I am committed to fighting all religious or ethnic discrimination, including antisemitism.

Los Angeles would not be the city it is today without the Jewish community. For generations, Jewish Angelenos have helped build the cultural, economic, and civic foundations of our city. From small businesses and neighborhood institutions, to the creative industries that have shaped Los Angeles on the world stage, the Jewish community is woven into the identity of this city and woven into what it means to be an Angeleno. 

Yet today, many Jewish residents feel isolated in their own city. The trauma of recent events, combined with a rise in antisemitism, has left people questioning whether they can safely and openly be who they are in their own neighborhoods. Many residents think twice before wearing a yarmulke or a Star of David in public. 

I want the Jewish community to hear this clearly. I have your back.

In Los Angeles, no one should feel unsafe because they are Jewish. No one should feel like they have to hide their identity to avoid harassment or fear.

 

Why We Need A Plan to Fight AntiSemitism and Religious Discrimination 

While Los Angeles is a city of many communities, moments of global conflict often create real tension here at home. Many residents feel deep compassion for innocent people suffering in war. A strong city must be able to hold both of these truths without allowing that tension to turn into fear, division, or hate within our own neighborhoods.

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That is why I am proposing a District 13 Community Safety and Unity Plan. 

This plan is focused on one core idea: When communities feel threatened, they should not be isolated. They should have a direct connection to city government, real support, and clear pathways to action.

Below is our council office’s starting point for how we organize and direct city resources around this effort. 

 

Multi-Faith Community Protection Committee

 

At the core of our plan is the creation of a central body that will serve as the district's information and coordination hub to fight religious discrimination, including antisemitism. By having a multi-faith committee, so it is not only Jewish community members, I believe that it will give any recommendations around fighting religious discrimination more weight and credibility when presenting to the City Council or various government agencies. 

 

Goals
 

• Ensure Jewish residents feel safe in their neighborhoods and public spaces
   

• Prevent and respond quickly to antisemitic hate crimes and harassment
   

• Strengthen relationships between Jewish residents and other communities
   

• Reduce polarization and prevent the spread of hate and misinformation

 

• Allow us to think ahead so we are proactive and not reactive 

 

Possible Actions of the Multi-Faith Protection Committee

 

• Advocate for city support to help protect synagogues, schools, and community centers by expanding grants for security cameras or lighting, coordinating with LAPD patrols during holidays and large events, emergency response planning for Jewish institutions, city support for federal nonprofit security grant applications. 

 

• Address online harassment and propaganda by working with tech companies to report threats, support digital literacy and misinformation programs, coordinate with civil rights organizations tracking extremist activity.

 

• Strengthen hate crime monitoring and response by expanding tracking and reporting of antisemitic incidents in neighborhoods with quarterly public reporting on hate crimes by category and geography. Dedicated liaison officers trained on antisemitism and hate crimes, and faster follow-up with victims. This helps residents feel that incidents are taken seriously and documented, not ignored.

 

• Strengthen interfaith collaboration through interfaith dialogue forums, community service projects, cultural exchange events, youth leadership programs. The goal is to build relationships before tensions arise.

 

• Because the committee gathers real-world information, it can also help develop policy recommendations for the council office to help improve hate crime reporting, security needs for religious institutions, community education programs, strategies to counter misinformation, etc. and extremism

Role of Our Council Office 

 

The most important role of the city council office is to show public leadership and provide clear messaging that clearly and consistently speaks against antisemitism. Public leadership matters because it signals that the city recognizes the problem and stands against it.

 

The council office will also work to ensure that the recommendations of the Multi-Faith Community Protection Committee are then integrated within the district’s and the city’s broader governing network. That way our district can turn those recommendations into real action to protect our communities. 

 

Neighborhood Councils

 

As the vice president of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, I know firsthand how strengthening the neighborhood councils can give our district greater connections to our residents and help us to better organize our city. It is vital that our neighborhood councils are strengthened and revitalized. I am the only candidate for the Los Angeles City Council that has a real plan to accomplish this. 

 

Unlike the current council member, I will meet regularly with neighborhood council leaders from across the district. The neighborhood councils can help provide manpower, brainpower, on the ground insight, and neighborhood connections. They can also better hear from community members and help inform the Multi-Faith Community Protection Committee. 

 

This will allow the Multi-Faith Community Protection Committee to work from, and be informed from, the ground up.