From left to right: Rafael De La Rosa, Janaya Williams, Taylor Bazley, Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro.
Mayoral candidates in Los Angeles love to offer plans and make promises. But in L.A., City Hall is more likely to follow than to lead. Change here has always come from Angelenos themselves, and the ways we interact with each other and cope with the accidents, disasters, and ongoing challenges that define life in L.A. Before June’s first-round mayoral election, Zócalo tunes out the politicians and asks the people: what do we want for Los Angeles, and how might we get it? What will it take to improve our diminishing quality of life, reduce the cost of living, and improve our schools? And what are people prepared to do to make Los Angeles more just, safe, healthy, beautiful, and equitable?
USC political scientist Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, Green Qween co-founder and CEO Taylor Bazley, and CSUN government and community relations assistant vice president Rafael de la Rosa visit Zócalo to imagine what an L.A. of the people, by the people, for the people could look like.
Zócalo invites our in-person audience to continue the conversation with our speakers and each other at a post-event reception with complimentary aguas frescas by Oaxacalifornia.
Featured Speakers:
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Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro
Director, USC Dornsife Center for Leadership by Women of Color
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Taylor Bazley
Co-Founder and CEO, Green Qween
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Rafael de la Rosa
Assistant Vice President of Government and Community Relations, CSUN
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Janaya Williams
Host, KCRW’s All Things Considered
The Takeaway
Not Your Average L.A. Mayor Voter Guide
From South L.A. to the Valley, Angelenos Will Have to Vote Their Values
As the primary election for Los Angeles’ next mayor nears and narrows, Zócalo, together with Creating Our Next L.A., convened a panel to answer the question on every Angeleno’s mind: …