Three seats are up for grabs this election at LA City Hall, including council district-14, which pits incumbent Kevin de León against his progressive challenger Ysabel Jurado.

Jurado, a tenant rights attorney, was born and raised in the district and still lives in the house she grew up in.

She recently told “Inside the Issues” host Amrit Singh that this race is a love letter to her community and a way to give back, saying, “I’m a daughter of undocumented Filipino immigrants, my parents migrated here to start their humble life. My parents were able to cobble things together to buy a home in Highland Park after they got their citizenship. And when I was 18 years old, this community helped raise me and raise my daughter, and watch her when I was going to school, going to work, to eventually become an attorney for my community.”

The 34-year-old Jurado says she hopes to break the curse in CD-14, where she describes the leadership as being tainted with corruption after a leaked audio tape that included racist and crude remarks by de León and others surfaced at city hall.

“This district has the most densely populated area of black folks in the city and that’s skid row. And now we know the historic disinvestment is in part due to abject racism of our leadership and that’s what’s on the ballot right now,” she said. De León has apologized for the conversation and has since survived calls for his resignation.

The two candidates differ on many key issues.

De León has criticized Jurado for wanting to defund the police. She has denied the accusation but says she favors using some of the money from the police department for more city services, including parks, youth services and street lighting.

When it comes to the issue of homelessness, Jurado says as a mom, she worries about kids walking through encampments where drugs are being used but says making homelessness a crime is not the answer.

“We’ve got to try something different. And in fact, we know what is tried, tested and true that works to get people off the streets and it’s housing first — making sure that people can get into housing and filling out the paperwork afterwards and providing them with services.”

Watch the full interview with Ysabel Jurado by clicking the arrow in the video above.

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