Participatory Budget Pledge

A core component of the People’s Budget is the emphasis on including the people in the budgeting process. We want to encourage all political candidates and officeholders to sign the Participatory Budgeting Pledge to commit to holding a participatory budgeting process.

The People’s Budget LA Coalition does not endorse candidates but we will reflect the names of those who have signed this pledge on this page for public information.

To Sign The Pledge

1. Open and Download this PDF

2. Sign the PDF

You can sign on your phone using the markup option, you can sign using a PDF reader or you can print/sign/scan

3. Send the Signed Pledge Via Your Official Email

The signed pledge must come from your official campaign domain. If you cannot send the email from your campaign domain, please include a photograph of the candidate signing the pledge. Email to people [at] peoplesbudgetla.com

4. Share from Your Social Media

Tag #PeoplesBudgetLA and #ParticipatoryBudgetPledge

Pledge Signatories

Current Elected Officials

City

  • Nithya Raman (LA City Councilmember District 4)

  • Konstantine Anthony (Burbank City Councilmember)

County

  • Holly Mitchell (LA County Board of Supervisors District 2)

Current Candidates

City

  • Jimmy Biblarz (Candidate for LA City Council District 5)

  • Albert Corado (Candidate for LA City Council District 13)

  • Alex Gruenenfelder Smith (Candidate for LA Mayor)

  • Bryant Odega (Candidate for LA City Council District 15)

  • Danielle Sandoval (Candidate for LA City Council District 15)

  • Dulce Vasquez (Candidate for LA City Council District 9)

  • Eunisses Hernandez (Candidate for LA City Council District 1)

  • Faisal Gill (Candidate for LA City Attorney)

  • Gina Viola (Candidate for LA Mayor)

  • Hugo Soto-Martinez (Candidate for LA City Council District 13)

  • Kenneth Mejia (Candidate for LA City Controller)

  • Scott Epstein (Candidate for LA City Council District 5)

  • Shin-Ae Ahn (Candidate for LA Mayor)

National

  • David Kim (Candidate for US House of Representatives 34th District)

Past Candidates

City

  • Grace Yoo (Candidate for LA City Council District 10)

  • Mark Ridley-Thomas (Candidate for LA City Council District 10)

County

  • Herb Wesson (Candidate for LA County Board of Supervisors District 2)

State

  • Daniel Wayne Lee (Candidate for CA State Senate 30th District)

  • Elizabeth Castillo (Candidate for CA State Senate 33rd District)

  • Godfrey Santos Plata (Candidate for CA State Assembly 53rd District)

  • María Estrada (Candidate for CA State Assembly 63rd District)

  • Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (Candidate for CA State Assembly 64th District)

National

  • David Kim (Candidate for US House of Representatives 34th District)

Declined to Sign

The following people declined to sign the pledge when asked by members of the People’s Budget Coalition

  • Mike Gipson (Candidate for CA State Assembly 64th District)