JOSE HUIZAR - A LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY

By Jose Huizar

Elected to serve our community on the Los Angeles School Board in 2001, José Huizar took on the failing downtown bureaucracy and fought for better and safer schools, stronger fiscal accountability, greater opportunities and educational justice for our children.

Huizar forced the school district to raise academic standards and make college preparatory classes available for all children.

Huizar fought to build new schools to relieve overcrowding in our neighborhood for the first time in over 20 years.

Huizar demanded that highly qualified teachers were assigned to every community.

Huizar exposed the LA School District's shameful dropout rate and forced the District to begin addressing the problem.

José Huizar - For a Safer Community

As a School Board member, José Huizar added many new School Police Officers and expanded anti-gang programs. As our City Councilman, José Huizar will make hiring more police his top budgetary priority. José Huizar will also expand after school tutoring and recreation programs. He'll work to identify potential gang members early and get them the additional help they need to make better choices.

José Huizar - For Educational Justice

José Huizar will continue his fight to reform LA's schools as a member of the City Council. He will join with Mayor Villaraigosa to hold the school district accountable for the academic success of our children. He'll work with the School District to jointly develop library, parks and job internship programs.

José Huizar - For Better Transportation

José Huizar will work for a rapid completion of the Eastside Gold Line light rail and the extension of the Pasadena Gold Line. He supports making the MTA the nation's most advanced and cleanest bus system and expanding neighborhood DASH bus services. José Huizar will work for common sense solutions to traffic gridlock, like prohibiting road construction during rush hours, improving traffic signalization, creating more left hand turn lanes and expanding car and van pools.

José Huizar - For Quality Affordable Housing

L.A. needs more and better housing that working families can afford. He'll support programs to rehabilitate existing rental housing for families and workers and fully fund the LA Housing Trust Fund to assist first time homebuyers. José Huizar will work to crack down on slumlords and enforce health and safety codes. And José Huizar will work for innovative solutions, like the reuse of historic commercial buildings, for housing and mixed-use zoning.