Kenneth Mejia LA City Voter Guide

Kenneth Mejia created this voter guide in the context of LA City candidates’ stated support and their record on empowering the Controller’s Office. We referenced candidates’ websites and their concrete actions while in office. Candidates endorsed by Kenneth Mejia are marked as endorsed.

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MAYOR

(not endorsing but please read each one)

Karen Bass

• Cut the Controller’s budget in FY2025
• Does not believe we have the authority to conduct performance audits on City programs when they’re under elected offices (we disagree)
• Increased Controller staffing in FY2026 & FY2027 for more accountants but did not give us the auditors or fraud, waste, and abuse investigators that were cut in FY2025
• Supported our Affordable Housing Oversight Audit and its recommendations
• Supported efforts to recover overpayments of excess police pension contributions
• Listened to our recommendations to rightsize the homelessness budget

Nithya Raman

• Voted against cutting the Controller’s budget in FY2025
• Introduced a motion to give us more auditors in the FY2027 budget
• Defended the Controller’s Office when the Charter Reform Commission was deliberating whether to essentially eliminate the Controller’s Office
• Uses our data tools and dashboards for constituent outreach and policymaking
• Explicitly stated she will support giving the Controller’s Office an independent budget
• Explicitly stated she will support the Controller’s authority to audit all City programs, including those under elected offices

Rae Huang

• Explicitly stated support for expanding Controller’s independence and audit authority
• Defended the Controller’s Office when the Charter Reform Commission was deliberating whether to essentially eliminate the Controller’s Office

CITY ATTORNEY

⭐Marissa Roy (ENDORSED by Kenneth Mejia)

• Explicitly stated she will support the Controller’s Office’s audit authority to audit all programs, even those under elected officials (the current City Attorney has blocked the Controller’s Office)
• Will work and collaborate with the Controller’s Office when it comes to auditing city departments and programs and doing investigations. The City Attorney plays a crucial role in some of our work (the current City Attorney has not worked with our Office or collaborated well on some of our audits and investigations).

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1

⭐Eunisses Hernandez (ENDORSED by Kenneth Mejia)

• One of the strongest proponents on the City Council to protect and support the Controller’s Office, especially when it comes to giving the Controller’s Office an independent budget and conducting MORE audits and fraud, waste, and abuse investigations

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9

⭐Estuardo Mazariegos (ENDORSED by Kenneth Mejia)

• Stated he will protect and support the Controller’s Office especially when it comes to giving the Controller’s Office an independent budget and doing MORE audits and fraud, waste, and abuse investigations

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 11

⭐Faizah Malik (ENDORSED by Kenneth Mejia)

• Stated she will protect and support the Controller’s Office especially when it comes to giving the Controller’s Office an independent budget and doing MORE audits and fraud, waste, and abuse investigations

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 13

⭐Hugo Soto-Martinez (ENDORSED by Kenneth Mejia)

• One of the strongest proponents on the City Council to protect and support the Controller’s Office, especially when it comes to giving the Controller’s Office an independent budget and conducting MORE audits and fraud, waste, and abuse investigations

For more comprehensive voter guides, please check out some of these guides!

• LA Forward
• Streets for All
• LA Taco Guide to Voter Guides
• Knock LA

LA County voting information:

• Resources to help you vote: plan.lavote.gov 

About Kenneth Mejia

Kenneth Mejia is the first CPA and auditor elected as LA's City Controller. As the City's Accountant and Auditor, he provides financial transparency and holds City Hall accountable for fiscally irresponsible decisions. He's made the City's data and finances more transparent and accessible than ever before, and his audits and investigations have led to real policy changes to make City Hall work better. Recently, the Controller's Office's fraud, waste, and abuse investigation led to the federal arrest of a contractor for $23 million in fraud.

mejiaforcontroller.com

VOTE FOR YOURSELF! WE DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING! 🙂