We must fix the LA budget, which is likely to grow, not shrink, during the 2028 Olympics. Fund revenue initiatives by expanding municipal advertising during peak attendance. Our workers support our city, therefore, we must support workers by raising the minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour, increasing by $1 per year, with a push for a $25 an hour rollout plan for 2030.
It is our responsibility to prevent the destruction of California Wildfires. Previous years have upheld an unprepared budget for proper firefighting resources. It is our priority to fund the firefighters by increasing the Fire Budget by $20 million USD, at least $5 Million annually.
The LA Budget has been drained by many settlements and litigation towards violations made by the Los Angeles Police Department, it is of high importance to begin reforming LAPD, and effectively establishing a Public Safety committee for LAPD violations.
The recent aggression of enforcements towards our people, both State and Federal, have been excessive in their use of Force. In addition to a comprehensive audit of LA detention centers, we must also extend a complete ban on RoboCops and intrusive automated ticketing such as the Long Beach Peace Officer bots. Recent events have led the public to believe that a surveillance state presence would only increase the dangers to the people. I am the voice of this movement.
In increasingly runaway inflation, we must convert large treasuries and reserves into solid gold, by renegotiating current pension benefits to ensure longevity and proper resource allocation.
High property taxes are simply discounted rent, we must decrease property taxes on families, with a possible reduction of the Documentary Transfer Tax by 0.1% down just 0.45% for married families buying a home. Optimistically, we hope to implement a first time buyer program with reduced property taxation for the first year, commercial and sales tax will remain the same (no more sales tax hikes)
These types of Property tax deductions will not come without a tax burden. We offer a Proposal for a commercial Headquarters Documentary Transfer Tax for Businesses valued over $8 Million, specifically for the relocating of their Headquarters out of state (no penalty for HQ relocation within California), a 0.2% taxation of the market cap valuation of the company, this is in addition to the standard 0.55% Documentary Transfer Tax of the real estate. This will exclude brick-and-mortar stores such as hardware stores, utility companies such as private waste management companies, and solar energy companies.
We champion our initiative to introduce the Weinstein-Diddy Tax, a tax increase on entertainment industry, including all social media within LA municipalities, pitched as the Weinstein-Diddy Tax as a result of unchecked violations, psychological manipulation, and corporate enablement by entertainment and production companies. This will exclude independent filmmakers, content creators, and small production studios valued under $3 Million.
