Lindsey Horvath Considers LA Mayor Run, Addresses Palisades Fire Accountability

Potential LA Mayoral Candidacy

• 💡 Lindsey Horvath is seriously considering a run for Los Angeles Mayor, acknowledging significant public and labor leader encouragement.
• 🧠 The decision is weighed heavily due to her commitment to her current County Supervisor role and the people she serves.
• 🎯 She believes she could win the race and bring a different kind of leadership to the city.

Palisades Fire Rebuilding and Accountability

• 🔥 Residents are frustrated with the response to the Palisades Fire, demanding answers beyond just rebuilding efforts.
• 🔍 Horvath calls for an outside investigation into how the fire started and why residents felt abandoned, citing a lack of trust in official reports.
• ⚠️ She criticizes the Trump administration's executive order on cutting red tape, calling it chaos and emphasizing the need for federal funding rather than political maneuvering.

ICE-Free Zones and Immigration Enforcement

• 🚫 Horvath supports the motion to create ICE-free zones in Los Angeles County to ensure safe access to services for all residents.
• ⚖️ She asserts that ICE should request permission to enter county spaces, emphasizing that they must follow the law.
• 🗣️ She condemns the tactics of immigration enforcement, stating it causes chaos and terror rather than safety.

Homelessness Services and Housing Department

• 🏘️ The new Department of Homelessness and Housing Services has been launched to improve accountability and oversight of funds.
• 📊 This move reclaims dollars previously mismanaged by LAHSA, which faced audit failures and could not account for public funds.
• ✅ The department aims to implement strict accounting practices and best practices to address the humanitarian crisis effectively.

LA28 Olympics and Casey Wasserman

• 🏅 Horvath believes LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman should step down due to his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
• ⚖️ She questions the organization's commitment to valuing women when its leader has ties to a convicted human trafficker.
• ✊ She calls for the LA28 board to take action if Wasserman does not resign.