Overview
- New coverage from the New York Post and Townhall details the Los Angeles DSA plan to use eminent domain to seize private housing and expand public ownership of essential businesses, including utilities and grocery stores.
- The platform calls for decommissioning Men’s Central Jail without replacement and shifting many public-safety duties from armed police to unarmed responders such as social workers.
- The agenda includes a complete transition to 100% renewable energy by 2035, public control of energy systems, and free public transportation across the city.
- Proposals extend to elections and criminal justice, including allowing noncitizen voting in local races, restoring voting rights for former felons, decriminalizing all drug use with safe injection sites, and permanently decertifying officers involved in killings.
- The LA DSA cites roughly 3,500 members, points to prior local wins, and is linked in the coverage to Nithya Raman’s mayoral run, with the manifesto framing its push as urgent and achievable within six to eight years.