Zach Sokoloff

Why Thrive LA endorses Zach

Zach Sokoloff is a senior finance executive at Hackman Capital Partners, where he oversees billions of dollars in real estate assets including Television City Studios and Radford Studio Center. He is challenging incumbent Kenneth Mejia for Los Angeles City Controller. The Controller's office exists for one purpose: to follow the money and hold City Hall accountable for how it spends yours. Under Kenneth Mejia, that office has become a platform for ideological activism rather than rigorous financial oversight. Los Angeles deserves a Controller who can read a balance sheet, audit a city department, and tell taxpayers exactly where their dollars went and whether they got results. Sokoloff is that candidate. Sokoloff brings genuine private-sector financial expertise to a role that desperately needs it. As SVP of Asset Management at Hackman Capital Partners, he manages multi-billion-dollar portfolios of real assets in Los Angeles. He understands development economics, capital allocation, and the difference between spending money and investing it. Before entering finance, he taught Algebra I in Boyle Heights and Watts, grounding him in the communities that suffer most when city government wastes resources. Two former City Controllers, Laura Chick and Rick Tuttle, have endorsed him specifically for his commitment to exposing waste, fraud, and foolish spending. When two people who actually held the job say this is the right person to do it next, that carries weight. Los Angeles cannot afford another four years of a Controller more interested in social media maps than forensic audits. Zach Sokoloff will restore the Controller's office to its core mission: protecting taxpayers, demanding measurable outcomes, and ensuring every dollar the city spends actually produces results.