A community organizer and faith leader focused on housing and affordability is running for mayor. Reverend Rae Huang joins me to talk about her campaign. That’s on this episode of WNLA.
Huang has spent two decades bringing people together across faith communities, neighborhoods, and movements to advocate for dignity, fairness, and a more inclusive city. As Deputy Director at Housing NOW! California, she directed statewide campaigns to expand affordable housing and prevent displacement in working-class communities of color. She helped lead efforts behind major legislative and budget wins, including expanded tenant protections under SB 567 and the passage of California’s social housing study bill, SB 555. She has also organized with Clergy for Black Lives and the People’s Budget LA, worked alongside hotel and service workers through Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, and helped launch the Healthy LA Coalition, which secured pandemic relief for families who might otherwise have been left behind. Huang also played a role in organizing fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles.
She says her campaign is focused on strengthening community-driven solutions to make Los Angeles more affordable, more sustainable, and safer for every resident. Toward the end of the discussion, we discuss how she maintains grace and faith in the world of activism and politics.
