CD 14 CANDIDATE TOWN HALL – A Conversation With Ysabel Jurado

PLEASE JOIN LARABA AND ADCCLA FOR A CD 14 CANDIDATE TOWN HALL

A Conversation With Ysabel Jurado

September 21st

5:30 to 7:00

RSVP on the image and ask Ysabel a question.

Ysabel Jurado is a tenants rights attorney, single mom, daughter of undocumented immigrants, lifelong long Angeleno, and candidate to become the next Councilmember for District 14. After knocking over 85,000 doors through grassroots efforts, Ysabel earned first place in a crowded primary election of 8 candidates, including the incumbent and two other seated elected officials.

Born and raised in Highland Park, she attended Pasadena City College and put herself through college at UCLA, where she completed her bachelor’s degree. After graduating, she went on to UCLA School of Law, where she graduated with a Juris Doctorate with specializations in Critical Race Studies and the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. She did it all while raising her daughter, Stella.

As a housing rights attorney, Ysabel fought to stop tenant evictions and stood side by side with community organizations and small businesses that were at risk of losing their leases. Her practice has focused in particular on building pathways to home-ownership for communities of color, the preservation of open space, and the decommodification of housing.

Ysabel is running for District 14 because she understands the immense powers the City Council holds in Los Angeles – and has watched local representatives betray her community time and again. Her platform focuses on increasing access to housing, ending homelessness, supporting small businesses, and building a more just economy for all. She has earned the endorsements of countless progressive organizations, unions, democratic clubs, and high profile elected officials – including the LA Democratic Party, the LA Federation of Labor, the Working Families Party, Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman, and Hugo Soto Martinez, Speaker Emeritus Anthony Rendon, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, LA Controller Kenneth Mejia, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis, and more.

(Bio provided by the campaign)

THE IDEA

ADCCLA and LARABA have a long history of civic and community engagement. In these unprecedented times, we felt the need for a different approach. Instead of the traditional debate format, we are creating a unique town hall of neighbors so each candidate can have a conversation with us about the issues impacting our lives.

This election cycle has delivered two candidates out of a vast field: These include Council District 14 incumbent Kevin DeLeon and Civil Rights Attorney Ysabel Jurado.

THE PROCESS

As part of our process, we reached out to both Candidates in early July to suggest holding individual town halls. The idea was to give the candidates a more intimate platform to discuss issues directly impacting the Arts District community and CD 14 as a whole. This is a unique opportunity to hear from a candidate seeking your vote in November.

ArtshareLA has graciously offered to host the candidates in their theater, and we reserved the 14th and 21st of September. The first respondent got to select the date.

LARABA and ADCCLA have not and do not endorse political candidates. We are holding this town hall as a community service.

THE OUTCOME

Ms. Jurado’s team responded first and selected the 21st.

Despite our repeated efforts, Mr. De Leon’s team showed no meaningful interest in participating. After extending two deadlines, we notified Mr. De Leon’s campaign manager that the window had closed and that we had to release the venue.

While we are disappointed that we won’t be able to host both candidates to hear their visions for our community, we are thrilled to have Ms. Jurado join us on the 21st to share hers.