Primary Endorsements June 2026

Through a strong and consistent focus on increasing housing supply, Nithya Raman has set herself apart in the Los Angeles City Council, working to deconstruct the bureaucratic obstacles that slow development across the city. Her early leadership in raising concerns about Measure ULA’s impact on housing production and support of SB 79 underscores her thoughtful and pragmatic approach to housing policy.

Marissa has a clear understanding of the role of City Attorney as it pertains to housing policy and the advice the office can and should give to the City Council when it comes to approving housing developments or land use ordinances. She has also expressed commitment to building firewalls and precedents to prevent future abuse of this office when it comes to land use decisions. Finally, her experience as a litigation attorney provides her the skills and discernment to know how best to use the resources of the office, when to negotiate, and when to fight on behalf of the City and its residents.

Henry Mantel is running with a clear focus on increasing housing supply in a Westside district long resistant to development. Mantel is advancing a strong YIMBY platform: eliminating single family zoning, maximizing density near the future D Line Extension under SB 79, and supporting new housing even in the face of community opposition.

With roots as an immigrant in Los Angeles and experience on Councilmember Curren Price’s team, Jose Ugarte understands the needs of his community and is strongly aligned with YIMBY priorities: reforming ULA, reducing the costs and barriers to development, and taking a pragmatic approach to tenant protections.

Dylan Kendall supports lowering barriers to infill housing and is clear eyed about who stands to benefit: renters facing displacement, families doubling up, and workers priced out of living near their jobs. She brings a thoughtful understanding of housing policy at play in her district, and we look forward to her championing policies like transit oriented development and permit streamlining.

Steyer's range of housing policies set him apart from the rest of the field. He has committed to eliminating single-family zoning statewide, expanding by-right approvals, and upzoning around transit. He has publicly backed SB 79 and a range of other landmark housing legislation, and his co-founding of Beneficial State Bank has financed more than 17,000 affordable housing units.

His housing plan also takes on the structural forces that make building so expensive in California. Steyer has committed to closing the commercial property tax loophole that forces cities to backfill their budgets with developer fees, and to require localities to cap those fees in exchange for new state revenue. He would hold noncompliant cities accountable under state housing law while offering full state support to jurisdictions acting in good faith. 

Michael Tubbs has spent his career fighting for the kind of abundant, equitable California that YIMBYs believe in. As an early supporter of SB 79, Tubbs understands that California cannot solve its affordability crisis without building far more homes in every community. YIMBY Action endorsed Tubbs for Lieutenant Governor because he brings bold leadership, a commitment to abundance over scarcity, and a clear vision for an affordable California.

California's insurance industry has been decimated by insurance commissions that micromanage insurers' risk models, and respond to political pressure to artificially reduce insurance rates in high risk areas and for high risk structures.

Patrick has the experience and temperament to effectively return real competition to the insurance markets. He will ensure that insurers are accurately able to price risk. He will also fight insurers who lobby to keep their payout data secret to ensure that consumers have the data they need to shop for the best insurance. He will work with insurers and the legislature to create programs that help homeowners and cities reduce fire risk.

Patrick is a genuine technocrat, insurance professional and former hedge fund manager. For too long, the Insurance Commissioner has been a position held by a politician without any interest or expertise in insurance or economics who is merely seeking a statewide office and a paycheck. We have to do something different. 

YIMBY Los Angeles proudly endorses John Erickson for State Senate because he brings a clear, actionable housing agenda backed by a proven record of pro-housing leadership. As a West Hollywood City Councilmember, John cut permitting delays, championed mixed-use and infill housing, and supported new affordable homes that strengthened walkability and transit access. He knows what it takes to move housing from idea to approval to built.

John is running on statewide reforms that matter to YIMBYs, including:
• Removing red tape that blocks new housing
• Scaling affordable and workforce housing across thriving job centers
• Ensuring mixed-income, transit-oriented growth rather than sprawl
• Investing in infrastructure that supports dense, sustainable communities

While he also advocates for climate resilience and economic equity, housing is central to his vision: California must build more homes in the places where people want and need to live. John has already shown he can deliver results locally, and he’s ready to do the same at the state level to make housing abundance and affordability real.

YIMBY Los Angeles proudly endorses Sara Hernandez for State Senate because she has the hands-on housing expertise and coalition-building experience California needs right now. As a land-use and housing attorney and LACCD trustee, Sara helped secure approvals for transit-oriented developments and delivered more than 300 homes for formerly unhoused Angelenos — demonstrating that she not only supports housing, she gets it built.

Sara’s platform directly advances core YIMBY priorities:
• Streamlining approvals to end endless delays
• Legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in high-opportunity neighborhoods
• Expanding social housing and community land trusts to ensure affordability long-term
• Converting existing buildings into housing rather than leaving them vacant
• Creating walkable, transit-connected neighborhoods where people can live near jobs and schools

Her lived experience, immigrant roots, and career in public service show she understands why housing stability is foundational to economic opportunity. Sara has the policy depth and political courage to deliver housing at scale, prevent displacement, and build the equitable, abundant Los Angeles we know is possible.

We proudly support Jon Rawlings for Los Angeles City Council District 3 because he understands that Los Angeles’s housing affordability crisis demands bold action. His campaign is rooted in the belief that government should work for everyone, and that housing supply and affordability must be central to City Hall’s agenda. Rawlings has publicly stated his commitment to building more housing across the city, affirming that Los Angeles needs Yes-oriented solutions to housing shortages rather than the status quo that keeps residents priced out.

Jon Rawlings is the strongest candidate on housing because he supports:

• Building more housing, faster by cutting red tape and fixing a broken permitting process
• Increasing housing supply as the most effective way to lower rents and home prices
• Smart, well-planned development that adds homes near jobs, transit, and existing infrastructure
• Ending delay-driven politics that stall housing and push families out of Los Angeles

Jon will bring a pro-housing, solutions oriented mindset to City Hall and help District 3 move toward a more affordable, abundant future.