Hydee Feldstein Soto
2022 - Present
2026
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Hydee Feldstein Soto is the Los Angeles City Attorney in California. She assumed office on December 12, 2022. Her current term ends on December 14, 2026.
Feldstein Soto ran for election for Los Angeles City Attorney in California. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Feldstein Soto completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hydee Feldstein Soto was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1979 and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in 1982. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
General election
General election for Los Angeles City Attorney
Hydee Feldstein Soto defeated Faisal M. Gill in the general election for Los Angeles City Attorney on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Hydee Feldstein Soto (Nonpartisan)  | 55.3 | 442,926 |
| Faisal M. Gill (Nonpartisan) | 44.7 | 357,519 | ||
| Total votes: 800,445 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Attorney
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles City Attorney on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Faisal M. Gill (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 137,554 | |
| ✔ | | Hydee Feldstein Soto (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 112,978 |
 | Marina Torres (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 112,842 | |
| Richard Kim (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 93,660 | ||
 | Kevin James (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 51,606 | |
 | Sherri Onica Valle Cole (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 30,421 | |
| Teddy Kapur (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 28,716 | ||
| Total votes: 567,777 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hydee Feldstein Soto completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feldstein Soto's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As LA’s City Attorney, I am prepared to lead on day one. I have decades of experience leading and managing other attorneys, facilitating multi-billion-dollar transactions (larger than the annual budget of Los Angeles) and solving complex legal issues. I spent my career overcoming institutional hurdles to become one of the country’s most respected attorneys, known for my no-nonsense and can-do approach to finding innovative solutions to difficult problems. As a community leader, I spent years informing and protecting our communities and neighborhoods, and serving on my Neighborhood Council, using my legal expertise to empower residents to have a voice on issues that impact our communities.
My endorsements include the LA Times, Daily News, La Opinion and the LA Sentinel, the Los Angeles City Attorneys Association, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, elected officials at the City, County, State and Federal level, business groups, labor unions and community leaders across LA. My website is https://www.hydeeforcityattorney.com.
- Reduce homelessness by making sure that the City creates housing and shelter affordably and responsibly.
- Enforce laws so as to address public safety in a just manner and protect our communities, residents and businesses.
- Shut down the avenues to corruption by implementing compliance and best practices across the city.
I plan to create a process for competitive bidding to help reduce the cost of creating housing and shelter from the current $2000+ per square foot that our City is spending to the $2-300 that is market.
My office will focus on standardizing and expanding legal services to ensure fairness and consistency and promote safety across the city.
From finding the resources for mental health services and substance use treatment, to implementing compliance and best practices to shut down avenues for corruption, to zero tolerance for hate crimes, domestic violence, and elder abuse, my focus will be on protecting the most vulnerable among us, addressing the fear that has permeated too many areas of Los Angeles and restoring the trust in our local government.
The Art of War for litigation
Transparency
Patience and the ability to listen and learn
Accessibility
Providing proactive legal, compliance and risk management advice to the city and its departments and officers
2. Financial acumen to deal with budgeting issues and with the City's efforts to fund and finance new initiatives and projects.
3. Knowledge of the City and all of its neighborhoods and communities - as a 40 year resident of Los Angeles and a former Neighborhood Councilmember, I bring that knowledge to this job.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 11, 2022
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