Angela Gonzales-Torres

Angela Gonzales-Torres's campaign has drawn volunteers she has known since fourth grade, a former English teacher and people she once bartended with.¹ Four generations of her family are rooted in Highland Park.¹ She grew up in Section 8 housing, one of four daughters raised by a single mother after her father was deported.¹

She attended community college before graduating from UCLA, where she studied Chicano studies and anthropology.¹ Her current work helps people move from prison into university programs.² She also advocates permanently affordable housing that brings students and seniors together with educational opportunities and supportive services.²

Her community roles have included president of the Highland Park Neighborhood Council, work in the Los Angeles mayor's office and service on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee.² In describing her reentry work, she emphasizes helping students use education to move beyond repeated involvement with the prison system.¹

Her platform supports Medicare for All, guaranteed housing vouchers, community land trusts and a federal wealth tax.³ She also backs abolishing ICE, citizenship pathways, free public college tuition and a basic income pilot program.³ Her proposals include an arms embargo on Israel and a pause on new data centers pending federal protections for workers, communities and utility customers.³ She faces fellow Democrat Jimmy Gomez in the district's general election.⁴