Karen Bass is proposing a $124 million increase to the LAPD's operational budget. This would bring their total budget to north of $3.6 billion

Budget Bar chart. The bigger the category or department's budget, the longer the bar is. Department Total Budget Police ($3.6B) $3.557.628.561 Other Special Purpose Funds ($2.5B) $2,545,282,776 Fire ($1.5B) $1.514.594.136 Sanitation ($1.1B) $1.069.890,629 Capital & Tech Improvements ($810M) $810,064,173 Wastewater Special Purpose Fund $499,903,538 Street Services $478,429,289 Recreation and Park $474.630.679 Transportation $398,059,754 Housing $384,921,950 Library $365,127,957 City Attorney $314,177,826 Building and Safety $262,923,803 Prop. A Local Transit Assist. Fund $253,358,910 Engineering $242.677,110 Other Agencies $183,707,300 Mavor $154.374.858 Bond Redemption and Interest $115,952,089 Finance $112.615.965 City Planning $111,561,348 Community Investment for Families $108,447,983 Council $106.132.869 Street Lighting $92,072,310 City Administrative Officer $88,310,805 Contract Administration $84.235,266 Prop. C Anti-Gridlock Tr

MAYOR'S $14.8 BILLION PROPOSED CITY OF LA BUDGET JUST DROPPED‼️

FEW HIGHLIGHTS 🧵

🚔 LAPD: $223 Million INCREASE to $3.6 Billion

Includes increases in salaries, overtime, pensions, benefits, liability claims, & more. Includes hiring 510 officers to maintain a force of 8,555.

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If you want a better Los Angeles, join our movement! 🌞

Our volunteers are taking on the streets of Los Angeles, door by door, to listen to the issues our community is facing and sharing the ways Rae’s vision will change things.

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Get in friends, we’re ditching traffic and riding to CicLAvia 🚌🚉🚲

Meet us outside of Good People Coffee on Santa Monica Blvd for a day rooted in art, community, and connection. We’re excited to imagine what Los Angeles could feel like when we center society around public transit.

Real safety means accountability, prevention and protection, and we're ready to address the LAPD’s lack thereof head on.

Our neighborhoods are starved for resources while paying for a protection racket for one of the biggest legal gangs in the world.

This is why we need @raeforla.com !

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Rae’s vision of a safe, affordable, and sustainable Los Angeles is spreading throughout the city!

Our volunteers talked to Angelenos almost every day this week, learning exactly what issues matter to you.

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ONE NIGHT ONLY 📣 Q&A Session with Survivor Legend Parvati Shallow and LA Mayoral Candidate Rae Huang 🔥

Come to a Q&A session this week with Survivor Legend Parvati Shallow and Rae Huang.

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1/3 ENDORSEMENT ALERT 🚨🔥 We are beyond proud and honored to be endorsed by Feel the Bern San Fernando Valley!

Feel the Bern SFV strives to expand community involvement in social justice by uplifting the values of a truly people-powered movement.

1/2 Back in February, we took a deeper look at the negative impact ICE has had on our communities. We heard directly from our neighbors about these harrowing encounters and the ripple effect of these abductions, and the way everyday Angelenos — and not City Hall or LAPD —

Welcome to our new segment: Where’s Rae in LA Today 📍🚌

City Hall doesn’t always see what daily life actually looks like, so every day, Rae will be somewhere in Los Angeles—listening, learning, and building relationships. Los Angeles doesn’t need another campaign that talks at people.

Our lives are interwoven, and it gives us a glimmer of hope for peace.

Together, we acknowledged that the fight for liberation is a united one. While we fight to end from occupation and surveillance across the world, we also fight for our own freedom from occupation and surveillance in our own communities.

It was moving to be with Angelenos who drove from all ends of the city to join together in solidarity to remember Palestinian, prisoners of war, of which hundreds are children. Some of us like myself spent time in the West Bank. Another recounted family members in Palestine.

