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Brianna Lee
What I cover
I lead LAist's community engagement team, which builds closer relationships between our newsroom and the communities we serve. We reach out to neighborhoods across SoCal, talk to community members about what's on their minds and bring back their insights, perspectives, questions and experiences to the newsroom to guide our coverage.
My background
I joined LAist in 2016 and spent four years as the newsroom’s social media lead, then served as a community engagement producer from 2020 to 2025. Throughout this time I focused heavily on elections and civics: writing voter guides, covering results through our post-election newsletter, delivering in-person workshops on how to research the local offices on your ballot and personally answering hundreds of voter questions.
My goals
I want people to feel that their local newsroom is a welcoming, trusted part of their community that equips them to solve problems together.
Best way to reach me
Email me at blee@laist.com if you have questions about elections, feedback on our coverage or if you're interested in working with LAist out in your community!
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Taking our sweet time is a feature, not a bug, of our election system.
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This group of charter amendments is meant to clarify and update rules on city operations.
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If you live in the city of L.A., your city council member is probably the most powerful and important elected office you can vote for.
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Your write-in vote only counts for candidates who have qualified. Here’s everything you need to know to fill out your ballot correctly and make sure it’s counted.
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Heather Hutt, miembro del consejo municipal de Los Ángeles está defendiendo su puesto de la contrincante Grace Yoo.
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Kevin De León se postula para su segundo término, a pesar de los llamados anteriores a su renuncia. Se enfrenta a Ysabel J. Jurado en la boleta electoral de noviembre.
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Current Councilmember Paul Krekorian can’t run again because of term limits. Candidates Jillian Burgos and Adrin Nazarian are facing off for the seat.
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La evaluación de los candidatos judiciales es notoriamente difícil, pero hay alguna información que puede consultar para ayudarle con su decisión.
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¿Debería permitirse a los departamentos municipales vender comida? ¿Debería permitirse a la comisión aeroportuaria fijar tarifas para el transporte terrestre en el aeropuerto de Los Ángeles? Este grupo de enmiendas a la carta pretende aclarar y actualizar las normas sobre el funcionamiento de la ciudad.
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¿Debería el Contralor de la Ciudad poder auditar a los contratistas? ¿Deberían los comisionados del puerto ser de vecindarios específicos? Esta mezcolanza de enmiendas a los estatutos tiene como objetivo aclarar las reglas que han causado confusión o establecer nuevas reglas para abordar problemas.
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Evaluating judicial candidates is notoriously hard, but there are a few pieces of information you can look at to help with your decision.
