HOUSING AND RENTERS
60% of Angelenos and over 80% of District 13 residents are renters, and yet Hugo is the only renter on the City Council. Protecting renters is at the core of our work in City Hall because housing stability should not be reserved for the wealthy. Our goal is simple: keep people in their homes while building the affordable housing our communities urgently need.
We created a first-of-its-kind Housing & Homelessness Prevention team that has already helped hundreds of tenants avoid eviction by connecting them with legal support, financial assistance, and education about their rights. So far, we’ve delivered more than $350,000 in legal and emergency housing support to help working families stay housed.
Results
Stopped No Fault Evictions in Los Angeles
Passed the first major update to LA’s rent stabilization law in 40 years
Reduced allowable rent increases from 3–10% down to 1–4%, tied to inflation
Established a minimum rent debt threshold so tenants cannot be evicted for owing less than one month’s rent
What’s Next?
We’re going to strengthen renter protections so people can stay in their homes, and cut the red tape that prevents affordable housing from being built, so working people can stay in their neighborhoods.
HOMELESSNESS
For too long, our city’s response to homelessness was to treat it as an image problem rather than a humanitarian crisis. People were pushed from block to block without being offered the housing or services they needed.
We’re doing things differently. That’s why we created the first dedicated homelessness team in CD13 focused on long-term housing solutions, outreach, and prevention.
Results
Reduced street homelessness in the district for two consecutive years
Achieved a 25% district-wide decrease in street homelessness
Helped drive a 49% reduction in Hollywood, with RAND describing it as “a near total elimination of encampments”
Reached record highs in moving people from homelessness into permanent supportive housing two years in a row
Expanded interim housing capacity by 25%
What’s Next?
We’re continuing to expand interim and permanent housing options, including 52 new interim housing beds in East Hollywood next year, while investing in the long-term affordable housing our city needs.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Safe neighborhoods depend on functioning infrastructure, strong community partnerships, responsive emergency systems, and investments that prevent harm before it happens.
Instead of relying on a one-size-fits-all approach, we’ve worked block by block to improve lighting, expand emergency response options, and support programs that address the root causes of violence and instability.
Results
Expanded Unarmed Crisis Response to cover all of District 13
Crime is down in nearly every category across the city, with homicides falling to a 60-year low
Invested $1.5 million in discretionary funding to reduce the backlog of streetlight outages, while pushing for a permanent funding fix to keep our lights on long-term.
What’s Next?
We’re going to expand the unarmed response to the entire city and make investments into our infrastructure and community engagement teams in order to prevent crimes before they happen, including providing support to vulnerable communities and installing sturdier streetlights that aren’t vulnerable to maintenance problems and copper-wire theft.
TRANSPORTATION
Hugo rides Metro and understands that transportation is about more than convenience — it’s about safety, affordability, and climate responsibility. Every year, hundreds of Angelenos lose their lives in traffic violence, and our streets must work better for everyone: pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and drivers alike.
Results
Built 2.1 miles of protected bike lanes along Hollywood Boulevard, the first protected bike lanes in District 13
Helped the 217 bus line on Hollywood Boulevard achieve the largest year-over-year ridership increase in Metro’s system following the Access to Hollywood project
Added a dedicated bus lane on La Brea Avenue
What’s Next?
We’re advancing Sunset For All, one of the most ambitious transportation projects in Los Angeles, creating a safer and more connected network for buses, bikes, and pedestrians stretching from Downtown LA to West Hollywood.
PUBLIC SPACE & ENVIRONMENT
Los Angeles is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and our public spaces should belong to everyone. Our campaign is dedicated to protecting our public spaces, in order to ensure future generations can enjoy the city’s rich bounties for generations to come.
Results
LA stopped burning coal, moving off of the fossil fuel that provided over 50% of our city’s energy as recently as 2003.
Removed the fence at Echo Park Lake, improving access and ensuring the park is open to all.
Opened five newly renovated playgrounds across the district.
Unidad Park in Historic Filipinotown
Chevy Chase Park in Atwater Village
Glenhurst Park in Atwater Village
Juntos Park in Glassell Park
Madison West Park in East Hollywood
What’s Next?
We’ll continue investing in parks, recreation spaces, and neighborhood improvements while addressing environmental hazards like abandoned oil wells and harmful neighborhood drilling operations.
FIGHTING TRUMP AND KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER
As the child of immigrants, Hugo understands how deeply federal immigration policies affect Los Angeles families. From the beginning, our campaign has stood against mass deportation efforts and fought to protect immigrant communities from fear, separation, and political intimidation.
In office, Hugo helped make Los Angeles a Sanctuary City by prohibiting city resources and personnel from being used for federal immigration enforcement.
Results
Organized a district-wide Rapid Response Network to track ICE activity and support impacted families
Secured $1.5 million for deportation legal defense services
Delivered $850,000 in emergency food and rent assistance
Supported more than 10,000 families through food distribution programs
What’s Next?
We’re going to continue fighting the Trump administration’s federal overreach, and expand legal support for undocumented Angelenos and prove that no one is above the law.
WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Workers and small businesses make up the backbone of this city. They are the ones who create the local fabric of our communities, and they are the reason why Los Angeles is the premiere tourist destination across the whole world. But big businesses are swallowing up every corner they can, and that’s why we’ve dedicated our work in office to protecting workers so that they can remain in the city. We’ve also hired a dedicated staffer whose entire job is to help business owners navigate the city bureaucracy, free of charge, and slash through the red tape that can hold back small businesses from realizing their full potential.
Results
Guaranteed affordable family healthcare benefits for tourism workers, and raised wages to $30/hour by 2030
Created dedicated support within the office to help small businesses cut through city red tape
What’s Next?
Working alongside our community leaders, we’ll reopen shuttered storefronts and revitalize Hollywood so that the workers who make Los Angeles the powerful economic engine that it is can thrive.
HOLLYWOOD AND THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Hollywood is more than a neighborhood — it’s one of the world’s great cultural and economic engines. The entertainment industry supports hundreds of thousands of union workers, small businesses, artists, musicians, crew members, and families across Los Angeles. But rising costs, studio consolidation, and the loss of local production threaten the workers and communities that built this industry in the first place.
That’s why Hugo has fought to keep entertainment jobs in Los Angeles while pushing the city to modernize how it works with the film and television industry. Los Angeles should be the easiest place in the world to make movies, television, music, and art — not a city where productions are driven away by bureaucracy and delays.
Results
Streamlined film permitting and reduced delays that drive productions out of Los Angeles
Advocated for expanded film and television tax credits to keep union jobs in California
Supported local incentives to make filming in Los Angeles more competitive
Pushed city departments to modernize how the city works with productions and entertainment workers
Invested in lighting, transportation, and infrastructure improvements across Hollywood
Supported workers and families impacted by the entertainment industry strikes
What’s Next?
We’re going to make Los Angeles the best place in the world to make movies again. That means expanding film tax credits, cutting through the bureaucracy that pushes productions out of the city, supporting union jobs, and rebuilding Hollywood into a thriving center for workers, artists, nightlife, and local businesses.