AIDA WILL MAKE LA
MORE EQUITABLE and fair BY
supporting renters
Holding slumlords accountable.
Rents are going up while buildings are falling apart. Over one in ten households report that they have mice or roaches in their homes, and that number doubles for low-income households. Every Angeleno deserves a safe and healthy place to live. The City Attorney should ensure that landlords are making repairs, but Hydee closed the Code Enforcement Unit that went after slumlords, so they are not facing any responsibility for creating uninhabitable conditions for tenants. As City Attorney, Aida will hold slumlords accountable for refusing to do repairs. She will reopen the Code Enforcement Unit, and also expand it to include violations of the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance, which includes protecting tenants from landlords that try to push tenants out of their homes through harassment or refusing to do repairs. Landlords will be held responsible for failing to provide safe homes for tenants.
Increasing housing stock.
There are thousands of vacant units that sit empty in Los Angeles while Angelenos sit on the streets. We need a vacancy tax in Los Angeles that penalizes landlords for setting high rents on units that keep them vacant. The City Council already unanimously voted to start considering a vacancy tax back in 2020, but neither the current or prior City Attorneys wrote one. Now, in 2025, Los Angeles is behind cities like Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. that have all already passed a vacancy tax. As City Attorney, Aida will write an effective vacancy tax that will increase available housing stock in Los Angeles. There is a vacant unit per each unhoused person, with the tax, we can make these units available.
Protecting constitutional rights
Ending unreasonable search and seizure.
As a result of racial profiling, people of color are pulled over for pretextual stops and subjected to searches at disproportionate rates, while serious traffic violations go uninvestigated. An analysis by ABC7 of LAPD traffic stops from the last decade showed Black people were four times more likely to be stopped by police than White people. This bias doesn’t stop at cars, Latinos make up two-thirds of all bike traffic stops. People riding bikes are four times more likely to be subjected to a search than people in a car or walking. We need law enforcement to investigate crimes and not subject people to unreasonable search and seizure based on their mode of transport or their appearance. All Angelenos have a right to be protected from profiling. As City Attorney, Aida will implement a policy to ensure that cases are reviewed for any evidence of violation of constitutional rights, and that only cases where criminal activity was properly investigated are filed.
Oppose ICE raids & Trump aggression.
Our city is a testing ground for increased militarization and persecution of people of color and immigrants. Although Trump is failing to follow the law, we, as political leaders, should block any tools that may assist him. CalMatters reported that police are sharing data from Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras with ICE. This information could also potentially be used against people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care. Law enforcement should have to obtain a warrant to get this data, but by using Flock cameras or Palantir data, they circumvent constitutional rights by buying it. As City Attorney, Aida will oppose any cooperation with ICE, propose a stronger Sanctuary City policy that stops information sharing with ICE, and propose renewing funds for immigration legal assistance, something she previously counseled the City on while working at the City Attorney’s office. She will also join other political leaders in suing Trump, as well as companies enabling Trump and ICE.
Making LA Safer for All Angelenos
Taking concrete action to make our streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
For the past two years, more people have died at the hands of traffic violence than homicides, at rates not seen in decades. Aida has personally known many people who have been harmed by traffic violence, and how they were unable to obtain help from the City. As City Attorney, Aida will examine the history of instances where the City was sued for its failure to ensure that the streets were safe, and advise the City to make changes to problem areas to prevent future liabilities. Los Angeles is the capital for hit and runs in the country, and for leniency when it comes to vehicular crimes. Aida will make sure that these crimes are taken seriously and investigated properly. The City has a responsibility to make sure that Angelenos feel safe in our streets.
Providing support for victims of domestic and sexual violence.
Domestic violence is one of the main drivers of homelessness. Aida wants to provide more assistance to victims that she saw being overlooked at the City Attorney’s office, and employ more social workers to provide support and resources to victims. Additionally, she wants to incorporate rehabilitation for these crimes. Aida wants to provide more supportive frameworks to allow victims to report these crimes and get assistance. She will reopen the Family Violence Unit that Hydee closed, which focused on domestic and sexual violence crimes, and expand it to also include pursuing restraining orders to remove weapons from homes involving intimate partner violence. Victims should feel comfortable reporting their experiences and getting the support they need from the City.
Caring for our environment.
In the face of climate change, Los Angeles still remains the smoggiest city in the country. As the City’s prosecutor, Aida will reopen the Environmental Crimes Unit that Hydee closed to prosecute environmental crimes to protect vulnerable residents, like those in Porter Ranch that suffered from a methane leak. She will bring civil or criminal actions against polluters, and work to move the City Council towards banning oil wells near homes in LA.