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Zohran Mamdani resounding victory In the New York Democrat primary, the primary Democratic mayor transformed the leaders of progressive elected officials in Los Angeles.
Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez called him the “biggest victory for a socialist candidate probably in America”.
Council member Euniss Hernandez said Angelenos should take note.
“What it shows is that we can win. We can win in big cities,” she said.
Council member Jurado Ysabel Bursts out of excitement about the results of a city at 3,000 miles away.
“Having a mayor supported by DSA is incredible,” she said about the prospect of Mamdani, who was supported by the American Democratic Socialists, winning the general elections in November.
While Mamdani’s main upheaval against the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo Injected a new excitement in the left flank of the political scene of Los Angeles – a member of the DSA called him “we are so return” – he also highlighted very different political grounds in the two coastal cities, starting with executive leadership.
Mamdani is a 33 -year -old democratic socialist who was elected to the New York State assembly in 2020. He ran in the primary mayor Democrat in an extreme left program, promising to freeze rent in rent stabilized apartments and make city buses free.
Current mayor of New York, Eric Adamsrun as a democrat in 2021 but will be an independent candidate in the general elections, after The Ministry of Justice has abandoned accusations of corruption against him. In accordance with its offer to help the application of federal immigration laws if the accusations were abandoned, Adams has since tried to authorize immigration and customs agents in the prisons of the city (a judge blocked this plan after the municipal council continued).
South California, on the other hand, has become the epicenter of the president’s repression against undocumented immigrants and the mayor Bass karen was a outspokenness Critique of the president’s immigration program.
Trump Acceleration of immigration application and the subsequent deployment of California National Guard And US Marines In Los Angeles, the city’s progressive and moderate democratic politicians prompted to regroup and set aside their differences.
The members of the council on the left side cited the various political realities in the two cities by speaking of the election of the town hall of Los Angeles in 2026, with the field of candidates who took shape.
“We do not have a candidate on the left … as a progressive. We have the mayor Karen Bass, who runs again,” said Hernandez. “She evolves how she needs to move and did a good job at least in the management of this crisis in which we are at the moment.”
Hernandez said she focuses on the victory of her own re -election offer in a crowded field.
Soto-Martínez said the city was “besieged” by the federal government.
“We are trying to show the unity against the federal takeover of our city, and that’s what I feel right now, and that could change a year, but that’s what I feel,” he said. “I support the mayor and his re -election, and I think his roots of community organization are something we need at the moment.”
No progressive candidate appeared to run against the bass. Before the immigration raids, the performance of Bass following the devastating forest fires of January led to the speculation according to which it would again be disputed by the right by the businessman Rick Carusothat she beat with a direction in 2022. Caruso also weighs an offer for the governor.
Lefty Angelenos should not hold back his breath for a DSA candidate. Although the process is focused on members, Dsa-la at the moment does not plan to manage anyone for the mayor, said Marc Krauseco-president of DSA-La.
Krause said that the group’s objective is a legislative change, starting with the representation to the municipal council.
“I think that for DSA-La, our big goal and our recent strategy is to try to win a majority in the Los Angeles municipal council,” he said.
The Mamdani moment of DSA-La came when Hernandez and Soto-Martínez won in 2022, joining Nithya Ramanwho had support from the DSA during his elections in 2020.
“It proved to us that what we aimed at doing had a certain viability,” said Krause.
Jurado, also supported by DSA-La, joined the block in 2024.
These four have helped push the council to the left in recent years, to spend $ 30 minimum wages for workers in the tourism industry to vote for a budget that sought to slow down police hiring – Although those Hires can come back.
Krause cited a stronger rent stabilization order, a higher salary for city workers and an improvement in public transport infrastructure as the main legislative objectives of the DSA-La.
To ensure these victories, Krause hopes to elect eight members of the Municipal Council supported by the ADA or build a coalition with other elected officials who agree with the DSA-La champion policies.
And Krause said that the movement increased. The Night Mamdani won the primary, DSA -La has won 50 new members – without even trying.
“We are probably going to make more intentional recruitment,” said Krause.
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Playing state
– Innocent immigrants: Most of the undocumented immigrants arrested between June 1 and 10 by immigration and the application of customs in the Los Angeles region had no criminal convictionAccording to an analysis of the Times. Examination of data from Expulsion data projectA standard of UC Berkeley law application, revealed that 69% of those arrested had no criminal conviction and 58% had never been accused of a crime.
– The reception has sailed: A federal judge decided Do not put Los Angeles’ homeless programs in sequestration On Tuesday, although he found that the city had not joined under the terms of a legal settlement focused on the treatment of the humanitarian crisis on the street.
– Trump follows: The city has taken measures to continue the Trump administration to prevent immigration agents from making unconstitutional judgments or arrests. The seven members of the council who signed the letter asking City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto To prioritize the “immediate legal action” against the administration, argued that the dispute is necessary to prevent racial profiling and illegal detention of Angelenos.
– Union Doozy: The County Agreement of Los Angeles with its greatest labor union will cost more than $ 2 billion More than three years, according to the office of County Management. The agreement with Seiu 721, which represents 55,000 county workers, includes a bonus of $ 5,000 in the first year. The members of the union must still ratify the agreement.
—Californie vs. Atout: Trump administration may soon be Obliged to hand over the documents Linked to the activities of military southern California, a federal judge said on Tuesday. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States had previously enabled Trump to maintain control of the California National Guard.
– School budget: The Los Angeles Board of Education Approved a budget of $ 18.8 billion This allows the district to avoid layoffs this year, partly by reducing the contributions offered to a trust fund for health benefits of retirees.
Rapid blows
- Where is inside safely? The mayor’s homeless program went to Marmion Way and North Avenue 57 in the district of the Euniss Hernandez council, according to the mayor’s office.
- On next week’s file: The municipal council takes place in summer recess from Wednesday and will be ooo until July 29.
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