Overview
- Huang, a housing advocate and ordained minister, announced her campaign on Instagram and held a Sunday launch rally in the Arts District.
- She is running on universal housing, free and faster transit, climate resiliency, and higher wages, while pledging to reject corporate donations.
- Huang serves as deputy director of Housing Now California, is a Los Angeles DSA member, and would be the city’s first Asian-American mayor if elected.
- Bass’s campaign cited two straight annual declines in homelessness, lower crime and rapid Palisades fire recovery, as critics continue to fault her handling of the January blaze and as Jaime Moore was confirmed Friday as permanent fire chief.
- The 2026 nonpartisan primary is June 2, with a runoff if no candidate clears 50 percent; former LAUSD chief Austin Beutner is also running, and Rick Caruso has not said if he will enter.