Joe Bray-Ali

Joe Bray-Ali

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Joe Bray-Ali was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Los Angeles City Council in California. Bray-Ali was defeated in the general election on May 16, 2017.

Biography

Bray-Ali own the flying Pigeon, a bicycle shop in Los Angeles.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles, California (2017)

The city of Los Angeles, California, held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, 2017. Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.

Most races where no candidate earned a majority (50% plus one) of the primary votes cast advanced to a general election on May 16, 2017. This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election.

This election was the second impacted by Charter Amendment 1. Passed in March 2015, the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2020. As a result, officials elected in 2017 won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in 2022. Incumbent Gilbert Cedillo defeated Joe Bray-Ali in the general election for the District 1 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.

Los Angeles City Council, District 1 General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gilbert Cedillo Incumbent	71.63%	11,415
Joe Bray-Ali	28.37%	4,521
Total Votes		15,936
Source: City of Los Angeles, "General Municipal Election, Official Election Results, May 16, 2017," May 26, 2017

Los Angeles City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gilbert Cedillo Incumbent	49.34%	10,396
Joe Bray-Ali	37.97%	8,000
Giovany Hernandez	8.53%	1,798
Jesse Rosas	4.15%	875
Total Votes		21,069
Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017

Campaign finance

2017

Bray-Ali had received $61,242.87 in contributions and had made $81,081.93 in expenditures, leaving the campaign with $29,845.3 on hand as of reports available from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on February 27, 2017.

Campaign themes

2017

Bray-Ali listed eight issues on his campaign website: "city hall corruption," "keeping housing affordable," "environment and parks," "immigration," "homelessness," "Vision Zero LA," "expand transit options," and "prioritizing public safety." Below are excerpts from his statement on each topic.

• City hall corruption:
  • "I support barring donations from developers to campaign committees, and propose independent expenditure political spending be taxed 100% to fund an increase in public matching funds available to qualified candidacies."
• Keeping housing affordable:
  • "I will dedicate my office to ending the practices of pay to play spot-zoning and allowing developers to hire their own firm to conduct environmental impact reports (EIR)."
  • On Measure S: "We can’t afford for community plans to go through multi-year outreach and review. The economic impact of the proposed General Plan update, height restriction, and zone change moratorium would prevent an estimated 3,000 units from hitting the market per year."
• Environment and parks:
  • "My short list of priorities includes a ban on the use or sale of polystyrene foam in Los Angeles."
  • "I am specifically calling for the implementation of the master plan for Elysian Park, the acquisition of Flat Top to city parks property, and finally, I will oppose development that threatens our open spaces and wildlife refuges, like Walnut Canyon."
• Immigration:
  • "As councilman I will oppose ANY federal efforts to deport, prosecute and persecute our immigrant communities. I will support all efforts to assist non-profits in our city that provide essential services to immigrant populations."
• Vision zero LA:
  • "Develop safe street plans for all our major commercial corridors to eliminate traffic deaths"
  • "Implement Metro’s “Making the Connections” plan at Avenue 26 and Humboldt"
• Expand transit options:
  • "I support the enhanced bus network as proposed by the Mobility Plan and will work to implement the safe streets design of North Figueroa Street. I would like to see subway expansion to link Koreatown to Exposition Park, as well as an overall expansion of the Metro Bike Share program along the Gold Line and Red Line to increase ridership of Metro transit lines."
  • "NO on 710 - our region must invest in new ways of moving people and goods instead of doubling down on freeway expansions that disrupt neighborhoods."
• Prioritizing public safety:
  • "Basic steps that will improve the safety of our streets include improving street lighting in dark corridors that often provide haven for unlawful activities. Second to that, ensuring our Parks Departments have the required resources to maintain cleanliness in our parks will also discourage illicit activity in our public spaces."

See also

Los Angeles, California	California	Municipal government	Other local coverage

External links

Suggest a link

• Los Angeles City Council
• Campaign website
• Campaign Facebook page