JIMMY GOMEZ

Why Thrive LA endorses JIMMY

Jimmy Gomez has represented California's 34th Congressional District since 2017, following service in the California State Assembly. He holds degrees from UCLA and Harvard's Kennedy School and sits on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, giving the district a voice on federal tax and spending policy. This race comes down to a simple question: do you want a representative who works within the system to deliver for the district, or a DSA-endorsed challenger whose agenda would push federal policy toward the same anti-growth, anti-investment ideology that has damaged Los Angeles at the local level? The DSA platform calls for abolishing ICE, defunding police, imposing national rent control, and enacting sweeping new taxes on businesses and investment. Voters in CD-34 deserve a representative who will reject that agenda. Gomez is that representative. Gomez earned the endorsement of the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the California Professional Firefighters, signals that he takes public safety seriously despite the ideological headwinds in his party. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee's Tax and Work and Welfare subcommittees, where he has direct influence over the federal tax code and workforce policy. His tenure gives CD-34 seniority and committee placement that a first-term DSA-backed challenger simply cannot replicate. Jimmy Gomez is the experienced, effective representative CD-34 needs to keep DSA ideology out of Congress.