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Kate Pynoos
Kate Pynoos ran for election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 13 in California. She lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Pynoos completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kate Pynoos was born in Los Angeles, California. Pynoos' professional experience includes working as a homelessness policy advisor.[1]
Pynoos has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Hollywood Neighborhood Council
- Hollywood Food Coalition
- SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition
- NOHO Home Alliance
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
General election
General election for Los Angeles City Council District 13
Hugo Soto-Martinez defeated incumbent Mitch O'Farrell in the general election for Los Angeles City Council District 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Hugo Soto-Martinez (Nonpartisan)  | 57.8 | 38,069 |
 | Mitch O'Farrell (Nonpartisan) | 42.2 | 27,797 | |
| Total votes: 65,866 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 13
Hugo Soto-Martinez and incumbent Mitch O'Farrell defeated Kate Pynoos, Steve Johnson, and Albert Corado in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 13 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hugo Soto-Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 40.6 | 19,196 |
| ✔ | | Mitch O'Farrell (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 14,952 |
 | Kate Pynoos (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 7,371 | |
 | Steve Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 3,648 | |
 | Albert Corado (Nonpartisan) | 4.4 | 2,081 | |
| Total votes: 47,248 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kate Pynoos completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pynoos' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In childhood, Kate struggled with a reading disability. It was this experience that made Kate passionate about advocating for others, especially children unable to access resources they need to thrive.
After college, Kate worked on immigration policy and as an attorney focused on immigration. In both capacities, Kate realized that to advance progressive policies, she needed to shift focus.
Two years ago, Kate started working for Councilmember Mike Bonin, developing a full ban on evictions during the pandemic, a ban on campaign contributions from developers with business before the City, moving the Department of Water and Power to 100% renewable energy, and instituting innovative and affordable housing solutions.
Kate’s an active member of the community, serving on the Hollywood Neighborhood Council, providing meals to food insecure neighbors with Hollywood Food Coalition, and outreaching to unhoused neighbors through SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition and NOHO Home Alliance.
Kate is a third generation Angeleno living with her husband David in Hollywood, where they are starting a family.- Los Angeles should be a city that supports neighbors and families—one that is affordable, safe, welcoming, and livable for everyone, not just for people with money and connections.
- Kate is running because our local leaders have failed. She is running because she is an imaginative progressive who knows this community and has the experience to deliver for our community starting on day one.
- Kate is running because our community deserves better. Working in city government, she has seen so many policies come up short of truly serving Angelenos because politicians prioritized raising lots of money, particularly from real estate developers and corporate landlords, over what our community truly needs.
We must treat the homelessness crisis as the humanitarian crisis that it is. To do that, we need an “all of the above" approach, where we move people into interim housing with a robust pipeline into permanent housing. We also need to protect more people from falling into homelessness. Kate's homelessness plan: https://www.kateforcouncil.la/plan-for/homelessness.
Housing
We need more affordable housing and we must put power in the hands of tenants. Some people think those two are incompatible, but that is just a lack of imagination and a power imbalance at City Hall that doesn’t prioritize people.
Public Safety
Every Angeleno deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood and community. We need to invest far more resources into experts and alternative forms of crisis response—whether for domestic violence, overdoses, psychotic episodes, mental health crises and more.
Environment
We can already see the impact of climate change. We must hold the city to its commitment to move to 100% clean energy by 2035, while making sure no one is left behind in the process.
Creating a Livable City
Los Angeles is not a livable city for many. People are priced out of buying a home and renting in neighborhoods near their jobs, social networks, and opportunities.
Economic Mobility
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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