Aida Ashouri

Environment / Energy She will bring civil or criminal actions against polluters, and work to move City Council towards banning and capping oil wells near homes in LA. Criminal Justice / Public Safety The Neighborhood Prosecutor program not only connected the community to the City Attorney’s Office, it was also key to resolving issues without punitive measures. Not only will Aida restart this program, but she will also make it more robust by including mediation programs, and restorative justice elements in order to resolve issues without courtrooms. Criminal Justice / Public Safety She will advise the city to follow Measure HLA passed by the voters to build better infrastructure where there have been incidents of traffic violence, to avoid future lawsuits and tragedies. Los Angeles is the capital for hit and runs in the country, and for leniency when it comes to vehicular crimes. Healthcare Aida will focus on drug rehabilitation and providing services like housing rather than criminalizing addiction or poverty. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Aida will ensure that these crimes are taken seriously and that people will feel safer in our streets. Immigration As City, Attorney, by reproducing this same framework, and publicizing information in multiple languages, and also creating a hotline for people to report their claims available in multiple languages, we can empower workers and make the office more accessible. Environment / Energy Ida will reopen the Environmental Crimes Unit in the City Attorney’s office that Hydee closed to prosecute environmental crimes to protect these vulnerable residents, like those in Porter Ranch that had to suffer from the methane leak. Housing As City Attorney, Aida will hold slumlords accountable for refusing to do repairs. She will reopen the Code Enforcement Unit, and also expand it to include violations of the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance, which includes protecting tenants from landlords that try to push tenants out of their homes through harassment or refusing to do repairs. Housing She’s the fresh leadership we need to secure rights, shield tenants from slumlords, and put people over profits. Criminal Justice / Public Safety She will create a department to develop this new approach that will also pursue restraining orders to remove weapons from homes involving intimate partner violence.