Political sophisticates say the ads are designed to boost Huang's profile in the mayor's race, pulling votes from Councilmember Nithya Raman.
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We’ve reached the point in L.A. ’s city election season where a juicy piece of news is popping off every day. With a little over two weeks until the June 2 election, the campaigns’ remarks are getting more scathing, the spending more expensive and the scramble by supporters to get their chosen candidates into the top two more intense. Like everyone else, we’re struggling to keep track of it all.
In the meantime, here are a few of the more unusual moments from the past week:, to boost Pratt’s chances of making the Nov. 3 runoff election. Those observers say the mayor and her allies would rather run against Pratt, a Republican in a heavily Democratic city, than Raman during the campaign’s second round. Now, another ad is up. But this time it’s from the Los Angeles Police Protective League, another union that is backing Bass’ reelection.
Like the County Fed ad focused on Pratt, it’s not so much a lacerating attack as it is a list of the candidate’s beliefs.
“She supports the anti-business Green New Deal to increase taxes on corporations to provide free public transportation,” the digital ad says. Once again, political sophisticates see a ruse, saying the police union is trying to lift Huang’s profile among voters, helping her pull support away from one of Bass’ top rivals, CouncilmemberTom Saggau said the union is alerting voters that Huang “hates cops, corporations and real estate developers and voters should be aware.
” “It’s extremely important for voters to know about Rae Huang’s reckless plans to dismantle the police department and blow the city budget with free public transportation and other giveaways,” he said. Huang said on social media that the police union is going after her because “they know change is possible. ” At the same time, she acknowledged the ads were somewhat flattering.
“I think LAPD’s a little scared of me because they just spent over $100,000 in attack ads against me,” she said in a campaign video. “But they’re making me look good, so ... thank you! ”“They aren’t trying to stop you they are trying to boost you,” he wrote.
With the primary campaign nearly over, impatient Raman supporters have been taking matters into their own hands, calling on Huang to drop out and ensure that Bass faces an opponent to her left. , a Raman voter who lives in Echo Park, said he wants Raman in the top two. Voters shouldn’t squander their chance at getting a progressive mayor and creating change at City Hall, he told The Times.
“Your campaign is broke, you have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning, and you’re costing us the most progressive viable candidate we have. It’s time to drop out!!! ” he wrote, in a response to a Huang post. During a Q-and-A posted on Reddit, she pushed back at the idea that her campaign is splintering the progressive vote, arguing that she views Raman as “neoliberal,” not progressive.
Raman has shifted her positions on police hiring, anti-encampment laws and Measure ULA, the tax on high-end real estate sales, Huang’s campaign said.
“I would not consider Nithya to be a progressive candidate, full stop. I do see her as being continuing to be a part of the establishment,” Huang said. As she battles to get into the top two, Raman launched a broadside against Bass this week, accusing her of engaging in multiple “pay-to-play” deals.
, she accused Bass of negotiating “a sweetheart LAPD Union contract that bankrupted the city and a convention center expansion that will cost us over $4 billion after debt payments. ” Special interests that supported those deals are now reciprocating, Raman said, by campaigning for the mayor. Raman offered what she said is a fresh example of pay-to-play politics: the mayor’s push to allow owners of second homes to rent those places out on Airbnb or otherThe Central City Assn.
, which supports the move, announced plans this week to spend $1 million on a campaign supporting Bass. A large part of its funding is coming from Airbnb, which also favors the idea. The downtown-based business group also supported Bass on the Convention Center. Bass has been defending her policy moves, saying the police raises were needed to keep officers from taking more lucrative jobs in other cities.
The Convention Center expansion will boost tourism and a struggling downtown, Bass said. The mayor also reiterated her support for the vacation rental policy, saying it would only be temporary, generating additional taxes for the city while ensuring more beds are available for the 2028 Olympic Games.called the allegations “another conspiracy theory from a failing candidate who is grasping at straws after her debate disasters and polling showing she won’t make the runoff.
” “The City should absolutely be exploring every way to maximize the economic benefit from the Olympics and to generate revenues paid by visitors, not Angelenos,” he said in a statement. , who heads the CCA, struck a similar note, praising Bass for supporting pro-business policies and calling Raman’s assertions “ridiculous. ”If the mayor’s race has been blowing up, the contest for Los Angeles County Sheriff has been downright sleepy.
, now seeking a second 4-year term, holds a substantial financial edge over the rest of the field, according to the most recent batch of fundraising reports. , one of the eight candidates running to unseat Luna, said the campaign had a single candidate forum in Compton, and that neither Luna nor Villanueva took part. You can’t put a price on a mother’s love. Or can you?
The independent expenditure committee working to elect city controller candidatecontinued its campaign spending spree this week, reporting it had paid out nearly $4.8 million by Thursday. The latest tranche of money went towarda planned $30 hourly minimum wage for hotel and airport workers, in the hope of persuading business leaders to drop a planned ballot measure to. Under the plan, the hourly wage would reach $30 in 2030, instead of summer 2028.
The move is not final and more deliberations are planned next week. , vice president of state affairs for the LA28 Organizing Committee, assured legislators that his committee has a “wonderful working relationship” with the Trump administration. L.A. is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars if the games lose serious money.showed Bass continuing to lead the pack of candidates in the mayor’s race, with Pratt in second and Raman third.
, vice president of voter data firm Political Data Inc., questioned the poll’s accuracy, saying it oversampled Latinos and undersampled people over 50. L.A. County voters historically have been generous about sales tax hikes, signing off on increases to pay for public transit and homeless servcies.
But with the public reeling fromheld a star-studded fundraiser for Pratt at their home, one that featured McPhee singing a parodied version of Tina Turner’s “The Best,” according to a videoThe mayor’s signature program to combat homelessness went to Boyle Heights this week, tackling encampments at Hollenbeck Park and at the entry to the Sixth Street Bridge. The area is represented by CouncilmemberThe council meets Tuesday to take another stab at renegotiating the terms of the $30-per-hour wage hike for airport and hotel workers.
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