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Our Positions

Below are the issues that we have recently or are currently focused on for advocacy and outreach.

For more information contact program [at] lwvlosangeles.org

Links to all of our positions of the Local, County, State, and National Leagues:

Positions of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles (city level)
Positions of the League of Women Voters Of Los Angeles County (county level)
Positions of the League of Women Voters of California (state level)
Full positions for the League of Women Voters of United States (federal)

What is a Position?

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue only when we have a position addressing that particular issue. Members must study and come to consensus on an issue, in order to form a position. This thorough grassroots process ensures that our advocacy is well considered by a broad range of people, understood by our members, and we have a sense of the political environment.

Greater Los Angeles Positions

City Government

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of measures that would sustain a balance of power between the Mayor and the City Council, strengthen direct lines of authority, and fix responsibility in City administration.

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Climate Change

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in April 2018.

Position

Global climate change threatens the integrity of the earth's climate system and there is a need to act without delay to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Education

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of a public school system which meets the needs of our community and whose primary goal is the achievement of quality education and an openness to educational change.

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Homelessness

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of the City having a responsibility to provide shelter for the homeless people and to seek long-term solutions to their problems by cooperating with other levels of government and the private sector.

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Housing

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of measures which lead to equality of opportunity for adequate housing.

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Police

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of the Police Commission in its Charter-given role as head of the police Department, and its ability to remove the Chief of Police with concurrence of the Mayor and City Council.

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Transit

Submitted by Greater Los Angeles in March 2018.

Position

Support of transportation policies and practices that facilitate: coordination among transportation agencies to assure efficient intra-county movement; public/private partnership to provide DASH-type and/or shuttle systems within city neighborhoods; placement of transit stops in safe, well-lighted locations.

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