Traci Park

Why Thrive LA endorses Traci

Traci Park is the incumbent City Councilmember for District 11, an attorney and Westside native who won her seat in November 2022 by running on the issues that matter most to residents: public safety, accountability on homelessness, and economic vitality. She replaced one of the most permissive members of the City Council on encampment policy, and she has delivered a dramatically different approach for Venice, Pacific Palisades, Playa del Rey, and the surrounding communities ever since. When the Palisades wildfire devastated her district in early 2025, Park stepped up as a visible, organized leader advocating for smart, responsible rebuilding. That crisis leadership alone would justify a second term, but the full picture is even stronger. Park carries endorsements from virtually every major law enforcement organization in the region, including the Los Angeles Police Protective League, United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, and the LA Association of Deputy District Attorneys. This is not a coincidence. It reflects a councilmember who funds public safety, supports officers, and rejects the reckless "defund" rhetoric that made Los Angeles less safe. When the people responsible for protecting your family all agree on a candidate, that tells you something. Her four-point economic plan for CD11 focuses on partnering with private industry, including tech and entertainment companies, to bring good jobs to the Westside. This is the right framework: attract investment, reduce bureaucratic barriers, and let the private sector create opportunity. Two former LA City Controllers, Wendy Greuel and Ron Galperin, have endorsed her, signaling confidence in her fiscal judgment at a time when the city faces enormous budget pressures from wildfire recovery and pension obligations. The contrast with her challenger could not be sharper. Her opponent aligns with the activist wing that has made Los Angeles' housing and homelessness crises worse, not better, favoring more taxes on housing providers, more regulations that strangle new construction, and a "services-only" approach to encampments that has left neighborhoods across the city unsafe and unsanitary. District 11 already lived through that experiment under Park's predecessor, Mike Bonin. Residents rejected it decisively in 2022, and they should reject it again. Traci Park has earned a second term through results, not rhetoric.