
If you’re as frustrated by the broken status quo as I am, I hope you’ll join our movement to build a city that works for everyone.
One third of one percent. That’s what California spends on homelessness, and even that id being cut. We have to invest in solutions that work. HHAP works.
33 CA Assemblymembers signed on in support of $1 billion for HHAP (Homeless Housing Assistance & Prevention) but we still need more support to make it happen!
📣 Please call or tweet your representatives & ask them to support $1 billion for HHAP! assembly.ca.gov/assemblymemb… (🧵1/3)
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33 CA Assemblymembers signed on in support of $1 billion for HHAP (Homeless Housing Assistance & Prevention) but we still need more support to make it happen!
📣 Please call or tweet your representatives & ask them to support $1 billion for HHAP! assembly.ca.gov/assemblymemb… (🧵1/3)
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In Sacramento last week advocating for HHAP funding with @InnerCityLaw. Proud to represent @SDHFtweets and the affordable housing developers who rely on HHAP funds to finance permanent supportive housing. Thanks @JedLeano for organizing a great Advocacy Day!
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Inner City Law Center is proud of the success of our HHAP Lobby Day, June 1! Over a dozen orgs gathered together to advocate for $1 billion in funding for HHAP (Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention).
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“Criminalization and arrests of people being unhoused is the most expensive response to homelessness that you can possibly have,” — Jed Leano, ICLC Senior Policy Advisor
ICLC’s @JedLeano explores which policies are most successful in addressing homelessness, and why.
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Homelessness in LA is a humanitarian crisis. And our response isn't working.
The city has the money to fix this. But we are not moving urgently enough to use this money on what works and demand that every dollar we spend moves as many people off the streets and into safety as possible.
Angelenos have voted three times to tax themselves to respond to this crisis with services and housing. What's been missing is someone willing to do the hard work to build a *system* that really works.
I'm running to change that. Read my full at the link in bio.