No two days will look the same in “where’s Rae for LA today?” because every day, Rae will come meet you in YOUR neighborhoods to hear what you want to see your Mayor do for this city.

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🪩 11:00-???pm | bailando con Cumbiatón
Come dance the night away and hear Rae speak at Cumbiatón! ¡Es Sábado y el cuerpo lo sabe!

This campaign goes where the people are. Tell us where Rae should go next: www.raeforla.com/wheres-rae?u... 💌

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☕️ 2:15-2:45pm | Yala
Need a caffeine break? Or a lil’ matcha? Meet up with Rae at Yala coffee shop, Yalla means Let’s go—so let’s get on our way ☕️

🎠 6:30-8:30pm | Renaissance Pleasure Faire
Fairies! Goblins! Pirates! Meet us at the Ren Faire and escape the city for a while with Rae.

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Red background with pink text: Instead of asking you to come to a campaign event, Rae is coming to you. To your block. Your school. Your small business. Your place of worship. Your community gathering. Not for a speech. Not for a photo. But for real talk. Because the best ideas for the city aren’t behind closed doors – they’re out here, with Angelenos living it every day.

Come say hello at any of our stops today! 🌞👋🏽

Whether you pull up on the Metro or walk a neighborhood over, follow us in real time today!

On the schedule:

🌾 1:00-2:00pm | Silverlake Meadows
Come canvass & create content with us! Join us to knock doors, spend time with each other & get to know Rae!

Real safety means funding things like infrastructure, after-school programs, or sanitation, not hemorrhaging city money by giving the LAPD nearly half of our budget. Angelenos deserve to live in a city with services, not a standing army.

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Mayor Karen Bass, who is releasing her budget proposal for the city of LA on Monday, is skipping the People's Budget presentation tonight, after attending for the last three years. Anyone who wants to catch the People's Budget presentation can watch it here: www.instagram.com/blmlosangele...

The police are defunding us.

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Canvassing isn’t just important for our campaign, it’s a genuine way to meet your neighbors and build real community - and it’s more fun than you’d think. Just take it from Jeremiah, one of our volunteers! ⭐️

We know so many of us are living through difficult times right now.

April 16th, 2026 Members of the Los Angeles City Council 200 North Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Re: Charter Reform Process - Council File 26-0489 Dear Honorable Councilmembers, This Council is about to enter one of its busiest stretches in recent history. In addition to the annual budget process, we will be considering Charter reform, potential amendments to Measure ULA, a number of revenue-generating ballot measures, and multiple citizen initiatives. We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully request that City Council engage in a thorough and inclusive review of the Charter Reform Commission’s (CRC) recommendations:

LA Charter reform is about to head to City Council -- but *will the process be set up for success?*

🧵Check out our SIX key asks for a *thorough, inclusive* review of the Charter Reform Commission's recommendations below:

📨Have your org sign on at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Making Los Angeles more walkable and improving its public transit isn’t just good for commuters; it’s how we make this city more interconnected to feel like a community.

I talked with @hasanabirepeater.bsky.social on ICE Out day in January about it. Let's improve our livability, together. 📢

On April 14th in 1699, Sikhs formally created the Khalsa: a radical commitment to collective liberation built on the revolutionary teachings of Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak.

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Grateful to speak on leadership and mentorship during Climate Week at the Green Jobs Pavillion(@greenjobsboard)!

As I run for Mayor of Los Angeles, I’m committed to real climate solutions. Developing a clean and green infrastructure for LA is one of four core pillars of our campaign.

Mayoral candidate and current City Council member Nithya Raman voted yes to this today… why?

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RAE HUANG is on the pod today! She is *the* progressive choice for Mayor of LA ❤️

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Damon Lindelof Reveals Why He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Letter "Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town," Damon Lindelof said Monday on why he signed an anti-Paramount-WBD merger letter.

“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town...“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers... And they’re all about to get f*cked”

Damon Lindelof Reveals Reason He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Missive