Gina Viola: Defund LAPD and raise minimum wage to $39 an hour

Community activist Gina Viola says she’d push to defund — and eventually abolish — the LAPD and advocate for a $39 minimum wage if elected Los Angeles mayor.

Community activist Gina Viola says she’d push to defund — and eventually abolish — the LAPD and advocate for a $39 minimum wage if elected Los Angeles mayor. Photo by KCRW.

Community organizer Gina Viola says she would abolish the LAPD and invest in communities to reduce crime, if elected as next mayor of Los Angeles. 

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From this Episode:

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins