Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson

City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing District 8 在加利福尼亚州. Harris-Dawson assumed office in 2015. Harris-Dawson’s current term ends in 2020. Harris-Dawson won re-election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 8 in California outright in the primary election on March 3, 2020, after the general election was canceled.

City Councilmember, Harris-Dawson has introduced policies that combat homelessness, create quality jobs, clean streets, and encourage community policing. Within his first 18 months as a Councilmember, he authored Proposition HHH, 一 $1.2 billion bond for permanent supportive housing, the largest investment towards ending homelessness in the nation and has authorized more affordable housing than anywhere in the city in his first two years in office.

The Eighth District is home to over 248,000 people and the Councilmember proudly represents the district with the highest concentration of African Americans in the city. Never afraid to discuss issues of race and equity, Councilmember Harris-Dawson understands how decades of systematic disinvestment have harmed our communities and believes the people of South LA are its greatest resource. As a long-time community organizer in South LA, Harris-Dawson relies on his deep roots and relationships to build public trust and collaborative solutions.

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