Traci Park’s Westside: Where Cameras, Cops, and MAGA Optics Trump Immigrant Rights
As ICE raids terrorize immigrant communities across Los Angeles, Councilmember Traci Park’s public messaging has taken a deeply disturbing turn. In newsletters issued between early June and the end of July, Park has shown time and again that her focus isn’t on protecting vulnerable residents—it’s on targeting them. Whether it’s unhoused Angelenos, renters, immigrant workers, […]
Traci Park Condemns “Anarchists” Rather Than The Trump Administration for LA Turmoil
In the midst of the full might of the Trump regime’s brutal racial terror campaign that has been viciously unleashed on Los Angeles, Traci Park instead chose to praise the LAPD. The recipient of over a million dollars from the LA Police Protective League during her 2022 campaign, Park took to Instagram this week to […]
Traci Park Doubles Down on Cruelty with New Motion to Permanently Expand 41.18 Zones
Traci Park is once again leading the charge to criminalize poverty in Los Angeles. Her latest motion, introduced May 16th, proposes yet another massive expansion of LA Municipal Code 41.18, the controversial ordinance that bans sitting, lying, or sleeping in public spaces. This time, Park is calling for the creation of an ordinance that would […]
Traci Park Aligns with Newsom’s Call to Criminalize Homelessness, Despite Data and Expert Warnings
In a recent newsletter, Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park praised Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest directive encouraging cities to use the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision to increase enforcement against homeless encampments. “I’ve been doing that on the Westside from day one,” Park wrote, referring to the frequent encampment clearings and expansion of anti-camping zones […]
LA City Council Wants to Censor Slurs at Public Meetings — But Where Does Traci Park Stand?
LA City Council is advancing a motion to censor the use of the N-word, C-word, and other slurs during public comment at City Hall. The move comes in response to recent outbursts of racist and misogynistic language during council meetings, prompting members to explore ways to maintain decorum while balancing First Amendment protections. But while […]
Traci Park’s Latest Newsletter Proves She’s Not Looking Out for You — She’s Building a Westside Surveillance State
Traci Park’s latest newsletter paints a disturbing picture of her priorities as a City Councilmember. At a time when Los Angeles faces deepening inequality, skyrocketing housing costs, and renewed threats to immigrant families, Park is choosing to invest in expanding LAPD’s surveillance capabilities, defending exploitative wages, and parroting Trump-style fear tactics. It’s not just tone-deaf—it’s […]
Traci Park’s Firestorm: Firefighter Union Scandal Burns One of Her Closest Alliances
The financial scandal engulfing the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City (UFLAC) couldn’t come at a worse time for Councilmember Traci Park—and not just because she’s facing reelection. Park is deeply reliant on the union politically and financially: UFLAC and its affiliates poured over $400,000 into her 2022 City Council campaign, helping to power her […]
Traci Park Thinks $80 Salads Are the Problem—Not Poverty Wages
At Monday’s Los Angeles Economic and Jobs Committee meeting, Councilmember Traci Park made a stunningly tone-deaf argument against paying tourism workers a living wage—citing her personal pain over $35 hamburgers and $80 salad-and-wine combos at LAX. Yes, seriously. While workers pleaded with the City Council to finally adopt a long-overdue “Olympic wage” of $30 per […]
Three Homeless Guys, Countless Lies: Traci Park Embraces the Alt-Right
Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Los Angeles City Council District 11, recently appeared on a podcast called “Three Homeless Guys” — a show hosted by none other than Joel Pollak, a senior editor-at-large for Breitbart News. Her participation in this podcast raises serious questions about her political alignments and judgment. Pollak is not just a […]
Traci Park Sides with Hotel Industry Against Wage Hike for Struggling Tourism Workers
Councilmember Traci Park is once again drawing fire from labor organizers and working Angelenos—this time for opposing a proposed wage increase for hotel and airport workers ahead of the 2028 Olympics. At a press conference this week, Park joined a coalition of hotel industry executives to publicly speak out against the “Olympic wage” proposal, which […]